Mini Dual-Purpose Cross Cattle

There is nothing better than a selectively and well thought-out Dual-Purpose Cross. Using the foundation of a Mini Jersey and combing with a solid breed for beef, a miniature dual-purpose cross can be extremely beneficial to small homestead. Crossing a Mini Jersey with a Lowline Angus / Aberdeen can be ideal to cross because you get the best of both worlds - milking lines from the jersey with all the beefiness from the Lowline Angus / Aberdeen. Each of these breeds are known in their own rights to be the best of the best for milk or meat. Not every homestead needs to produce 4+ gallons per day of milk. Not every homestead needs a replacement heifer for their milk cow every year. Most homesteads however would love the ability to source both milk and meat from their own land. These dual-purpose crosses can provide a wonderful family milk cow that can then be bred back to either a mini jersey bull or a lowline angus / aberdeen for the upcoming year depending on if the homestead needs more milk or meat.

Using our base of Mini Jersey, Rocky Bottom Mini Farm is able to selectively choose to do a breeding for just such a Dual-Purpose Cross. These crosses allow the amazing milk production capabilities of the Mini Jersey with the superior quality of the meat from the Lowline Angus / Aberdeen. When choosing one of our dual-purpose crosses, the homesteader can then make a decision in their breeding each year to selectively choose to breed back to a mini jersey if their farm is in need a of future dairy cow or choose to breed back to a Lowline Angus / Aberdeen if their farm needs meat for their family for the following year.  Since we begin with purebred mini jerseys and purebred or fullblood Lowline Angus / Aberdeen, you will have a true 50/50 cross. When you breed back your foundation cross, you then have a 75% Mini Jersey or a 75% Lowline Angus / Aberdeen which brings out the superior qualities of each breed. 

Crossing this breed also gives a hardiness of health and vigor that is found only in cross bred cattle. Once you have your Foundation Mini Dual-Purpose Cross on your farm, you are securing your family’s needs for many, many years to come on your Homestead. Should the homesteader so choose, you can work with IMCBR to register these wonderful bovines due to the fact that all of our animals are registered. This will allow the homesteader to continue to track lineage in these amazing animals and document how you cross them moving forward so you can continue to make informed decisions with your cattle.  We are extremely grateful to IMCBR for recognizing this unique blend of Homestead Cattle and thank them for working with us!

Our clients then know that they can come back to us year after year for their Bull Semen needs from our Bull program, so when the time comes, they can make a selection of Mini Jersey or Lowline Angus / Aberdeen semen straws to continue their line.