Meet Yorkshire’s tiny cows.
We’re a small family farm near Holmfirth, home to Miniature Herefords, Highlands and a growing cast of very individual calves. We’re halter-training the youngsters, learning as we go and building a different future for our 29-acre farm.
Home to Miniature Herefords | 29 acres | Family-farmed since 2012 | Crowedge, near Holmfirth
What if smaller is actually the point?
For years, the direction of farming has often been towards more: more acres, bigger machinery, bigger cattle. That was never going to be our story.
On a small Yorkshire holding, we started asking a different question: what kind of cattle and farming system actually fit the land, the people and the life we want to build?
That question led us to miniature cattle, and to a rather different plan for our farm.
A Miniature Hereford isn’t a baby cow kept small for photographs. It is Hereford cattle bred for a smaller frame.
They caught our attention because their
scale, character and the way they fit our farm made sense to us. Rocky, our
adult Miniature Hereford bull, stands around 3ft 10in tall.
Our herd also includes three-quarter
Miniature Herefords, Highlands and some much-loved crosses — so every profile
tells you exactly who you’re meeting.
They have names, habits, favourite scratches and very different opinions about halter training. Start with a few of the
characters you’ll be hearing a lot more from.
Esther
Nosy, increasingly confident and equipped with horns she uses like a hammerhead shark
Austin
Sweet and round, special because he's our very first home bread miniature calf.
We’re creating a small, pre-booked cow
experience for guests aged 16 and over. We’re not open to visitors yet, but you
can follow the build, the training and the herd as it all takes shape. Opening Spring 2027.
Farming small.
Thinking long term.
Our Herefords spend the growing season on grass and eat grass haylage made from our own fields through winter, alongside mineral supplementation where needed. We rotationally graze the land and use our Highlands on some of the rougher ground.
We’re also honest about what is still changing. We currently use fertiliser on some fields and want to reduce our reliance on it over time as we explore lower-input approaches. Regenerative farming is a direction we are working towards, not a badge we claim to have earned quite yet.
