Introduction to Popular Beef Breeds
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This topic provides a list describes each of the major beef breeds today and gives a brief historical background for each. Some breeds are used for more than one purpose. Dual-purpose breeds are used for meat and milk, while tri-purpose breeds are used for meat and milk and as draft animals.
The commercial beef industry in the world consists mainly of crossbred cattle and commercial breeders have a wide variety of breeds to use in their crosses; this topic provides a list that describes each of the major beef breeds today and gives a brief historical background for each. Some breeds are used for more than one purpose. Dual-purpose breeds are used for meat and milk, while tri-purpose breeds are used for meat and milk and as draft animals.
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