Cattle Breeds

From the pictures on their website it looks like the farms they buy their milk from all have Holstein cows. Holsteins can be identified by an irregular black and white pattern on them.

A mature cow weighs between 600-700 pounds, and a mature bull weighs about 1000 pounds.

They should be bred so they calve when they are two, you can breed them around 15 months of age, if they are showing healthy heat cycles and are at a healthy weight.

Name him Sirloin or T-Bone. :) And we know what a Hereford looks like, that's why I edited your question for you.

Texas Longhorns

Indo-Brazilians weigh an average of about 1300 lbs for cows and around 2000 for bulls.

Charolais generally have a larger frame size, they are cream or white. However, there are breeders that have developed red and even black Charolais cattle. Bulls have distinct muscling throughout the neck, back and rump areas. They can be either horned or polled. Hair may have a little curl to it, especially in bulls.

In the past, when Herefords first immigrated to America, they were called White Face cattle. But the only name I am aware of are Herefords, unless you're cursing at them when they're too slow to get through the alley chute!

Angus, Red Angus, Polled Shorthorn, Polled Hereford, Brangus, Red Brangus, Red Poll, are the breeds that I can think of that are born naturally polled.

Very little, much less than Angus, Shorthorn or Simmentals have, thanks to the myostatin mutation that allows less connective tissue and fat in the muscle fibres of this breed of beef cattle.

A mature Beefmaster cow will weigh between 1300-1500 lbs with bulls weighing almost 2000 lbs.

Charolais originated from Charolles, France. The first Charolais cow was shipped from Mexico to the US in 1934. In the late 40's early 50's breeder established the American Charolais breeders association. In 1957 the American and International association merged in the American International Charolais Association (ACIA).

Brahman cattle are derived from the species Bos indicus, which is the species of cattle that evolved in the Middle East to tolerate high heat and humidity. The hump assists the animal in dumping excess heat so that the animal doesn't overheat.

Beefmasters were originated in Falfurrias, Texas by a man named Tom Lasater. They were recognized as a breed by the Federation of Agriculture in 1954.

Polled is a term meaning the cow has a gene that they will have no horns. Unpolled is the opposite; they have the gene to grow horns.

The Shorthorn breed of cattle developed in the North East of England in the late 18th century for both dairy and beef production. ShorthornPlus are considered to be animals with 1/4 to 7/8 blood.

#1. Ease of calving. You would want to keep cows who have a history of being able to calve without help as opposed to those who always need help during calving.

#2. Size of calves and viability. You would want to keep cows that generally calve larger calves, as well as those who rarely loose calves due to small birth size or general weakness of newborn calves. Over time your herd will become generally more robust.

Telemachus

Herefords are primarily bred for their beef. However, the Hereford breed is popular because of its flexibility to create crossbred calves that produce good if not better beef than either of the parents. The most famous cross is the Angus-Hereford cross, commonly called Black Baldies. Herefords can cross with other breeds including Gelbvieh, Simmental, Brahman, Charolais, Limousin, Red Angus, and others.

Hereford bulls are primarily used on the more popular Angus breeds to get black baldies. However hereford cows are also great because of their docility and great forage convertability, making them great commercial cows on the range and pasture environment.

They were developed because they are easy to keep due to their small size and they are triple-purposed (meaning they can be used for milk, beef and oxen).

Henry Clay introduced the Hereford breed to America.

dairy cattle.

'Dairy cattle' just describes milk-giving cattle in general, and covers many breeds. Some people would say that Channel Islands cattle give the best milk.

Contact the breed association of the particular breed of calves you own, and they will get you to fill out some paperwork and pay a fee for each calf that has to be registered. They may ask if the sire[s] and/or dams have been DNA tested, and if they haven't, to get it done ASAP.

A mature Brangus bull typically weighs between 1,800 and 2,200 pounds, with variations depending on age, genetics, and diet.