Meet the Herd

Breeding Program

When we were buying our farm and trying to decide what breed of dairy cattle we wanted, we were having trouble deciding between Jersey's and Dexter's.  Finally, we settled on crossing them as we believed this would help negate negative traits and amplify positive attributes of both breeds.
We soon learned that the Jersey/Dexter cross has been in development for some time and many others agree with us - they are the perfect homestead animal!

Belfair are bred to be great foragers, to eat less than other breeds, to hold body condition well including during lactation, to produce plenty of high butterfat milk for a family, to be docile in nature, small in stature, and resistant to disease and other common ailments such as milk fever.   

We currently have a lovely Dexter bull, and two Jersey cows who have given us three Belfair heifers.  Our first two Belfair heifers were sold to other small farms like ours.  We are now raising the beautiful Ginger Mirabelle, who was born here in January of 2023, to be our first Belfair dairy cow. 

If you would like to be on the waitlist for future Belfair calves, please fill out the form below.

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All of our breeding cattle are from grass-fed genetics and are a2a2.