Mud, Sweat and Tractors: The Story of Agriculture

Beef (1x4)

Air date: May 05, 2009

Documentary series about the history of 20th century farming in Britain looks at how two of our finest native breeds of cattle, Hereford and Aberdeen Angus, reigned supreme before the Second World War and helped earn Britain a reputation as the 'stockyard of the world'. It also shows how, since then, both breeds have been transformed to a much larger size - from standing only to the stockman's waist to reaching his shoulder.