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» » ONE OF THE STARS IN THE
cattle firmament right now is
the Salers breed and that suits
Terence Pye who farms with
his wife Jane at Leven Fields,
Middleton on Leven, near Yarm.
Terence is Chairman of the Salers
Cattle Society, a role he took up
in November last year, and his
Rigel herd is aptly named for the
continuing rise in popularity of
the breed as Rigel is a star in the
Orion constellation.
‘The breed really has taken
hold in the last five years even
though we’ve had them since
1991 and they’ve been in the
UK since 1986,’ says Terence.
‘The data from BCMS has been
allowing us to see the growth
curve gradually ramping up but
last year the breed grew by
a huge 10 per cent, making it
the fastest growing in the UK.
There are now around 30,000
pure and crossbred Salers
breeding cows and we are the
ninth largest breed for this in the
country.’
‘I think it is the pressures
on farming that are forcing
everyone to be more careful
about cost and making the best
of what they have. The message
about Salers has now reached
that point where people either
wants to know more or have
started to keep them. We’re
receiving recommendations
all the time as the commercial
realities are coming to the fore.
Cattle men and women now
understand what they can do for
them.’
‘Around half of the customers
who come to us are looking for