El Hinojo De Bru

El Hinojo de Bru raises black Angus cattle in Coronel Suárez, a farming region in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, roughly two hours south of the city of Bahía Blanca. The operation belongs to Luis Jaime Bru and his family, and it stands as one of a very small number of programs in the world that has maintained a completely closed herd — accepting no outside genetics since before the 1960s.

The defining feature of this black Angus program is its commitment to preserving the original Scottish Aberdeen Angus bloodlines, untouched by the American and Canadian genetics that reshaped much of the global Angus population after mid-century. Cattle at El Hinojo de Bru are raised entirely on pasture without grain supplementation, in keeping with the grassland tradition of the Buenos Aires Pampas. The program targets a moderate frame — historically around a frame 4 to 5 — a deliberate choice that has remained consistent across generations.

Genetic analyses have supported what the herd's records suggest: that the animals carry mitochondrial DNA closely aligned with British Angus populations, pointing to an unbroken line of descent from the original Scottish imports. For anyone seeking old-type black Angus cattle for sale in Argentina rooted in pre-modern genetics, this program represents an unusual and well-documented example of long-term genetic conservation.

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Species	Cattle Black Angus
Website	www.elhinojodebru.com.ar/english/index.htm
Owner	Luis Jaime Bru
Location	Coronel SuÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½rez, Argentina, US