Black and white cow standing in a green field with other cows in the background under a cloudy sky, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Highland cow with its distinctive long hair and horns, a hardy rustic beef breed that has been exported all over the world, Duntulm, Trotternish Peninsula, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Herding beef cattle, cattle station, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Potatoes growing at Washingpool farm, with North Devon beef cattle behind, Bridport, Dorset England, United Kingdom, Europe

Paul Harrison butchering at Plumgarths farm shop in Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Locally reared and slaughtered meat at Plumgarths farm shop in Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Locally produced beef from Kitridding farm in Kirkby Lonsdale on a farmers market in Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Paul Harrison butchering at Plumgarths farm shop in Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Feed truck loads troughs at Monfort Beef feedlot, near Greeley, Colorado

Agriculture - A cowboy on horseback driving cattle at a beef cattle feedlot.

Livestock - A cowboy on horseback roping beef calves in a corral during branding operations / near Childress, Texas, USA.

Agriculture - Overhead view of a mixed herd (Angus, Black Baldie, Hereford and Crossbred) of beef cattle at a feedlot / near Stillwater, Minnesota, USA.

Livestock - A cowboy inoculates a beef calf with a syringe while two other cowboys hold the calf down during branding operations / near Childress, Texas, USA.

Livestock - A couple cowboys teaching two young boys how to hold down a beef calf in a traditional manner so it can be vaccinated and branded / near Childress, Texas, USA.

Black Angus Cow With A Yellow Ear Tag Looking At Camera, Kentucky, United States Of America

A gourmet meal of fresh meats and eggs, on a wood platter at the Blue Duck Lodge, a working cattle farm with a focus on conservation in Whanganui National Park; Retaruke, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Livestock - Crossbred beef cattle feed on silage at a beef feedlot on a cold day / Ontario, Canada.

Livestock - Crossbred beef cattle bunched up at a beef feedlot / Ontario, Canada.

Beef cattle on a farm in Alaska (Bos primigenius), Palmer, Alaska, United States of America