LUING CATTLE – (PRONOUNCED ‘LING’)
The question most people ask is ‘what are they like?
The Luing breed can be red, golden, white or a combination of those colours, carrying a heavy winter coat, particularly the young cattle.
The breed originated on the Isle of Luing, an island belonging to the Cadzow family off the West coast of Scotland.
It is the only breed developed in the UK in the last 100 years, and the only breed to be recognized by a separate act of the British Parliament.
In 1937, because it was becoming increasingly difficult to buy Shorthorn cross Highlander heifers, the traditional mainstay of the Scottish suckler calf breeding industry, the Cadzow Brothers decided to buy the very best they could find and try to stabilize the cross as a breed.
In 1966 their efforts were rewarded with recognition by the British Parliament of the Luing breed and in 1972 the Cadzow Brothers won the worldwide Massey Ferguson Award for services to Agriculture in recognition of their work in developing the breed.
They are now established in more than a dozen countries around the world.
For detailed information about the Luing breed, please visit the official page of the Luing Cattle Society
It is the only breed developed in the UK in the last 100 years, and the only breed to be recognized by a separate act of the British Parliament.
In 1937, because it was becoming increasingly difficult to buy Shorthorn cross Highlander heifers, the traditional mainstay of the Scottish suckler calf breeding industry, the Cadzow Brothers decided to buy the very best they could find and try to stabilize the cross as a breed.
In 1966 their efforts were rewarded with recognition by the British Parliament of the Luing breed and in 1972 the Cadzow Brothers won the worldwide Massey Ferguson Award for services to Agriculture in recognition of their work in developing the breed.
They are now established in more than a dozen countries around the world.
For detailed information about the Luing breed, please visit the official page of the Luing Cattle Society
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