They may be cute and cuddly, but these beauties produce about 16 quarts of fresh milk each day and produce 70% of the steak as a regular cow. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have that kind of unadulterated protein?

For between £200 and £2,000, people can buy a cow that stands no taller than a large German shepherd dog, gives 16 pints of milk a day that can be drunk unpasteurised, keeps the grass “mown” and will be a family pet for years before ending up in the freezer.

The Dexter, a mountain breed from Ireland, is perfect for cattle-keeping on a small scale, but other breeds are being artificially created to compete with it, including the Mini-Hereford and the Lowline Angus, which has been developed by the Australian government to stand no more than 39in high but produce 70% of the steak of a cow twice its size.

I wish I had more land!

Thanks boing boing. Link to the original article.