Livestock - Beef Cattle Breeds and Production Systems

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Beef Cattle Breeds and Production Systems

  • 'extensive' - grazing based systems where they are mainly kept in fields and may be housed for part of the year
  • 'intensive' - indoor systems, housed throughout their lives
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UK Beef Breeds

  • Simmental (Switzerland)
  • Charolais (France)
  • Aberdeen Angus (Scotland)
  • Limousin (France)
  • British Blue (UK/Belgium)
  • Blonde d'Aquitaine (France)
  • Hereford (England)
  • South Devon (England)
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Desirable Qualities

  • large frame
  • meat colour
  • milk yield
  • fertile
  • carcase quality
  • meat yield
  • feed conversion
  • good mothers
  • calf quality
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