We purchased our first Miniature Herefords and Lowline embryos in the spring of 1999 and have taken pleasure in these exceptional animals ever since. We aspire to provide the miniature cattle market with quality genetics and performance.

Miniature Hereford

In 1969, a breeding program was initiated to develop the Miniature Hereford, starting with certified dwarf-free Hereford bloodlines. The aim was to produce a cow that would raise and sell more beef per acre, and a calf that would gain profitably and provide a more desirable size steak. Thicker and chunkier in appearance, Miniature Herefords are early maturing, excellent feed converters, easy keepers and very gentle. Two or three may be kept in place of one modern-sized cow. Each miniature cow will wean a calf weighing a higher percentage of her mature weight, thus making them much more economical. Miniature Herefords are hardy and adaptable to various environments including the extreme cold of Canada, the high humidity of the East, the heat of the South, and the dry deserts of the Southwest. They may be enjoyed as a hobby, treated as a secondary source of income, or employed as a full- time business. The Miniature Hereford is ideal to show, use as freezer beef or classify small acreages for agricultural exemption status.

Lowline

Many of the same reasons for owning Miniature Herefords can be said for the Lowline breed. In 1929, Australian animal scientists at the Trangie Research Centre in New South Wales began to develop the Lowline breed from registered Aberdeen Angus seedstock purchased from the Glencarnock Angus herd in Manitoba, Canada. Since their arrival into the United States in 1996, they are now referred to as American Lowline cattle. American Lowline cattle marble off of grass and minimal grain to produce a tender, fine-textured cut of meat, based upon pure Angus genetics. American Lowline cattle are naturally polled, require less management, experience calving ease, offer reduced production costs, and result in higher stocking rates and significantly higher retail yields. Lowlines are extremely adaptable to a wide range of climates. Because of their small size and docile nature, the breed is ideally suited to management on small farmsteads, family operations and ranches of all sizes. Lowline genetics offer the cattleman a low maintenance cattle breed known to have high conversion rates of forage to muscle/flesh. Utilizing these genetics can maximize the return on your investment.

Miniature Black Baldies

To meet the demands of the cross bred miniature cattle market, we have cross bred some of the finest Lowline cattle and Miniature Herefords to produce Miniature Black Baldies. Combining the best of both breeds, these black baldies exhibit the added-value power of hybrid vigor. Countless studies have documented the effectiveness of the black baldie cows in many different environments. DLT Miniature Black Baldie cattle are registered with the American Lowline Registry as percentage American Lowlines.