Dairy
Shetland
C tier
Shetland cattle are small, hardy island animals from the Shetland archipelago. Dairy use is traditional household and croft scale: modest milk with clean flavour adapted to maritime grazing, not industrial parlours. Shetland milk appears only from conservation and croft herds. It drinks fresh and makes small amounts of butter or crowdie-style soft cheese. Treat it as rare island dairy with terroir from windy northern pastures.
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History
Shetland cattle served croft dairy and draft needs.
Breed type documented amid island agricultural change.
Numbers fell; conservation breeding began.
Rare-breed crofts maintained Shetland milk use.