Only 10 years ago, few would have taken these animals seriously as a livestock enterprise in the north. Now buffalo herds are proving profitable as providers of tasty and healthy meat
by NORMAN DUNN
In the not too distant past, livestock farmers in Europe tended to stay lifelong with the same species.
Once a dairy farmer, always a dairy farmer. When a young farmer went down the swine production road, he tended to follow it to retirement.
But that’s an attitude changing fast due to disappearing margins and the sometimes desperate search for diversification when competition gets too hot in traditional enterprises.