New member Reginald Chester-Sterne recently bought three heifers as foundation stock for his Pippins herd. He explains why Longhorns were his breed of choice… “I live in The New Forest and my property has what are called commoners rights. This enables me to de-pasture animals onto the open Forest upon payment of a small marking […]
October 2018
Longhorn Cattle Society AGM weekend
13 & 14 October 2018 The Society’s AGM weekend was in the north of England this year, with 90 members travelling from across the country to gather in Piercebridge, a small village dating back to Roman times near Darlington, Co Durham. Our visit on Saturday morning was to the Hodgson family’s Piercebridge Farm. Located right […]
Welcome to the Society!
The Society has four National Trust properties as members, the most recent addition being National Trust West Exmoor. They own Kipscombe Farm and have recently introduced Longhorn cattle to the farm. Farm Manager Josie Field explains more…. “Longhorns were an easy choice for us, the National Trust West Exmoor, when deciding which breed of cattle […]
Northern Longhorn Breeders’ Group visit to Doonies Farm, 15 September 2018
With eight months of planning and eleven years passing by since the last Society visit to our herd in Aberdeen, we could not have asked for a better weekend. The questions of ‘what the weather would be like?’ was a hot topic of discussion between myself and Graham Walker. After twenty-five years at Doonies, the […]