The Highland Cattle Society is the official register for the Highland Cattle Breed in the UK. It was founded in 1884 and today has fully computerised and searchable breed records. No-one is better place or more qualified to authenticate the complete t
Another well-known face in the Beef Section is Wilson Peters, judging Commercial Cattle. Farm Manager at Monzie Estate in Crieff, Wilson is very well known in the showing and sale scene winning Scottish National Fatstock Champion on five occasions and commanding some of the best prices. ...
The decline of the kelp industry, falling cattle prices, and, later, the potatofaminein the Highlands that began in the mid-1840s were major blows to the subsistence economy of the crofters (who had no legal claim to the land on which they lived). When thepotato blighthit, about 1846,...
The main agricultural activity is livestock raising, particularly beef and dairy cattle in low-lying areas and sheep in the more rugged hills. The chief crops are hay and oats, mainly for fodder, and some barley and potatoes for humanconsumption. Fishing remains important in ports such asWick,...