South Devon cattle breeders Richard and Denise van Asch moved to West Melton last year in a bid to grow their two cattle studs. You know what’s going to happen," Mr van Asch said. Mr van Asch’s father founded the Burtergill red South Devon cattle stud in 1974, before he took it over in 2005. He has since established the Aschwood black South Devon stud, the only one in New Zealand. The couple began the black South Devon stud by importing semen and inserting into red South Devon cows and bred with "what came out black".

Source: Otago Daily Times June 16, 2020 21:33 UTC