British Cattle Breeders Societies

British Cattle Breeders Societies

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British Montbeliarde Cattle Society

British Montbeliarde Cattle Society

The Montbeliarde breed is now successful all over the world, from the big Californian dairy units where more than 25,000 crossbred cows are already milking to the green pastures of Ireland where the Montbeliarde is the second largest dairy breed.

Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society

Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society

The breed was imported to the UK in the early 1970’s, they had to compete with Continental cattle from Europe which were also arriving in the UK. They suffered from farmers trying to compare them with continental breeds, when they were bred to do a different job, namely a very good suckler cow.

British Parthenais Cattle Society

British Parthenais Cattle Society

The Parthenais breed is proving itself in Britain, providing high quality beef from commercial stickler herds, as well as when used on Holstein/friesians, from which the heifers are particularly sought for suckler replacements.

uk piemontese

British Piemontese Cattle Society

The first Piemontese cattle arrived in the UK in 1988 from the region of Piedmont in Northern Italy and farmers are now realising the potential of the breed as a terminal sire.

Red Poll Cattle Society

Red Poll Cattle Society

The Red Poll is listed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust as being Endangered. The Society works to maintain the populatity of the Red Poll breed that was once so common throughout the country at the begining of the 20th Century.

Shetland Cattle Breeders Association

Shetland Cattle Breeders Association

The Shetland cow, like many traditional breeds, has suffered greatly from the switch to intensive livestock farming – so much so that it is currently classified as endangered by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.

shorthorn society

Shorthorn Cattle Society
of the United Kingdom and Ireland

Originally from the North East of England, the Shorthorn breed of cattle is recorded in the oldest herd book in the world...the Coates herd book.

British Simmental Cattle Society

British Simmental Cattle Society

Simmental has been bred in Britain for more than 25 years and has established itself as one of this country's premier beef breeds. Simmental: the dual purpose breed
for beef and milk, both for pure and crossbreeding.

welsh black

Welsh Black Cattle Society

Welsh Black - native British breed formerly localised in Wales but now established throughout the UK. Originally dual purpose dairy/beef breed, now regarded as quality suckler beef producer.

Whitebred Shorthorn

Whitebred Shorthorn Association

Whitebred Shorthorns are mainly bred in the Scottish-English Border area and, although the origin of the breed is somewhat obscure, it is likely that they were derived from the red, white or roan, dual purpose Shorthorn cattle of Northern England.

white park cattle

White Park Cattle Homepage

The White Park can claim with confidence to be a truly ancient breed. In historical texts it was sometimes referred to as ‰White Forest, but should not be confused with the similarly marked, but hornless, British White.

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