We love our Red Devon cattle and their merits to building a profitable cattle herd are many!

Profit margins in agriculture are slim these days, so quality, efficiency and sustainability are paramount to the modern day livestock raiser. When looking to build our cattle herd, we knew it was in the best interest of our young family and the pastures we steward to find low maintenance livestock that were docile, easy keepers with fantastic fertility and maternal instincts that thrived on a grass only diet to produce top quality beef.

Quality & Efficiency Merits of Red Devon Cattle

Red Devon cattle are of superb quality and efficiency, making them ideally suited to low input grass farming that can bring sustainability and profitability to your ranch business.

Researchers from the New Zealand Department of Agriculture speak of the quality of Devon cattle, saying,  “Devons have higher natural fertility. Heifers show oestrus at an early age, cows achieve high in-calf rates and bulls are active. The result is high fertility, together with their easy calving and good growth rates.”

Quality coupled with efficiency typically ties into productivity and profitability in ranching. According to Red Devon USA, Devon sired calves gain weight more efficiently than other British cattle breeds, thus commanding a better dollar advantage.

So whether you are looking to introduce Red Devon genetics to your herd through adding heifer calves, cows or a bull, you can anticipate the following quality and efficiency merits of the breed:

• High fertility.
• Calving ease paired with excellent maternal instinct.
• High milk production and good growth rates of calves.
• Highly adaptable, thriving in diverse & extreme environments.
• Very efficient at feed conversion, particularly converting grass to quality beef.
• Extremely docile temperament making them easy to handle.
• Longevity, to improve the productivity and profitability of your cattle herd for years to come.