Fullblood Lowline Angus.
Short, stout, efficient beef suitable for small acreage ranchettes and "micro-farms."
Genetics selected for efficiency and temperment.
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Fullblood Lowline Angus.Short, stout, efficient beef suitable for small acreage ranchettes and "micro-farms." Genetics selected for efficiency and temperment. |
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The story of the Lowline Angus begins in the 1800s when the Aberdeen Angus started becoming popular world wide as a superior beef animal. In 1929, Trangie Agricultural Research Centre in NSW, AU began developing a herd of high quality Angus with the goal to establish a commercial export market. The Australians imported the best Angus they could find from several countries to establish this herd. By the 1960s Australian beef was being exported to a growing Japanese market. At this time the emphasis switched to research. In 1963 the Australian Meat Research Committee asked the Trangie Research Centre to conduct a project aimed at establishing the role of performance recording in the breeding program of a herd. This experiment involved establishing three groups of cattle, the High Line, Low Line and Control Line. The High and Low lines were selected based on yearling growth rates. The Control line was the control group with no selection based on growth rate. At the end of the project, 19 years later, the Low Line cattle were aproximately 30% smaller in stature than the High Line animals. A few of the Low Line animals were purchased in 1992 by a group of Australian cattlemen. The Australian Lowline Association was formed. The rest of the Trangie herd was auctioned off in 1994 and dispersed throughout Australia. The first imports to the USA were in 1996. We are continuing to import embryos, semen and live animals. The demand for breeding stock still exceeds the rate of natural births in the USA.  The Lowlines have found a very strong niche in the American beef industry. Lowlines produce more premium cuts and useable product per pound than any other established beef breed. You can see by looking at a live Lowline Angus that the legs are short (less bone waste.) The back and loin are long (more steaks.) The tools are here to evaluate and select for larger ribeye area ratio. We have found that they are very easy to handle. They are more interested in eating treats and getting back rubs than in escaping enclosures.  History is still being made by these little cows that are big on quality and profit. Lowlines Angus seem to be made to order for the booming grassfed beef market. Reports from individuals who have both Lowlines and standard breeds of cattle in the same pen indicate that a Lowline will be plump and happy while the other breed will be lean and hungry. A non scientific observation. But none the less, an observation of the stockman in the field is a valid one. “The eye of the master fattens the cattle.” (Feeds and Feeding by W. A. Henry in 1898.) Here are some more interesting links: 4H Members Show in NM ALR Breed History Carol's Cows in Yakima. |
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