Notice is hereby given that the Extraordinary Members Meeting of the members of Highland Cattle Society will be held at The Royal Hotel, Oban on Saturday 12 February 2022 at 6pm prompt and by Zoom.

Download the form below for nomination(s) for the 2022 Extraordinary Members Meeting, which is due to take place on Saturday 12 February at 6pm at The Royal Hotel, Oban. This is for Council positions for 2022-2025, and there are four available.

Would members please note that effective Wednesday 15 December 2021, guidance regarding attendance at the workplace will be re-introduced.

It is with sadness that we have learned of the passing of Captain Alwyne Arthur Compton Farquharson, a former Highland Cattle Society council member and highly regarded breeder.

It is with sadness that we have learned of the death of Katharine Singleton-Smith, Ryewater fold on 6 September 2021.

Attendance for members at the EMM can be either in person or by Zoom but, with numbers limited at the venue, members must pre-register in order to be able to attend.

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Highland Cattle Drove on Sunday, 5 September 2021. A whopping £11,800 has been raised, so far, for Rotary Club Charities.

Notice is hereby given that the Extraordinary Members Meeting of the members of Highland Cattle Society will be held at the Royal Hotel, Oban on Saturday 9 October 2021 at 6pm prompt.

July 17th was the first date that Shropshire show went for. They were resolute to go ahead all the way through and were rewarded with beautiful weather and cattle entries that were only 20 down on the record 2018 year.

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has accepted the Highland Cattle Society's application to become a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) with effect from 12 July 2021.

Join the Rotary Club of Aberdeen - St Fittick for the day, as we walk the ancient Fungle Drove Road Pass on Royal Deeside. Following a small drove of Highland Cattle and Jacobite soldiers over the hills to Birse Castle giving an extraordinary insight into a lost world.

Members will have seen that United Auctions in Oban are holding a pedigree Highland sale on 8 March. This sale is not under the auspices of the Society and, as we notified you in the Bulletin on 8 January, we have reluctantly decided to hold a virtual only sale this year probably at the beginning of March.

It’s always a good idea before buying to get advice from somebody who knows both the Highland breed and the sellers.

In view of Government advice on Coronavirus (COVID-19) we have closed the Society’s offices until further notice. Staff are working remotely from home and have full access to the HCS database and all electronic files. Members are urged to continue to register cattle but to do this online.

Not surprisingly, Highland Cattle were selected for a small Shropshire hill farm because their attributes fitted the type of grazing, land topography and the ability of the owners to start a farming enterprise on retirement.

Highland Cattle are one of the most recognisable breeds for extensive farming systems, especially if you have access to hills and moors over which they can range.

There are many farming systems where Highlands or Highland Crosses are produced on a large scale, with the Highland as the mainstay suckler cow.

Highland Cattle are one of the most recognisable breeds for extensive farming systems, especially if you have access to hills and moors over which they can range.