From the category archives:

breeds

Ms. Heifer USA

March 14, 2007

I have never seen such a thing: cattle being blow-dried, being groomed so each hair is exactly in its place. Breeding cattle is serious business and these beauties here at the Western National Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, must be some of the most pampered on the planet. See if you can name the breeds. [...]

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1,000 Breeds of Cattle (!)

February 23, 2007

This book sounds amazing so I ordered it up. Written by Marleen Felius, a Dutch author and illustrator, it has over 800 pages with information, photographs, and illustrations covering more than 1,000 breeds of cattle. 15 months back, when I began my quest for the perfect organic steak, I knew the name of a single [...]

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