How This Scottish Breed Outperforms Modern Breeds

[@ulluvelez2802]

Love how you explain exactly how and who and why people should and shouldn't have these breed.Totally agree with how you think about producing sustainable beef ❤

[@CDewayne7]

I love your program with the intensive rotational grazing the Highlands. Thank you, great information.

[@jimmyjohnstone7258]

We here in Scotland bred these cattle to suit our conditions. It is cool, wet and there is poor soil on high ground. These hardy cattle were bred to survive and produce meat for those living on marginal land. It is not surprising that the breed does well on your farming system of no external fertiliser, grass and hay.

[@brother1ray]

Did we breed them, or are they indigenous and able to survive without human help? REsearch shows that they are a wild and ingenous breed of cattle that was likely in these islands before Humans arrived here after the last Ice Age...............I thinl they were here before us, and need us very little.

[@jgp6711]

I live in Central Texas. My highlands thrive here. I echo your comments about quality and productivity. These animals are easy on the land and have a very cosmopolitan diet. I also have some highland/hereford crosses, and they demonstrate the FI cross vigor that you discussed. These crosses are also very gentle and easy to socialize. If anyone is considering adding cattle to their property, remember that cattle - all breeds - need socialization to reduce any danger from fear reaction. There is no such thing as a 1000 pund pet. Keep up the good work.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

I wish you well on your farm/ranch/homestead. You are trying to do everything right and survive with your family. May "HE" always watch over you and your's. Thanks for sharing.

[@robinjameshartley7673]

I am just about to begin restoring a Scottish croft, and am strongly considering a few head of highlands. I thoroughly enjoyed this video, and I think this will my new favourite channel. Many thanks and all the best to you and your homestead, you seem like a great guy living a great life.

[@BubbleNova1991]

Could you do a video where you show the beef once it has been processed? I'd personally like to see the marbling/quality from these cows!

[@jgamer2228]

I shouldn’t have read this comment hungry because now I want to see it as well

[@marencruickshank]

I want to see too

[@kathybluxome5514]

Thank you for introducing the Highland Cattle breed! I have admired them for years!

[@sunnybelisle4007]

Simeon, I was raised in a farming/ranching environment/family in Northern California, so I greatly appreciate all that you're doing to keep your farm and livestock pure and natural. Thank you for sharing your homesteading ways with us. Blessings. :-D

[@gkiferonhs]

You being able to keep an eye on your son, each cow, the camera, the lighting and keeping up an intelligible, instructive presentation shows me you would have made a good classroom teacher. Good job!

[@NadesikoRose]

Definitely good for a family farm who want enough food for themselves and maybe for friends/close relatives. It is a breed that I am thinking of getting for my own place once I have enough money saved up for the acreage, except I am thinking of getting a good mini-Jersey and breeding the two breeds together. Mostly because the mini-jerseys have high milk production…

[@debbieselbe104]

It was by total accident that I bought Highlander heifers but after your video, I feel so blessed and guided by a higher power to have directed to this added blessing of our little Colorado USA farm...Thank you! and your baby is adorable in the video

[@janetvargas2557]

Thank you for doing this and highlighting the wonderful Highland cattle breed and share some deeper understanding with the general public. Much luck and happiness!

[@duskydon]

I see other homesteaders use chickens to reduce the Bot fly larva in the manure. When I was a boy 1956 my uncle had a Galloway bull calf and several registered Galloway cows. In the 1940's (before I was born)he kept a small heard of Highland cattle. The Galloway would find grass even under a couple of feet of snow. The bull calf was very friendly and I helped carry milk to him many times. My uncle liked the Galloway because they would rustle food in the snow.

[@sisken12]

Very impressed with the Highland cattle. If I were raising cattle 🐮, this is definitely the breed I would choose. More bang for the buck all the way around.

[@GuineaPig361]

And they're adorable, too.

[@titan133760]

@@GuineaPig361 Not to mention they are often calm thanks to clear social structure amongst each other

[@alanmumford8806]

Simeon, your passion as a thinking farmer is infectious. More power to you.

[@bonniestaley3449]

I plan one day in the future to raise Highland cattle and I appreciate your honesty and information that I needed. Thank you so much and carry on ! Stay the coarse!

[@VaxtorT]

You just helped me make up my mind. Thank you so much from Northern Maine, USA.

[@jennaveve1612]

I appreciate the docility of the Fold. Your child so at ease about the cattle was a joy.

[@kierangoddard2198]

Yes, the collective name for Highland Cattle is a Fold, never a herd because they cannot be herded. Here in Scotland, they were gathered into a Fold at night. Furthermore, they should not be kept in a barn for the reasons you mentioned. They are an outdoor animal.

[@kierangoddard2198]

No. That’s from Aberdeen Angus cattle.

[@tracischeelk29]

Would you elaborate, please? I'm not a farmer, but am working to raise money for land, and will be raising these cattle. I intend to move the cattle to new areas of grazing. What is the size of a fold limit? What do you mean that they cannot be "herded". I also intend to get dogs for protection of the cattle and to help with rounding them up to move. I"m a single woman with not much strength. I have neuro-musclular damage, but am going to make it work. I want to do this badly. Can the dogs and or horses not help herd them? I just love these cattle too. They are so beautiful and friendly. They remind me of my roots. I am German and Norwegian. It's what I picture my ancestors grew up with in the mountains of Europe. :) My father was 100% Norwegian, and mom is 100% German, with both only being second generation Americans. Thank you.

[@tracischeelk29]

@Wade Stanton Thank you, Wade! No, I wasn't aware of the resources or history and the rest. Wonderful info. I'm only 55 now, though perhaps I'll be driving cattle until I am 90! :) Who would have thought? I liked the idea of cattle for the last two weeks upon learning and considering, but LOVE the Highland Cattle. It makes perfect sense that there were huge herds and that they can be driven. I thought about the difference between folds and herds after I posted my comment. I wondered if the folds are smaller "communites" which they gather in vs massive herds. It appears to me that most all animals do the work intended, and that most should be low-labor intensive. I'll soon find out as I learn more. I'll have dogs for herding and protecting, though I'd like to think I'm a natural at being a good herder myself! :) I apprecaite that you took the time to share your knowledge and resources. God bless you.

[@tracischeelk29]

@Wade Stanton Wade, thank you so much! This is a wonderful idea, not only to expand the farm, but to save the animals. I am very happy for your suggestion and will be sure to use it not just once, but to continue watching to help out. I recall a few times hearing of some having to find a home for animals they couldn't keep because of financial hardship. This too is sad. I surely will remember and do this. I do make friends easily. I can also help connect other people with land with animals as I find them. This helps them be self-sustaining, and they will already have the farm land. I love this idea very much. I apprecaite you being so kind again. I'm targeting about one year before I purchase land in Missouri. Feel free to contact me if I can be of help or someone needs homes for their animals. [e-mail]

[@kimberleebell98]

Traci Scheelk , can you rent land ?

[@tessjones5987]

Fascinating. Thanks.

[@oneproudnana3315]

I am not a cattle farmer and I found the video interesting. You didn't mention how beautiful they are. I really enjoy watching them through your videos. Hope you can keep on raising them.

[@fionajane56]

They are marvelous cattle, I think as more people look into growing their own grass fed beef, Highland will have to become more in demand. Excellent information. The milk fat is astonishing! Industrial agriculture is not sustainable. I bred purebred Shorthorn cattle geared toward modern commercial agriculture, I have an Agriculture Management degree, but you have to be blind to think the way we feed and raise beef or most food commodities is either healthy or sustainable. My observations over my years ranching made me realize how much trouble the cattle industry is in. This was an excellent vlog and thank you, you help explain to people better options to raise animals.

[@motosnape]

Interesting post, Fiona. It’s true that commercial beef production (and meat in general) needs to be looked at properly, and this is true of everywhere, not just the US. Good news is that the US model (which seems to be the worst in terms of intensiveness) isn’t universal, the American associations just need to be open to looking abroad for ideas and implementing them.👍

[@jeffjefferson3364]

What are your issues with intensive feeding exactly?

[@swg8841]

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[@AlbertKel]

Small scale farming is not sustainable, except if you think that meat is only for the rich in the western world...

[@shaulinmehmeti4755]

Hi, Is there milk A2 ? And would they do well in hot weather?

[@joevalentine5681]

We have a small fold of highland cattle and cannot agree with you more on the strengths and wonderful characteristics this breed has develooed over the centuries. Keep up the good word on this amazing cattle breed!

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

I am 100% on board with how you view it all.. Excellent video, explanation and discussion! I love hearing them calling in the background and seeing them come up to you. Keep up the awesome work!

[@kerryl4031]

Did enjoy. I love Highlands anyway. Very interesting videos, so have subscribed. Thank you.

[@Aidass86]

You can't say it without smiling, that says a lot. Respect brother

[@jphillipsf]

Thanks for the input and shared knowledge man, really liking your videos. Keep em coming.

[@colinsandford4500]

It is good that you are keeping the gene pool going. Fashions change and I would not be surprised if the grass fed animals come back as mainstream over the next couple of decades as grain becomes more expensive.

[@bloodhoundgang1642]

Spoken with real passion . Best of luck Sir ..👍

[@anpo6716]

So darling, the little boy background music!

[@mitche499]

Your video was very interesting Simeon, thank you. I do not raise cattle and still found the facts about your breed of cattle informative and interesting, because we see them in your videos. They are a beautiful breed and seem gentle around people. I like how you raise your food, all in a healthy lifestyle for feeding your family. God Bless. :-)

[@michaelowen1750]

I am so glad to see facts on a breed of cattle that fits where they are being raised and consumed... Thank you for taking the time to educate the world!

[@patriciakavanaugh5300]

I have always loved the highland breed for just the reasons you gave. Lovely cattle and awesome meat productivity. Thank you for the information about cross-breeding with the Galloway. I might do that with my next breeding. Much love to you and your family.

[@dj_ath]

Patricia Kavanaugh I'm new and getting into cattle. I want to raise my own meat. If I were to cross the breed would you use the Galloway as the mother for easy birth on cross breeding with the highland?

[@davekellar9049]

It was fun watching you take care of your kid.

[@sophialopez8024]

Thank you for this video, and you are an excellent father; live long and prosper!

[@onassignment1]

Very informative, Simeon. Thank you for your dedication to your family, your farming vision and your willingness to share with the world. God bless you and your family.

[@afrobengali1]

I like your passion for cattle farming

[@51spring]

I found this very interesting. You were clear and concise and made me understand your choices.

[@bebepoppy1604]

Thank you! Good job, you are very honorable and intentional.

[@lkhfun6575]

Thanks for going over this again. This breed is at the top of my wish list for a future farm.

[@gardenlady1293]

They are so beautiful. Watching them on your channel is like seeing a living cave painting. As a hand spinner, I should tell you that you could spin the undercoat when they shed it in the spring. I expect it would be like quivit or cashmere. Thank you so much for sharing videos of these amazing cows.

[@mamabear8590]

Thank You for the time spent and knowledge of this video.

[@lyndacompton1846]

Loved your information I don't have cattle live in the suburbs but always interested in this kind of information thank you

[@thinkinoutloud.1]

Very beautiful cattle. They seem kind and friendly as well.

[@catherinefunderburg3535]

This was great. I will be showing portions of it to my class as we are studying adaptation and you did a great job

[@jackiebinns6205]

Ive had to benge watch your videos, once i started i had to keep going and going and going ! Im so happy your sharing your wisdom and family with us thru out the world !! Bravo !! From Nebraska USA ❤❤

[@johnmaclagan2263]

Thank you sir for promoting and education on the highland coo

[@shellinearmstrong7177]

Very interesting and informative. You did a good job, Simeon.

[@joenadeau4419]

You made some really good points, we are considering Highlanders but my favorite video of yours is still the wood stoves in the old farm house, you have come a very long ways.

[@mjadams3731]

Thankful and appreciative for all the videos you and your family produce which help to spread good news in agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry management. Praying you can continue to be able to practice and to show others that it can be done! Blessings for all your family......

[@jakecynthiaray8985]

What a fantastic and helpful rundown of this breed. Thank you somuch!

[@belfast479]

Thanx for sharing. Very interesting. Beautiful animals.

[@Dawnybros]

I see Highland cattle near where I live in Wales. They are beautiful. I never see their meat for sale unfortunately. I wish you every success.

[@pamelaarescurrinaga3295]

Good, informative video. Thank you

[@andjmarn1485]

Thx Simone for sharing Allways enjoy u'r video's

[@dndnny]

Amazing piece of information. It's very valuable. I hope to get myself and my family into this lifestyle one day.

[@martyleds5922]

Wow! Very Informative! Just bought the e-book. But Simeon, you are truly an amazing man. Your ability to multitask is on full display here. From, the camera work, staying aware of what the cows around you were doing, teaching us with that fantastic natural delivery... ALL THE WHILE your Papa bear radar/instinct was in full force keeping watch over Danny to keep him safe and on top of that your PATIENCE with little Danny....singing louder and louder, you just let him be himself... Truly you are such a good Father. Thank you for all the information you have shared. I look forward to implementing my garlic business in 2020. God Bless.

[@josiejohnson8201]

Fully agree with you on this. The current farming method is not sustainable in the long run. So refreshing to see people such as yourself going back to the old, tried and true, ways. Keep up the good work. :-)

[@amyjones1226]

Love this!! Definitely looking at the highlands now for my personal milk production.

[@bkerchev]

Your viewpoint and facts are interesting and reflect your knowledge and care of the Highland cattle. Keep doing what you feel is best. I'm a new subscriber but what you are doing appears successful. Industry has it's place but the earth could use more farmers like you.

[@kerryseabrook2438]

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT VIDEO! I LIVE IN NORTHERN ONTARIO, CANADA. CURRENTLY, WE ARE BREEDING A PUREBRED HIGHLAND BULL TO OUR BELTED GALLOWAY COWS. THE FIRST CALVES OF THIS CROSS ARE DUE IN A FEW MONTHS. PRIOR TO THIS, I BRED A BLACK ANGUS BULL TO HIGHLAND COWS, AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE HYBRID VIGOR, AND EXCELLENT QUALITY OF THOSE CALVES.

[@malkaringel7864]

Such an informative and interesting 🎥. Thanks

[@bennystropicalswimmigwolf8691]

Loved your information Simeon Excellent video! I love highland cattle Safe Travels 👣 👣

[@junehigham2742]

Love you, your show, your outlook, and your presentations.

[@MJ-pc3ry]

So informative and interesting. Definitely answered some of my questions. Thank you Simeon 🇨🇦❤

[@eMrSKgold]

- Aloha 🌺 from Hawaii - so healing to watch your channel!

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Very informative! I will use these on my permaculture farm!

[@mrs.Italy.D]

Awe at one point I thought I heard your baby singing in the background! How sweet ♥️ I’m in the USA 🇺🇸 I’ve been trying to learn all I can on these majestic animals. Thank you for All this great information 🙏 This would be my first cow purchase I don’t have much acreage but enough to put one on to get started for now!

[@OBRfarm]

Awesome! Thanks for your vids man! This is great. Going to try to find some in my area.

[@colmanlong1032]

Absolutely fantastic video,so informative & natural.💚⚪💛🌟🌞

[@p.k.gilliam8157]

We love the Beefmaster breed. Highland are beautiful and so amazingly hardy. Wish we could have them on our land, just too hot and humid for them. Great job on the very informative video. Keep up the good work and good luck with your endeavors!

[@247rug]

Agreed. We love the Hereford and Beefmaster, easy going and feed efficiency.

[@mmsanocki]

I'm not ready to have cows yet, but was happy to see we have this breed in the US in Minnesota. I'm learning all I can and hoping to someday have a few. Thank you for your videos.

[@Shayechique]

Great information! Love the channel

[@npickard4218]

First time watching this channel GREAT. I raise a few dairy goats but have been considering the Highland Cattle since I visited Scotland (I'm in the USA.)

[@brendaroupp9077]

hi I'm from the MOUNTENS of Pa. Up on the border of PA. / NY. my older broth has 1 bull and 3 cows of the HIGH LANDERS and we love them.. and he had 3 nice little babies this summer.. a vary nice cow breed..

[@mountainviews5025]

I'm so sorry I couldn't hear most of what you said in this video because of your wonderful child tried concentrating really hard but couldn't we so would love for you to do this again please we take in all of your input we learn so very much from you and we thank you and like always thumbs up my friend

[@catw5294]

I so believe in what you and others like you are trying to do by deeply caring for and about the animals you raise and the land you use. I supported your efforts by buying one of the sweatshirts with your logo. Keep up the good work! Your logo will be fashionably worn in the Chicagoland area.

[@bennybodash855]

I loved your video. Great wisdom, thank you!

[@adelalukacova7982]

I am falling in love more and more with scotland highland cattles since the time when Sally was a star. Actually I have never known about this breed before watching your channel, so thank you for your present. Your wife is American and I see the future of this breed in Alaska. Simeon you have metioned that your agriculture studies just despised with this breed. I hope in some next video we will see the history of who and when turned you to into HC. :-)

[@patbootie9552]

I find it very interesting. Thank you so much for your time educating us.

[@truditryggvason8510]

love your channel, keep up the good work guys!!!

[@scratchgolfer12]

I LOVE this video! I have great admiration for you and your standards. Never been on an industrial cattle farm just heard of them. My grandparents and Uncles always raised cattle, horses, pigs and chickens. Four legged animals raised on pasture grasses, no grain or antibiotics. They raised Charolais and Herefords. Hereford had hard time birthing but great beef. Charolais were great mothers. Brenda in N Texas, USA

[@EvandMo]

Thanks for your time and effort!

[@Whistlewalk]

Found this very interesting. Thank you.

[@ivylady13]

Wow, thank you so much for this video. Loved the info and your enthusiasm.

[@HubsByG]

Another wonderful video. Thank you.

[@agibsonallan]

fantastic lot of great info,best regards from Scotland

[@thebiggeek8057]

Love your videos, my wife and I are going to start at fold in the next 2 years, and I have learned a lot from you. Thanks so much.

[@tinybigbus1873]

Thank you for a very instructive video.

[@livelife4471]

Thank you for sharing your experiences with the public. I am planning on setting up an off-grid small farm and am in search of cattle. The climate is pretty much the same as what you have in Sweden. So once again thank you.

[@lindaglendenning8332]

Your cattle are so friendly, clean and comfortable, very impressive❗️

[@lisabooker6405]

If I raised cattle I’d look at these for sheer looks alone! I’m teasing of course though they are beautiful. I loved the video even though I’m not a cattle farmer because you’re so passionate about them. You absolutely believe in what you’re doing with them and for them and that is so rare today. Thank you for sharing all of this information. I pray others will just LISTEN and maybe learn something. God be with you. ~Lisa

[@andrewalker2291]

Great video, very interesting. Done the natural way. Bravo my good man.

[@TH-bj1pb]

You're talking about breeds and race. Nice. You're sharing awesome knowledge and experience, great video. :)

[@poolfield2]

I really enjoyed listening to that presentation. I live in the countryside and buy my beef from the farm across the road that are entirely grass/hay fed, they are Gloucester Cattle and very suited to our climate (I live in Gloucestershire). Just a little way towards our nearest town there are Highland Cattle that are being used to maintain an area as a nature reserve, I’ve always been fascinated by them.

[@arclat361]

We need to talk! Very deep going info! Thanks!

[@davidswanson640]

I enjoy learning about various minor breeds of livestock.

[@aprilgarrahan3245]

I am really grateful for this video thank you Simeon

[@geoffreystukey5954]

Great vid sir very informative

[@cissyfoster3417]

Thank-you for this abundant information. You have helped me to decide to get the Highland Cattle if I am ever able to. I have traveled past a farm that raises Highland Cattle, and have always wondered if they would be a prudent breed to have. Please continue to homestead as you are presently doing, and continue to educate us on your vast knowledge.