Texas Longhorn

The Texas Longhorn was fashioned entirely by nature in North America. Stemming from ancestors that were the first cattle to set foot on American soil almost 500 years ago, it became the sound end product of "survival of the fittest". Shaped by a combination of natural selection and adaptation to the environment, the Texas Longhorn is the only cattle breed in America which - without aid from man - is truly adapted to America. In his book The Longhorns, J. Frank Dobie states this situation well: "Had they been registered and regulated, restrained and provided for by man, they would not have been what they were."

With the destruction of the buffalo following the Civil War, the Longhorns were rushed in to occupy the Great Plains, a vast empire of grass vacated by the buffalo. Cattlemen brought their breeding herds north to run on the rich grazing lands of western Nebraska, Wyoming, the Dakotas, and Montana. Thus, the Great Plains became stocked largely with these "bovine citizens" from the Southwest. And, the Texas Longhorns adapted well to their expanding world. They had reached their historical heyday, dominating the beef scene of North America like no other cattle breed has done since. However, the romantic Longhorn era came to an end when their range was fenced in and plowed under and imported cattle with quick maturing characteristics were brought in to "improve" beef qualities. Intensive crossbreeding had nearly erased the true typical Longhorn by 1900.

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Upcoming Texas Longhorn Cattle Shows and Events

103rd National Western Stock Show 2009
     Location: National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, CO 80216, USA
     When: Saturday 10th to Sunday 25th January 2009

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Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo
     Location: Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
     When: Friday 16th to Sunday 08th February 2009

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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
     Location: Houston, Texas, United States
     When: Tuesday 03rd to Sunday 22nd March 2009

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Upcoming Texas Longhorn Cattle Sales / Auctions

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
     Location: Houston, Texas, United States
     When: Tuesday 03rd to Sunday 22nd March 2009

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Latest Texas Longhorn Breed News

Friday, August 03, 2007
Foot and Mouth Disease confirmed in cattle, in Surrey, UK
UK - DEFRA have confirmed that following an investigation of suspected vesicular disease on a holding near Guildford in Surrey,...

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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
The fall fling is flung
US - Handling cattle for castration, branding and vaccinations was demonstrated at the Dickinson Cattle Co Fall Fling Field Day....

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