Cattle breeding is an intermediate to long-term investment (typically lasting at least five years) made with the primary objective of developing capital assets (e.g., increasing the herd size).

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 — ...

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 ...

PL predicts which cows are toughest, healthiest and easiest to manage. A cow can only have a long and productive life when ...

The United States plans to breed thousands of sterile flies in a southern Texas factory in an effort to protect American cattle from flesh-eating maggots in Mexico. The New World screwworm is a ...

A defined breeding and calving season allows producers to manage labor, nutrition, and herd health more efficiently.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Brahman Breeders Association has named the AgriLife Research Brahman cattle program in Overton as their Breeder of ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Livestock producers across the Midwest are gaining in-depth knowledge about their cattle herds through the SDSU Extension Calf Value Discovery Program. The program started in 1991.

Discover how Shorthorn cattle became the backbone of early American farms by providing milk, beef, and draft power during westward expansion.