Native breeds can thrive on heath and maritime grasslands
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Farmers in the far west of Cornwall are being offered financial incentives to help preserve rare breeds of cattle and sheep.
It is part of the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs' (Defra) Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme, which encourages farmers to adopt environmentally-friendly farming practices.
Defra has designated West Penwith an Environmentally Sensitive Area and people farming within the Defra boundaries are taking part in English Nature's Traditional Breeds Incentive Scheme.
It aims to help the survival of rare breeds by maintaining grazing land which would otherwise become overgrown and useless to many grazing animals.
Modern breeds of cattle often cannot survive on heath and maritime grasslands without supplementary feeds.
But native breeds, such as longhorn cattle, can and do prosper on this type of land.
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