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Creamery Brook Bison in Brooklyn held a Festival on the Farm on CT Open House Day, June 10

While many people may be familiar with Holsteins or Jerseys, there are lots more global breeds and lesser-known North America breeds to be aware of.

Columnist Sue Bowman reviews a new line of stamps from the U.S. Postal Service, which features endangered livestock and poultry breeds.

The stamp series pays homage to heritage breeds of livestock.

USPS celebrates heritage breeds with new stamps Published Saturday, May. 22, 2021, 1:04 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© Savo Ilic – stock.adobe.com) A colorful assortment of heritage livestock breeds are the latest American symbols to be immortalized on U.S. Postal Service stamps. The Heritage Breeds Forever stamps, which hi...

/PRNewswire/ -- Heritage breeds of livestock are pre-industrial farm animals whose unusual appearances and remarkable qualities take us back to our nations...

Texas Longhorn The Texas Longhorn needs little introduction, but this breed is often misunderstood because of the rise of modern Longhorns. These modern hybrids captivate people with their exceptionally wide horn spreads. Often referred to as “Wronghorns” by traditional Longhorn breeders, these modern cattle are crosses of the original Longhorns with other large-horned breeds, such as the Ankole-Watusi or the English Longhorn. The historic Texas Longhorn is of Iberian origin, and these catt...

New stamps feature heritage animals Alice Mannette HutchNews.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — In mid-November, the U.S. Postal Service announced its 2021 stamps. Among them are several farm-related scenes.  Topping the list is the heritage breed stamp, which gives homage to 10 heritage breeds: the American Mammoth Jackstock donkey, the Narragansett turkey, the Cayuga duck, the San Clemente Island goat, the Mulefoot hog, the Cotton Patch goose, the American Cream draft horse, the Barbados Blackbelly sh...