English Longhorn is renowned for its ease of calving. Prominent hook bones, deep pins and a roomy birth canal result in almost no recorded incidence of assistance being needed at birth. Longhorns have excellent milking ability and their long and level lactation hel avoid a flush of milk at calving. They rear their calves very well. A 6% butter fat is not uncommon although no-one is currently milking them commercially.They are excellent mothers and their docile nature makes them an easy breed to manage. Replacement and Maintenance Cost are low. Their exceptional breeding longevity and relatively low body weight makes them very economical and inexpensive to feed. Niche Markets -A number of quality butchers are now stocking Longhorn beef as one of their traceable, quality products. The beef has a velvet texture and tastes delicious.

During the 1950's and 60's when beef, was increasingly produced from cereal fed, housed cattle, the breed became rare. However with the more recent interest in extensiveIy produced Iean meat from grass the Longhorn has staged a dramatic comeback. In 1981 a pair of Longhorns won the much coveted 'Burke Trophy', the Interbreed Cattle Championship, a Royal Show, and a Longhorn bull was Reserve Interbreed Beef Champion at Royal Welsh Show in 1994, in only the second year of Longhorn classes at the National Show. In 1999 a Longhorn took the Interbreed Native Championship, Leicester Show and a Longhorn pair were Reserve native Interbreed at the Counties Show.