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Beef with Tesco?

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eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 20 Mar 2014 18:08

I now feel I am a fully fledged, cud-chewing bovine expert.

Or does that mean flying cows?

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K

K Report 20 Mar 2014 17:27

The parents of the suckler cows would be a Friesian cow crossed with a Hereford bull. The suckler cows are then mated in turn to a beef bull to produce beef.

You can tell from the colour/markings which still retain the markings of the Hereford but have the colour of the Friesian

More than you wanted to know really :-D

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eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 20 Mar 2014 11:01

I don't think it says that they are Friesians.

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eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 20 Mar 2014 10:58

Dermot I just noticed your strapline - I often refer to Donkey Oatey because of the irony.
I recently finished a new(ish) translation of the Gentleman of La Mancha. Very funny indeed.

Sharron - the article does say that they are Hereford cross cows.

Cross?

I'd be bloomin' livid if I was misrepresented in such a way!

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Sharron

Sharron Report 20 Mar 2014 10:35

It looks to me like a bit of artistic licence, Freesian bulls with udders!

Dermot

Dermot Report 20 Mar 2014 10:34

Correct use of English is still important. They are just milking the system - not the animals!

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 20 Mar 2014 10:34

At least one of them has udders ;-)

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Sharron

Sharron Report 20 Mar 2014 10:31

It doesn't say what breed they are does it?

You can see they are beef cattle though.

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 20 Mar 2014 09:32

When is a cow not a cow?

Apparently the company has launched an advertising campaign highlighting its milk prices by using pictures of beef cattle.

The cattle used have never been near a miling parlour in their lives.

It's just one of those little stories that amuses me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26650621

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