Lou is the owner of Cragend Farm with her husband Shaun, and deals with everything from Holiday Accommodation inquiries to egg collection from the chickens; she is the social media and web design finger-tapper.
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CATTLE
1: CRITICAL
(Fewer than 150) Albion = The Chillingham Wild Cattle + Dairy Shorthorn (Original Population) + Northern Dairy Shorthorn = Vaynol
2: ENDANGERED
(150 to 250) + Native Aberdeen Angus
3: VULNERABLE
(250 to 450) + Lincoln Red (Original Population) + Whitebred Shorthorn (Cragend Farm has 3 cows due to calf shortly).
4: AT RISK
(450 to 750) = Gloucester - Irish Moiled
5: MINORITY
(750 to 1500) = British White + Shetland = Traditional Hereford = White Park
Find Out More About Cragend
Cragend Farm has a interesting and diverse history, from technical innovations to historic buildings. Tied in closely to the neighbouring Cragside Estate home of Victorian inventor and industrialist Lord Armstrong.