D. P. Sponenberg 2005 Some of the Pineywoods cattle strains are rare, and some are close to extinction. In order to keep the genetic material from these available to the breed, it will be important to rescue some of them. For a strain to survive in genetic isolation,...
Dr. Sponenberg Conservation breeding is somewhat different than production breeding, but is essential if the various strains of the Pineywoods cattle are to see the next few decades. Conservation programs are tailored to maximize the genetic survival of a strain by...
D. P. Sponenberg A few general issues are facing the Pineywoods breed, and the next decade will determine how much of the breed is brought into the future. Not only is it important to assure the breed numbers are up – it is also important to consider the genetic...
D. P. Sponenberg Pineywoods cattle are an important genetic resource for the deep south, but will only continue to be important if they are carefully bred and maintained. Purity is important. The Pineywoods is one of a handful of Iberian-derived breeds. Through quirks...
Pineywoods Cattle Strains D. P. Sponenberg Pineywoods cattle are a landrace breed, which means that the breed formed under local conditions for local purposes – usually with a great deal of isolation. The result of the isolation of different groups of these cattle...
Written by: Charles M. Simon, Covington County Extension Agent The 80 x 14 foot mural before you was commissioned to help us to remember an era when the old Spanish based native cattle grazed the understory of the vast longleaf pine forest of the Gulf Coast. This old...
