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 Angus cattle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The breed arose in north-east Scotland in the counties of Aberdeenshire and Angus.
Angus cattle are known for their calving ease (giving birth without as much stress) as well as leaner beef.
Angus cattle are solid black cattle, although white may appear on the udder.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angus_cattle   (368 words)

  
 Aberdeen
Aberdeen is, therefore, a market and retail centre for the farming country inland, which is noted for a breed of beef cattle, the famous Aberdeen-Angus.
Aberdeen is the most important fishing port in Scotland, with wet docks to accommodate all kinds of boats engaged in fishing.
Aberdeen is the largest burgh in the north of Scotland.
party.20megsfree.com /aberdeen.html   (181 words)

  
 Rural NI Publications Technical notes Beef Aberdeen Angus beef production
Aberdeen Angus cattle have been finished at Greenmount College over a range of systems since 1996 with the aims of quantifying inputs and determining the physical and financial performance of the animals.
Aberdeen Angus beef will be attractive for a spring calving herd having Aberdeen Angus x cows with steers and heifers finishing off grass at 15-18 months of age.
In 1996, ¾ Aberdeen Angus calves born to Angus x Friesian cows were finished out of the house in the spring at approximately 14 months of age.
www.ruralni.gov.uk /publications/technical_notes/beef/aberdeen_angus.htm   (843 words)

  
 www.angus.org - American Angus Association
Angus Optimal Milk allows you to input your current average cow weight and cow herd milking level, as well as your annual estimated pasture and feed cost, to arrive at a milk EPD range matched to your needs.
Breeder's Reference - In keeping with the open policy of the American Angus Association, a "Breeder's Reference" is published periodically in the Angus Journal to inform breeders of Angus cattle determined free of genetic defects, those determined carriers of genetic defects or genetic factors, and those determined carriers of nontraditional blood.
Angus Optimal Milk Module - A new educational module is now available for commercial producers.
www.angus.org   (372 words)

  
 Angus in Australia
The Angus breed originated in Scotland from the interbreeding of groups of closely related cattle breeds native to the shires of Aberdeen, Kincardie and Angus.
Angus females are purchased because of their outstanding reproductive and maternal performance.
Angus cattle are polled and can be black or red in colour although black is the dominant colour.
www.angusaustralia.com.au /AiA_Angus_in_Aus.htm   (417 words)

  
 GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
The Aberdeen Angus, made popular by a chain of restaurants now proliferating all over North America and Europe (and no doubt in many countries in Asia and Africa as well), originated from the naturally hornless aboriginal cattle of the counties of Aberdeen and Angus.
Not a person, but well known throughout the world, the Aberdeen Angus is a breed that originated in Scotland when Britain led the world in the development of beef cattle.
Angus won a decisive victory and decreed that Andrew would be the patron saint of his country.
www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/greatscots/a1.html   (1804 words)

  
 CATTLE BREEDS --ANGUS
In Angus, the herds of William Fullerton, Lord Panmure, Lord Southesk, and Alexander Bowie contributed many of the Angus doddies that later became prominent in the breed.
When George Grant transported four Angus bulls from Scotland to the middle of the Kansas prairie in 1873, they were part of the Scotsman's dream to found a colony of wealthy, stock-raising Britishers.
Angus breed through his successes in the show ring, but he outstripped all of his competition in England, Scotland, and France.
www.embryoplus.com /cattle_angus.html   (2745 words)

  
 The History of Red Angus
Early in the development of the Aberdeen Angus, Hugh Watson of Keillor, Scotland arbitrarily decided that black was the proper color for the breed, and thereby started a fashion.
In Canada, where red and black Angus cattle are registered together (which is the case in most countries), the number of red cattle registered outnumbers the black strain.
Red Angus was the first to incorporate performance data in the showring, holding the first "performance" show in 1956.
redangus.org /magazine/editionjan99/theredbreed.html   (2067 words)

  
 Angus cattle on Encyclopedia.com
Often called Black Angus or Aberdeen Angus cattle, they have low, compact bodies and are noted for the fine quality of their flesh.
Cattle at Herr's Angus farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, feed on a mix that includes leftovers from the nearby Herr's snack plant.
Dennis Byrne, farm manager at Herr's Angus Farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, displays a mix of food for the cattle that includes leftovers from the nearby Herr's snack plant.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Anguscat.asp   (759 words)

  
 Aberdeen on Encyclopedia.com
Aberdeen's split personality Martin Gilbert suffered a brutal tongue lashing from critics during the split-capital crisis that engulfed Aberdeen Asset Management, which he founded.
ABERDEEN, SD -- President George W. Bush speaks to the crowd at a campaign event for U.S. Senate candidate John Thune, center left, at the Barnett Center in Aberdeen, South Dakota, on Thursday October
Just south, on Chesapeake Bay, is the U.S. army's huge Aberdeen Proving Ground, a major research, development, and testing installation and site of the army ordnance center and school.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/AberdeenU1S1.asp   (831 words)

  
 Angus Meats Wales
Aberdeen Angus Beef has the reputation of being the finaest beef money can buy, giving full flavour together with a melt in the mouth tenderness.
Penclippin is a grassland farm on the border between Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire where the herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle live.
The animals are born and reared at Penclippin Farm, slaughtered locally, then hung to maturity to enhance the full flavour before being cut and packed, also at Penclippin.
www.angusmeatswales.co.uk   (73 words)

  
 Cattle - Aberdeen Angus
The Aberdeen Angus comes originally of the pasture-lands of Scotland, where it was bred over 100 years ago.
Minding the pasture-ground, the Aberdeen Angus can be held outside the whole year.
The early maturing, obedience, adaptation, easy birth, and good milk production to raise calves also characterise the Aberdeen Angus..
www.agrota-2l.hu /eng/szarvasmarha/aberdeen-angus.html   (190 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Aberdeen Angus
Aberdeen Angus, small-framed breed of beef cattle found in Britain, North and South America, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand.
MSN Encarta - Search Results - Aberdeen Angus
Beef cattle were bred and selected primarily for the production of meat, and many breeds have been developed or adapted for special conditions.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Aberdeen_Angus.html   (100 words)

  
 S A Angus
The main local breed in Aberdeen was very similar to that in Angus and the double-barrelled name therefore fits the origin of the breed perfectly.
The first importation of Angus into South Africa was in 1895, when ten Aberdeen-Angus cattle arrived on the farm of Mr J Newburg in the Free State.
The early written history of Angus is obscure and lost in the unwritten annals of 16th century Scotland.
studbook.co.za /society/angus/origin.html   (1114 words)

  
 Angus --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The breed was developed in the shires, or counties, of Aberdeen and Angus, probably in the middle 1700s.
Angus cattle were first brought to the United States in 1873.
The council area lies entirely within the historic county of Angus, which also includes the city of Dundee and a small area south of Coupar Angus in the Perth and Kinross council area.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9007616?tocId=9007616&query=aberdeen   (680 words)

  
 MAA Angus Cattle Producer & Consumer Information
The Canadian Aberdeen Angus Association was formed in 1905, incorporated in 1906 and has played a vital role in Canada's beef industry ever since.
The red factor that results in Red Angus is a recessive gene from the early development of Black Angus in Scotland.
Essentially, the only difference between Red and Black Angus is that all Red Angus cattle registered in Canada must have the word "Red" as a prefix in their name.
www.mbangus.ca /angus.htm   (308 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE
Two types of polled black cattle-from the counties of Aberdeen and Angus in southeastern Scotland-were crossbred, and over the years the Aberdeen-Angus breed was developed.
Soon Aberdeen-Angus cattle had been introduced into Texas.
Hundreds of Angus cattle were shipped to Texas in the last decade of the 1800s, and Texas breeders were among the first to use the cattle for crossbreeding, as the calves produced were generally thicker and heavier at weaning time.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/AA/atarj.html   (573 words)

  
 Woodington Aberdeen Angus - Providing Devon with top quality cattle since 1986
We are traditional farmers breeding modern Aberdeen Angus for pedigree and commercial herds, with stock available for sale.
Woodington Aberdeen Angus, Devon, is proud of its reputation for producing top quality Aberdeen Angus cattle.
Woodington Aberdeen Angus, Devon has been producing top quality Aberdeen Angus cattle since 1986.
www.cattlebreederdevon.com   (175 words)

  
 Aberdeen Angus World is Official cattle magazine of the Canadian Angus Association
Aberdeen Angus World is a Canadian cattle magazine for cattlemen breeding Black and Red Angus as registered seedstock or for the commercial cow-calf rancher maximizing genetic potential with a Red or Black Angus crossbred program.
Aberdeen Angus World is Official cattle magazine of the Canadian Angus Association
To the commercial cattlemen whom read this magazine, it is our hope that you will find purebred Angus cattle breeders that you feel comfortable doing business with and that have the type of bulls you want breeding in your cow herd.
www.angusworld.ca   (203 words)

  
 Aberdeen Angus supplier in Somerset with quality stock bulls and premium beef ,
Aberdeen Angus supplier in Somerset with quality stock bulls and premium beef,
If you are based in Somerset or the UK and you require a premier commercial Angus cattle breeder with Heiffers and quality stock bulls for sale as a well as a pedigree herd, we are in the position to offer you the service you require.
Based in Somerset, we are a premier commercial Angus cattle breeder with Heiffers and quality stock bulls for sale as a well as a pedigree herd.
www.grandonaberdeenangus.com   (222 words)

  
 Aberdeen Angus
The meat of the Aberdeen Angus breed is well- known among gastronomes.
In Europe, and especially in the Netherlands the number of Aberdeen Angus cows is limited.
In short: the Aberdeen Angus is ideal breed to keep and to enjoy.
www.valentinesstables.nl /english/page2.html   (336 words)

  
 Mead Angus Farm - Barnett, Missouri
To raise quality registered Angus cattle in an environment similar to which the commercial breeder raises cattle.
Mead Angus Farm was founded in 1942 by Johnnie W. Mead.
The Farm headquarters is currently in Barnett, Missouri and the total herd capacity is around 600 cows.
www.skally.net /mead   (143 words)

  
 ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE
Historically, the Aberdeen-Angus was developed in the Scottish counties of Aberdeen and Angus in the northeast of Scotland during the early nineteenth century.
The result was the disappearance of the original Scottish type Aberdeen-Angus and the development of a taller, rangier breed simply called Angus – or New Zealand Angus.
New Zealand animals were crossed throughout the country with Angus imported from America (larger animals which carried the blood of the European Chianina – an even larger breed).
www.rarebreeds.co.nz /angus.html   (390 words)

  
 News Letter: Stovold herd wins Aberdeen-Angus award@ HighBeam Research
AN Aberdeen-Angus herd in Surrey, which is cashing in on the demand for quality beef in the stockbroker belt, has been named as Aberdeen- Angus Suckler Herd of the Year for 2000.
The annual nationwide competition, which recognises the successful use of Aberdeen-Angus in commercial beef production, is organised by the Aberdeen- Angus Cattle Society with sponsorship from Bank of Scotland.
This year's winner, Angus Stovold, runs a herd of 180 suckler cows, mostly purebred Aberdeen-Angus, on two farms near Shackleford, Godalming, selling quality outdoor-reared Aberdeen-Angus...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:43335349&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (204 words)

  
 Rhug Organic Farm :: Welsh Lamb, Aberdeen Angus Beef & Pork
The team of shepherds and herdsmen pride themselves on the wonderful pedigree herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle and premium flock of sheep that can be seen grazing from the road as you drive through the farm on the A5.
The cattle and the sheep produce some of the country's highest quality meat and best of all, it is organic.
Rhug sits in an idyllic part of North Wales between the Rivers Dee and Alwen with the spectacular backdrop of the Berwyn Mountains, estate parkland and fertile pastures rich in clovers and herbs, which provide a healthy stress free environment.
www.rhugorganic.com   (723 words)

  
 Glympton Aberdeen Angus
Norman is a long-standing member of the Council and Executive of the Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society and has judged at a number of major shows throughout the UK.
Glympton Park Estate, 12 miles north of Oxford, is home to the Glympton Aberdeen Angus Herd.
This pedigree herd was established in 1993 and has since grown to more than 60 cows.
www.glymptonaberdeenangus.co.uk   (219 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Dictionary - Aberdeen Angus
Search for "Aberdeen Angus" in all of MSN Encarta
After Aberdeenshire and Angus, counties in Scotland where the breed originated]
Canada black hornless beef cow: a cow belonging to a shorthaired, black, hornless breed of beef cattle.
encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861582973/Aberdeen_Angus.html   (84 words)

  
 Angus Organics
Angus Organics meat all comes from animals Grazed on clover-rich organic grass in the foothills of the magnificent Angus Glens, our home bred cattle are moved to straw-bedded courts for the winter as the heather turns on the hills and fed on organic cereals and grass silage.
For ordering purposes please note that there is no weekend delivery.
This seasons festive special is our steak mince which is now only £6.50 per kg (normally £7.50) Why not give a Glen Doll Taster Box as a present this year - only £45
www.angusorganics.com   (192 words)

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