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Charolais and Angus calves

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Charolais and Angus calves

The Angus calf (left), despite being five weeks older, is dwarfed by the Charolais calf. Farmers were attracted to the faster growth rate and larger mature size of Charolais and other exotic cattle breeds.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1972/5674/28

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Robert Peden, Beef farming – Exotic cattle breeds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17337/charolais-and-angus-calves (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.