The Hereford

Our Hereford cattle are from a herd in Mexico that has had no outside genetics brought in for 43 years.  They have the "old-style" body type (short and wide); exactly the body style needed in a grass-based system. (They are very similiar to the type of Herefords that were prominent in the 1950s.) Their genetic traits have been selected over the years for hardiness and an ability to thrive on grass, and not much of it.  The ranch in Mexico, Valle Columbia, where they were born is high desert country and has very little grass yet the cows there are all very healthy and fat. They are used to working for their food and walking for miles to get to water. When we brought our heifers  & bulls from there to Arkansas, they showed almost no signs of adaptation problems.  What little weight loss they had during transport was quickly regained and more. They came from a "range" type system to our much more "hands-on" management style, but have adapted well to that also.  

We are very excited about the possibility of re-creating the type of Hereford cattle that were so popular in times past and hope, in some way, to help the breed regain some of that popularity in the future!

**Note:  We are now having our first calves out of these heifers and are very pleased with the results.  So far, they have all calved out without assistance and are very good mothers!