Special Guests:
Dr Pat White
An accidental exposure to Highland cattle shortly after graduating from veterinary college in 1980 sent Pat and her husband Larry on a 2-year trip of exploration around the US. Looking at the breed and talking to breeders before they finally made the life altering purchase of their first two Highlands in 1983.
Thirty-eight years later - LEA-White Farms runs 30 brood cows (down from 60) and Pat continues to enjoy raising them and watching talented young people show her cattle. She now does essentially all the work on the farm herself. Other than a mineral mix and the small amount of corn and molasses fed to the weanlings, everything else the cows consume is grown on the farm or in rare years, purchased directly from a neighbor.
Pat is intimately involved in the day-to-day management and care of the cattle. She has been an active participant in both national and regional Highland cattle associations since the late 1980s. She has written numerous articles on a regular basis for The Bagpipe. These articles have elicited recognition, comments and thanks from breeders (not limited to Highlands) across the country and around the globe.
She presently serves on the AHCA’s Board of Directors. One of her main interests in addition to the breeding of Highland cattle lies in accurate and realistic education for both neophyte and experienced breeders concerning cattle health, care and welfare. She also has an abiding interest in encouraging honest, ethical business practices as it concerns Highland breeders.
Dr Stephan Janz
Stephan Janz is a retired GP, Highland Cattle Breeder, Cattle Judge and Author based near Hamburg, Germany.
He started his own Highland Fold in 1988 with the importation of his first cows/heifers from Scotland. His Fold has kept a closed herd ever since, never buying any new females. In peak times the herd amounted to 30 head
A keen visitor of Scottish folds, breeders and shows, he was given the opportunity to junior judge alongside experienced judges, in the likes of Bill Smith, Donald MacDiarmid (Leys Castle), Donald MacGillivray (Pennygown), Archie Howat (Rigg) and John Redpath and in 1995 he was invited to serve on the panel of judges of the HCS and has since judged shows in Germany, Denmark, Finland, Austria, Switzerland and Scotland.
Being previously active in the show ring himself, his fold produced three male champions at the German National Highland Show.
Stephan has recently completed and published his book; "Highland Cattle - Ikone des schottischen Hochlands", a 480 page encyclopedia on all things Highland Cattle and a must in any breeders library.
(Editors Note: "Highland Cattle" is currently only available in German language with a translation expected to be published soon)
Podcast Panel:
Dr. Glen Hastie - Bairnsley Highlands
Host:
Deniz Karaca - Yatarna Highland Cattle Fold
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Show Notes:
weblinks:
404 Not Found (bairnsley.com)
Crop Ear in Highland Cattle (cruachan.com.au)
Evaluation of Cattle Traits (cruachan.com.au)
Bairnsley Highlands - Horn Shapes in Highland Cattle
ERLING Verlag » Highland Cattle (erling-verlag.com)
