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<blockquote data-quote="exmoorromney" data-source="post: 6823408" data-attributes="member: 54292"><p>We do have a market for the pure highland steers at the moment but the guy that buys them says the abattoir is getting funny about the horns and charging extra to kill them. The horns are also a problem when we have to handle them and massively slow down any jobs, especially TB and blood testing. That is a main factor in us looking at changing breeds.</p><p>If there was some definite info that native breed supplement was to be fazed out I would just grade up my highlands with Angus and have a hardy Angus hill cow but I have a feeling that the native breed might be pushed harder under the new environmentally based schemes. Therefore don't want to get rid of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exmoorromney, post: 6823408, member: 54292"] We do have a market for the pure highland steers at the moment but the guy that buys them says the abattoir is getting funny about the horns and charging extra to kill them. The horns are also a problem when we have to handle them and massively slow down any jobs, especially TB and blood testing. That is a main factor in us looking at changing breeds. If there was some definite info that native breed supplement was to be fazed out I would just grade up my highlands with Angus and have a hardy Angus hill cow but I have a feeling that the native breed might be pushed harder under the new environmentally based schemes. Therefore don't want to get rid of them. [/QUOTE]
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