Miniature cattle, which often are 500 to 700 pounds, provide enough meat to last six months for a family of four. That’s just about the freezer shelf life of beef, Bryan said. And the meat ...

Miniature cattle, which often are between 500 and 700 pounds, provide enough meat to last a family of four six months. That's just about the freezer shelf life of beef, said Bryan.

Miniature cattle, which often are between 500 and 700 pounds, provide enough meat to last a family of four six months. That’s just about the freezer shelf life of beef, said Bryan.

Miniature cattle require less feed, less land, and smaller trailers than full-size cows, but they don’t remain calf-size forever. “Everybody sees these cute, fluffy, adorable cows all over ...

Although the number of Salers cattle in the U.S. is small thus far, Marcus said they have been exhibited at state fairs in Iowa, Montana, the Dakotas, Kansas and Idaho, and at the National Western ...

Beef cattle ranches raise cattle for beef production. Some ranches are cow calf enterprises. Cows produce calves yearly. The calves are sold at weaning age, usually when they are 6 months old and ...

Although Jessen raises his miniature cows to be pets, there are beef producing miniature cow breeds, usually Miniature Herefords or Lowline Angus. There are also miniature milkers, primarily Jerseys ...

Weights of beef cattle have changed dramatically in the last 15 years because of genetic “improvements” and/or cross breeding such as the Beef Cattle breed known as BEEFALO.

Standing at just 3ft 6in tall, Miniature Herefords are almost a third of the size of pure Hereford cattle. This means the herd of 41at Red House Farm can run on just 14ha of permanent pasture.

Beef cattle are genetically selected and bred to produce high-quality muscle mass. A small number of offsprings are kept for replacements to grow or maintain herd size.