The Bazadaise (pronounced Baz-A-Day) originates from France and the historic town of Bazas, where a Herd Book was established in 1895.
From the Gironde area through the lowlands of the Landes to the Haute Pyrenees (summering on mountain pastures up to 2400m high (7200ft), this former working breed with its hardiness and resilience, endurance to cold and heat, a seemingly natural resistance to ticks and flies, the Bazadaise is a proven adaptable and hardy breed. In 1989 breeding stock, semen, and embryos were first imported to England, Australia, Belgium, Spain and Holland and has continued successfully ever since. Nowadays the Bazadaise is very much a superior Beef Breed renowned for its grass finishing ability, mobility, extended muscle and ease of calving and gaining a worldwide reputation for the fine flavoured low fat and well marbled meat. (Achieving in France the coveted 'Label Rouge' label in 1997)