[Dusty Road]

Long Horn’s? Please tell me your joking. Some people raise long horns as a novelty or a Texas tradition but I don’t know anybody who raises them commercially, other than to sell them to novelty buyers.

[Ditter]

I think you are correct, my husband bought 2 Longhorns just for their looks. One has died from cancer eye, the other is magnificent! I named him Meatloaf. The one who died was named Hamburger. Those names were just a warning that they should behave themselves.......or else!

[Vigilanteman]

FWIW, I haven't taken many road trips into Texas lately. Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas are what I am familiar with because I grew up there.

I'm not sure of the major cattle breeds they run in Texas. Maybe you can educate me.

[okie01]

Long Horn’s? Please tell me your joking. Some people raise long horns as a novelty or a Texas tradition but I don’t know anybody who raises them commercially, other than to sell them to novelty buyers.

Quite the contrary. Longhorns have a commercial role, though it's specialized.

Many livestock breeders believe that calves produced by a longhorn-heifer mating have a better birthing rate -- better survival by the calf, better survival rate by the heifer.

But, once she's a cow (instead of a heifer), standard breeding practices will prevail.