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Beef Breeds: Ayrshire

From the Beef Breeds of the World series

Ruth Nicolaus
Apr 1, 2020
Apr 1, 2020 Updated Jun 25, 2020

Haley Mertz leads Old-Bankston JC Booyah-ET, a winter yearling in 2018.
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Ayrshire cattle are named after the place where they originated.

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Ayrshire

Arrival in U.S.:

1822

Current number of head in U.S.:

18,500 registered females

National offices:

U.S. Ayrshire Association

1224 Alton Darby Creek Road, Ste. B

Columbus, OH 43228

614.335.0020.

info@usayrshire.com

Iowa Ayrshire Association

Facebook page: search for Iowa Ayrshire Assoc.

President Barb Rudy

515.205.5317

Interesting breed fact:

In 1929, to demonstrate the hardiness of the Ayshire breed, two Ayrshire cows named Tomboy and Alice were walked from association headquarters at Brandon, Vermont to the National Dairy Show at St. Louis, Mo. Both cows not only survived the trip but calved normally and went on to produce outstanding milk records of the time.

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