Randall beef
The Randall beef is a breed of cattle from Sunderland in the state of Vermont in the USA .
Randall cattle were bred from several breeds including the native landrace. This happened on a single farm owned by Samuel J. Randall and later his son Everett Randall. Although the Randalls kept their animals mainly as dairy cows, the breed retained the multi-use properties of the original breeds. After Everett Randall's death in 1985, the herd was dispersed to several farms in the northeast and the breed began to die out. In 1987 there were only fifteen animals left in one herd and a few others in two additional locations. The fifteen cattle herd was about to be slaughtered when Cynthia Creech stepped in, bought the herd, and took it to her farm in Tennessee . Today the Randall cattle have more than 200 breeding cows again and are still growing.
Randall cattle are three -purpose cattle for milk, meat and work. They are resilient and intelligent and very suitable for grazing. Randall cows rarely need obstetrics, metabolic diseases are also unknown.
The color pattern is typical of the breed. Most animals are black and white, but there are also shades of gray, blue, and red (the red gene is recessive and only shows up occasionally). They vary in size: the cows weigh between 300 and 450 kg, bulls reach 800 kg. The shape is also relatively variable: There are animals of the milk-based "Channel Island type" ( Jersey cattle , Guernsey cattle ), but there are also sturdier cattle of the meat-shorthorn type . Most of the Randall cattle are in the eastern United States , with a concentration in the northeast. The largest Randall herd and the breed register are located in South Kent , Connecticut .
