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Polled Hereford cattle

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Polled Hereford cattle

A large mob of polled (hornless) Herefords are mustered off tussock country in Central Otago. They were put onto higher country after weaning in autumn, and are being brought down to lower pastures for the winter.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 8 May 2004

by Stephen Jaquiery

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Robert Peden, Beef farming – Main beef cattle breeds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17332/polled-hereford-cattle (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.