Grass Fed, Purebred Beef
Belted Galloway Beef
Our Belted Galloway cattle are bred by ourselves and sourced from our breeder partners. We engage sustainable breeding practises, that aim to continue the Full Blood strain of the Belted Galloway breed within Australia. We are registered Breeders with the Australian Belted Galloway Association.
https://beltedgalloway.org.au/
The breed started and was developed in the austere hill country of the Galloway area in south-west Scotland. It is believed to have originated more than 300 years ago from the result of crossing the unbelted Galloway with the Dutch Lakenvelder.
The “Beltie” is naturally polled and has striking colourings of black, red or dun, with a white belt. For sheer eye appeal, no breed is more distinctive in the paddock and the term “beautiful Belties” is often used.
They have a “double coat ” of hair, consisting of a long, shaggy overcoat and a soft, thick undercoat, providing excellent insulation in cold, bleak weather and thus reducing the amount of feed intake required to maintain body weight. “Belties” are able to adapt to a variety of climatic conditions. Their coat is shed in hot weather, making the “Beltie” a highly adaptable and versatile breed.
They have good foraging abilities, ensuring that they thrive where other breeds fail. Research has identified that the Galloway requires the least amount of feed per kilogram of weight gain, making the cattle efficient converters. Tests conducted in Germany have shown Belted Galloways consume more varieties of flora than any other breed.
The Belted Galloway is an extremely fertile breed. The cows are long lived regular breeders, and are noted for their ability to produce a healthy, well-nourished calf at weaning, even in the harshest of conditions. Some Belted Galloways have had two separate calves in one year. One cow in Australia has even produced three lots of twins in a row!
Belted Galloway Beef has been shown in a research study conducted at the University of Guelph – to have a total fat content of about 2%, an extremely low percentage. The same study showed that the Belted Galloway Beef tested, only contained about 1% saturated fat. In addition, it showed that Belted Galloway beef had the same fat content as chicken and fish, so fits in well with a healthy diet. Belted Galloway beef is exceptionally tender, full of flavour and juicy and was the winner of the 2003 Sydney Royal Show “Beef Taste Test”.