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Traditional Hereford Breed Standards
The Traditional Hereford Standard
- Is hardy, early maturing and a matchless forager
- Easy to calve
- Has excellent mothering qualities
- Produces good quantities of high butterfat milk
- Converts grass and grass products to beef efficiently and economically
- Is docile and easy to manage
- Produces more valuable meat per acre of grassland than any other
These are the qualities, which created international demand for this native English breed. They were carefully nurtured and developed by a group of skilled and eminent breeders in Herefordshire 250 years ago and were so firmly fixed that their transmission from one generation to another could always be relied upon.
It was this selection process in Herefordshire and the surrounding counties, which created the ideal grazing animal.
Traditional breeders rely upon their knowledge of the performance of past generations of stock whilst always being aware that the commercial market and tastes change.
The continuous use of stock of known ancestry has enabled them to maintain the essential characteristics of the breed and to meet the challenges of modern beef production.
