No need to make a stink: Controlling bovine flatulence could be key to helping curb global warming. New research suggests that breeding dairy cows to fart less — and, therefore, release less methane — ...

Not many things in the livestock business are free, but heterosis — the bump in performance from crossbreeding — is one of them. Then, why don’t we take full advantage of it in our commercial beef ...

Decades of selective breeding and intensive agricultural practices have reshaped cattle genetics—often at the expense of valuable diversity preserved in traditional herds—according to new research ...

List the many advantages of crossbreeding and Sloan Walker will listen politely. Then he'll look across the pasture at his clone-like, growthy feeder steers and say, "I haven't lost a thing." The ...

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After four generations of selection, Huaxi cattle received national approval as a new breed in December 2021, resolving China ...

For cattle producers, DNA testing can provide information that is not available by simply looking at an animal and can help guide breeding and herd management decisions. Kenny Stauffer with Neogen ...

Cows with the slick gene have sleek, short hair that helps keep them cool. T.A. Olson via the USDA Farmers across the world are breeding cows with a mutation that gives them a higher heat tolerance—an ...

Frank Fitzpatrick raises Barzona cattle and has about 600 of them on his ranch in California. In high school, he did his senior project on Limousin and Simmental cattle, then started studying Jan ...