How can the genetic makeup of a cow help mitigate climate change? The International Livestock Research Institute’s Anthony ...

The Trump administration’s rapid and sweeping cuts in USDA funding, along with new tariff and immigration policies, have sent ripples through farms nationally. Here in the White River Valley, the ...

What a bovine beauty pageant says about the future of the world’s beef supply ...

One of Scotland's longest running livestock breeding experiments has just added a new calf named Hilda to its herd.

World Dairy Expo brings the best cows and genetics to Madison, Wis., each year. Throughout the week, five breed sales were held in the Estrumate ... Ending the sales on Thursday was the International ...

Interestingly, an estimated 80% of Brazil’s milk production comes from the ‘Girolando’ dairy cattle breed, created by crossing Gir from India with HF (originally from Netherlands and Germany). The Gir ...

A fourth-generation dairy farmer is using a world-first genetic index to breed heat tolerant cattle, with his animals grazing in hot, sticky conditions and producing large quantities of ...

The USDA evaluates the genetic base and genetic merit among the dairy cattle breeds. For the last five years Holsteins have led “cheese merit” with $407; Jerseys were at $203; Brown Swiss were at $127 ...

The original cottage had been used as a cow shed during the property's early days as a dairy farm. Photo: Supplied The original site was dug out. Photo: Supplied “I was driving past the house ...

Milk production forecast was raised on lower cow inventories and slightly higher ... primarily due to additional duties placed on imported dairy products, in particular imports of butter fats ...