Hereford low square old type; Cattlemans Museum

Homestead Cattle Association Registry

Mission & Goals

To safely, securely maintain and permanently preserve a world accessible, cloud-based database of registered Homestead & Miniature Cattle records for posterity;

To verify livestock records & issue registration certificates for properly identified and documented eligible cattle in HCA approved or associated Herd Books for homestead and miniature breeds (and crossbreeds) of cattle;

To provide value added certification of cattle (including heritage or endangered rare breeds);

To properly identify & record complete known pedigree, breed makeup, breed purity percentage, DNA parentage pedigree verification, trait measurements, and / or other DNA test results, from verified Genetic Labs & sources;

To issue unique identification numbers to include universally recognized breed codes, country and state of origin codes, recognized by international governments, export & import treaties, and frozen genetics collection & storage agencies, to advance eligibility requirements for show classes in county fairs, state fairs, and any HCA supported classes in any Livestock Shows.

HCA Advisory Board elect

knowledgeable, level-headed, wise professionals in the cattle industry

• Rhonda Treml-Knebel • rhonda@usnormandebreeders.com • U.S. Normande Breeders president
• Stacey Ferguson • scfgigem92@yahoo.com • American Pinzgauer Association vice president

• Heather Ahrens • heahrens@gmail.com • OutaBox Ranch, NE • small dual purpose Normande cattle

• Holly Schafer • zipp_n@hotmail.com • mini Hereford consultant • owner, operator; Texoma Vet Lab

• Lawrence Edwards • Lawrence.edwards70@gmail.com • H&P Cattle, TX • ranching, genetics, research, marketing, consulting
• Kathryn Engel • alloycattle@gmail.com • PureGrassBeef.com • researcher, genetics, historian on homestead breeds with grass fed genetics

About Us

Bucking V Outfit, LLC, HCA owner

Donna Grace, owner of the Bucking V Outfit, LLC., circa 1999, has spent a lifetime in the agricultural sector. She is a lifetime A.I. technician. She judged livestock and horses successfully alongside national & world certified judges. She draws & produces artwork and illustrations depicting ideal livestock conformation. She raised herds (100s) of commercial cow calf beef cattle, herds of registered seedstock cattle (Polled Hereford, Limousin, Marchigiana, Simmental, Salers), and many bands (100s) of breeding ranch horses over 6500 acres in Montana on the Crow Reservation. She worked for Livestock Video Auctions and horse & cattle sale barns, with the MT Dept of Livestock brand inspectors. She was a vet tech for years in Montana, and experienced with exporting livestock and horses over the Canadian border. She conducted a lengthy horse theft investigation leading to recovery. She has started several livestock associations including the International Curly Horse Organization and North American Curly Horse Registry in 1999, the International Heritage Horse Association, which formed the Curly Stockhorse Registry in 2014. She formed the Homestead Cattle Association in 2013, where today she maintains Homestead & Miniature Cattle Herd Books. In 2022 she joined forces with WebWatt, a Kansas ranch-based IT tech company, to produce customized registry services, websites & online member programs for small and medium registries.