The Great Beltie Boom

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It’s the cow that looks like a humbug: black with a broad white stripe around their middle. Belted Galloways used to be a rare sight but now they’re a firm favourites of both farmers and the British public all over the UK. Caz Graham visits Richard Wilson’s farm and his herd of Belties on the Galloway coast to find out why these distinctive looking native breed cattle are more popular than ever. As Vice President of the Belted Galloway Society and a breeder of many years, he explains why they’re such useful cattle for conservation grazing, how their beef is in high demand and we meet Annie, possibly the only cow in the UK with her own column in a Parish magazine. Produced and presented by Caz Graham.