Q: what are the breeds of beef cattle introduced from abroad?

Answer: After reforming and opening, our country introduced a lot of foreign thoroughbred beef fattening cattle. There are six main types: 1. Hereford cattle. Native to England, it is a small beef breed. The beef is tender and juicy and delicious. Early maturity, fast weight gain, coarse feed tolerance, disease resistance, suitable for grazing. Angus cattle (hornless black cattle). Native to England, it is an early-maturing medium-sized beef breed. Early maturity, tolerance to coarse feeding, cold tolerance, strong adaptability. Temperament docile, suitable for grazing breeding. 3. Charolais cattle. Originated in France, it is a large beef cattle breed. Good meat production performance, general slaughter rate of 60%-70%, carcass net meat rate of 80%-85%, good meat quality, lean meat. It has the characteristics of strong adaptability, tolerance to coarse feeding, cold tolerance and disease resistance, but its reproduction rate is low and its dystocia rate is high. 4. Limousin cattle. Originated in France, it is a large beef cattle breed. It has the characteristics of strong adaptability, tolerance to coarse feeding, grazing in ecological environment, strong compensation growth ability and high feed utilization rate. The dystocia rate was lower than that of Charolais. 5. Piedmont cattle. Originated in Italy, it is a medium-sized beef cattle breed. Its main characteristics are rapid proliferation in early stage, less subcutaneous fat, high slaughter rate, large eye muscle area, fresh meat and extremely high skin elasticity. But it is easy to produce dystocia. 6. Simmental cattle. Originated in the Alps, western Switzerland and France, Germany and Austria. It is a world-famous dual-purpose cattle breed. Adaptability is good, tolerance coarse feed, temperament docile, suitable for grazing.