Why we went into
AUSTRALIAN LOWLINE small Angus cattle
on our lifestyle block
Australian Lowline small Angus cattle developed scientifically
Australian Lowline cattle, true beef cattle. Casablanca Lowline Stud, based at Whangaehu near Wanganui, New Zealand(previously at Kumeu, Auckland) welcomes your contact about Australian Lowline Cattle.
You can ring us on New Zealand 06 342 6670 or Email us or join our mailing list to receive current Australian Lowline news.
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SMALL, BUT NOT MINIATURE
Australian Lowlines are small but not miniature cattle and do not have the adverse genes of some of the miniature cattle breeds.

SMALLER BY DESIGN
For the last 150 years, beef cattle have been bred to be big to produce the huge slabs of meat that were a symbol of affluence for our ancestors. Australian Lowlines are designed to be smaller and to mature earlier.

HEALTH CONSCIOUS
Better educated 21st century markets require smaller higher quality cuts of meat with good marbling and just enough sub-cutaneous fat. It is for those markets that Australian Lowlines have been developed.

DEFINITELY NOT MINIATURE
Australian Lowlines are serious beef cattle that win awards against all comers in carcass competitions. They're cute enough for anyone but they're definitely not miniature. Australian Lowlines.
Bred for better beef.
Australian Lowlines, small Angus cattle

We're David and Judy Sainsbury, owners of Casablanca Lowline Stud. Entrepreneurial by nature, business savvy, but no longer young. Dave's a retired accountant and IT specialist. Jude's been in pharmaceuticals, IT, journalism and politics. We both have dairying and country backgrounds and we've both done a lot of adventurous things.

In 2003 we down-sized to a lifestyle block at Kumeu, just out of Auckland. We decided on beef cattle but (both having wrecked shoulders) needed a breed that we could handle with ease. We didn't want our paddocks pugged, either. (It can get a bit waterlogged at Kumeu.) We looked at all the small and miniature beef cattle breeds and weren't that impressed. Some breeds were Clayton's cattle, bred to be picturesque. Some carried the dwarfism gene with its potential for abnormality and abortion. Some breeds, frankly, were scrawny.

None of these were for us. We wanted real cattle. Beef cattle. Cattle that cut a mean steak.

Then we discovered Australian Lowlines, the scientifically derived small Angus cattle with their impeccable genetic history. Australian Lowlines are the right size, easy to handle, and very docile. They're serious beef cattle, with better conformation than most Angus because they're smaller replicas of their champion ancestors which were some of the best Angus cattle in the world. They're easy calvers and good doers and they have outstanding carcass characteristics. Australian Lowlines are naturally polled so you don't have to worry about dehorning. They're all very "even" and we know what to expect from them because they are the most genetically studied cattle ever. And they look great in our paddocks.

So we set up an Australian Lowline stud using some of the best blood lines and we've had some remarkable successes.(See Showing page.) In 2010 we shifted to Whangaehu near Wanganui and brought our herd with us. They're doing even better now because of the better feed down here. Take our word for it. When compared to large, small, and especially miniature cattle, Australian Lowlines are the best beef cattle in the world.

Judy and David Sainsbury, Casablanca Lowline Stud, 16 Haunui Rd, Whangaehu, Wanganui, New Zealand.
Telephone:(New Zealand)06 342 6670. Mobile:0211433204. Email:lowline@casablanca.co.nz

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