• Officially enter and compete at A & P Shows.
• Export live Highland Cattle to Japan - One of only two Highland Cattle studs in Australasia to have gained Japanese import approval for live animals.
• Introduce and implement Electronic Tagging within its Fold.
• Have all its stock individually DNA tested and certificated.
• Accept animal trade-ins as a normal practise for its clients.
• Produce a quality Highland Cattle magazine: The Highland Fold News – with an international audience.
The Only Highland Stud in New Zealand to:
• Initiate and manage New Zealand’s own Highland Cattle Virtual Winter Show which is open to all Highland breeders world-wide.
• Have ever won Supreme All Breeds Show Champion at a major A & P Show.
• Manage and operate a New Zealand-wide Free Phone Help Line, providing free advice and assistance to people interested in Highland Cattle as well as existing breeders. This Help Line includes advice from independent professionals. 0800HIGHLANDS (0800 444 452)
• Have ever won outright the Central Districts ‘Gold Cup’. This cup is awarded to the animal, which accumulates the most points at the three day show, regardless of breed.
This is probably the highest accolade of all.
New Zealand Highland Cattle Champions:
• There have only ever been six professionally acknowledged Highland Cattle Champions in the history of the Highland breed in New Zealand:
* Three were bred by Trossachs Highlands.
* One was sired by a Trossachs Highlands bull.
* Yet another was owned by the Trossachs Highlands.
