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- ↑ Breed data sheet: Pineywoods / United States of America (Cattle). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2024.
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- ↑ Our story. Poplarville, Mississippi: Pineywoods Cattle Registry and Breeders Association. Archived 27 May 2024.
- ↑ Justin B. Pitts, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2010). An Overview and History of Pineywoods Cattle: The Culture and Families that Shaped the Breed. Pittsboro, North Carolina: The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 13 November 2022.