Iain Aitken is passionate about Luing (pronounced ‘Ling’) cattle and their traits that make cattle-raising easy. He and his wife Rowena have 200 head of this Scottish breed on their farm in Manitoba. ...

ELMA — Sometimes people stop to stare at the cattle grazing on Bob and Doris Swalander’s Elma farmstead. Sometimes they ask if the shaggy animals are yaks. They’re not. They’re Scottish Highland ...

This ancient breed originated in the Scottish Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland and is the oldest registered breed of livestock in the world. Easily recognizable by long horns and long shaggy ...

BOZEMAN - On Bridger Canyon Road between mile marker seven and eight, there's a small ranch with an unusual breed of cattle. They're black, brown and tan beasts with long, shaggy hair and horns that ...

SAWYER, N.D. — When Jennie Anderson was a child, she fell in love with Scottish Highland cattle at the Minnesota State Fair and dreamed of having her own one day. Fast forward a couple decades, and ...

ALMA — The short, round cattle with crazy hair and long straight or curved horns in pastures north of Alma look like a cross between a “Lord of the Rings” critter and an Old English Sheepdog. The ...

FEDORA, S.D. — A South Dakota couple who run a farm east of the town of Fedora specialize in Scottish Highland cattle, a shaggy, long-horned breed, and their herd has become a roadside attraction.

Farmers have said an extensive list of native breeds in Scotland could do the same job.