A story in the Southeast Farm Press this week discussed the Florida Cracker Cattle breed and how it is being used to preserve important wetlands and aquifer recharge areas of northern Florida. According to the article, “The Florida Cracker Cattle breed that graze his land descend from those first brought to the state in the 1500s by the Spanish. They are hardier, disease and pest resistant, and forage during the winter when other breeds require feed. Cracker cows live longer, producing more calves continually and throughout the years. They are sold locally for meat or breeding stock.”
This breed of cattle is particularly adapted to do well in the Southeast’s hotter and wetter climate. You can read more about them here.
