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Cattlemen and Cowboys of Buenos Aires

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Buenos Aires.

Also honored

  • Adolfo Bullrich fl. 1870-1887 Principal livestock auctioneer whose 1870-1887 sales were about 80 percent Shorthorn, shaping the market for improved cattle.
  • Alexander Gordon fl. 1903 Scottish cabanero invited as the first British judge at Palermo (c. 1903), judging 314 cattle and urging pedigree breeding.
  • Carlos Alejandro de La Tour d'Auvergne living President of the Hereford breeders association in 2019.
  • Domingo Olivera fl. 1840s Estanciero who in 1842 bought 2,338 cattle descended from the Shorthorn bull Tarquino and mentored his son Eduardo.
  • Godofredo Daireaux 1849-1916 French-born rancher turned educator who wrote 'La cria del ganado en la Estancia Moderna' and the Almanaque para el campo.
  • Herbert Gibson fl. 1900s As SRA vice president in 1903 proposed British judges for the Palermo cattle shows.
  • John Miller fl. 1820s-1830s Scottish estanciero credited with bringing the Shorthorn (Durham) bull Tarquino, the first pedigree Shorthorn in Argentina.
  • Jorge Carlos Collinet living Treasurer (2019) and later president of the Hereford association during its centenary.
  • Juan Bullo d. c. 2017 Executive director of the Hereford association for about 25 years and a defender of the breed.
  • Juan N. Fernandez fl. 1850s-1860s Co-introduced Shorthorn and Hereford cattle to Buenos Aires province (1856-1862) and kept pursuing breed improvement after most landowners gave up.
  • Luciano Macaroni living Shorthorn cabanero and vice president of the breed association, carrying on a cabana started by his grandfather in 1953.
  • Marta Vila Moret living Hereford breeder who with Horacio La Valle won grand champion female and best exhibitor at Palermo 2019.
  • Maximo Ayerza living Agronomist from a pioneering Hereford family, president of the Hereford association 1999-2002 and chair of Carne Hereford S.A.
  • Pedro Olegario Luro 1861-1927 Estanciero and businessman, son of Pedro Luro, who continued the family cattle estancias and served as national deputy.
  • Ricardo Newton fl. 1840s-1870s British-born estanciero who installed the first single-wire fence in the country in 1844 and was a key link between British pioneers and Creole cattlemen.
  • William C. Roberts fl. 1890s As SRA manager in 1891 began registering pedigree Hereford cattle, which together with Shorthorn registration led the SRA to create its genealogical registries in 1893.