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A Weston Surprise 9th sired heifer calf in Dr. Bert Moore's Mapleton herd is the Heritage Shorthorn Society April "Calf Of The Month". This extremely rare calf is another example of the increasing quality and diversity of Heritage Shorthorns. Dr. Moore also has a Kinnabar Leader 9th sired...

The "Calf of the Month" on the Heritage Shorthorn Society website (www.heritageshorthorn.org) are twin IVF daughters of Kinnaber Leader 9th born December 24, 2022. (Yes IVF embryos can occasionally split after they are implanted). The uiltization of IVF has resulted in a continual increase in...

The Heritage Shorthorn Society calf of the month is a heifer calf sired by Windholme Robin King.  The heifer shown in the photo that won the 2021 Photo Contest is sired by HHKA Buttercups Prince 20th who also sired Hub's Director.  There is also a new article under Cattle Viewpoints by Dr...

The Heritage Shorthorn Society has a biographical article on Ralph Larsen the owner of the Y Lazy Y herd in Montana.  He owned the popular Coalpit Creek Leader 6th bull.  If interested look under the Heritage Breeders/Membership section where Ralph is the "Spotlight on Member".

For those interested the Heritage Shorthorn Society October "Calf Of the Month" is a Pleasant Dawn Seal 2nd heifer that was born this spring.  Her dam is a Boa Kae Royal Oak daughter.  She weighed 662# at 205 days in drought grass conditions.  No creep.  Some excellent old Canadian Shorthorn...

To highlight the rapidly expanding genetic base of Heritage Shorthorns throughout the USA & Canada, the Heritage Shorthorn Society (HSS) has a new website page called "Calf of the Month".  A variety of calves recently sired by quality Heritage Shorthorn bulls from the 1960-1980 time period will...

For those interested in Heritage/Native Shorthorns there is a list of all Shorthorn bulls currently Verified as Heritage/Native in the reference section on the Heritage Shorthorn Society (HSS) website (www.heritageshorthorn.org). Over 760 bulls from the USA, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain...

Dr. Martin Lee has written an interesting article on the history of "Black Noses On Shorthorn Cattle" that is in the Cattle Viewpoints section on the Heritage Shorthorn Society website (www.heritageshorthornsociety.org).

Dr. Bert Moore has written an article called "Heritage Shorthorn's Impact On World Cattle Breeds" that is now available on the Heritage Shorthorn Society website:  www.heritageshorthorn.org.  Dr. Moore is currently co-authoring a Shorthorn history book.

Ralph Larsen, who owns Y Lazy Y Shorthorns, has written an article about the selection of cattle for commercial use.  The article is posted in the Cattle Viewpoints section on the Heritage Shorthorn Society website (www.heritageshorthorn.org).  Anyone who is raising commercial cattle or selling...

Gary Kaper (Kaper Cattle Co.-Wolf Ridge Shorthorns) has a new article in the Cattle Viewpoints section on the Heritage Shorthorn Society website (www.heritageshorthorn.org).  The article is titled "Laying The Foundation For A Production Focused Cow Herd".  He goes through the steps necessary to...