General

The original Gazette, published by the Royal Dublin Society, was a “Register of Pure Kerry Cattle and Dexters” in Ireland and three years later became the Kerry and Dexter Herdbook, with volume 1 appearing in 1890.

This new, updated Irish Dexter Cattlemen Gazette, first published in 2024, is not so much about the Dexter cattle. It is more about Irish Dexter Cattlemen, livestock farmers and ranchers throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.

While Irish Dexters are in some respects superior as a stock, owing to the taste of their meat and milk, the tenderness of their beef, easy calving, mild mannerism, as well as their hardiness. It was stated by His Excellency Lord Eglinton, ‘they are the thoroughbreds of cattle’. That is what we think is true about Irish Dexter Cattlemen farmers and ranchers, they are the thoroughbreds of cattlemen. This is what this Gazette, using modern technology, is all about.

This Gazette is an easy-to-use, multimedia relational database system for members providing a guide for you, the farmer and rancher, using the best technology available to answer to your questions, display information to assist you with your operation, and give you access to a collection of resources not available else-ware. As an online multimedia relational database, the Gazette structures information into areas of interest so that you can focus on topics about which you are most interested. These areas of interest are what we call Community Groups: Farm Management Community, Beef Community, Milking & Dairy Community, Herd Health Community, Historical Community, Selling Community, and Technology Community. These Community Groups are led by Community Directors, experienced farmers and ranchers, who scour the Internet looking for information that is of interest to their specific community group. That information is posted here in the Gazette in the form of:

• • Original posts from content creators, farmers and ranchers like yourself,
  • Posts from industry experts,
  • Online digital magazines,
  • Irish Dexter Registry publications,
  • Independent podcasts
  • Video providers,
  • Farming and Ranching Guides,
  • Historical Herdbooks,
  • Topical books on farming and ranching

This Gazette has taken years to develop by technology experts, who are also farmers and ranchers like you. It takes a lot of time, energy, knowledge, and resources to produce and maintain. If you have a passion for what you do and are looking for ways to make your farm or ranch even better, we would love for you to become a member. Your membership helps use to help you. Join using the links in our free monthly Tips & Tricks Guide, or using the links on our website Home page.

Members automatically gain access to additional functions or tabs of the Gazette:

• • Communities
    • Magazines
      • Guides
        • Herdbooks
          • Journals
            • Cowgirls
              • Cowboys

All the information on the Irish Dexter Cattlemen website is dynamically formatted to fit any device you might have in your pocket, in your hand, on your tractor, in your car, in the cup holder of your ATV, or on your desktop.