At Vaqueria El Remanso, a small dairy farm west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the cows are different—they have a freshly shaven, suave look. Their short hair is the result of a natural mutation known as ...

New research suggests that breeding dairy cows to fart less -- and, therefore, release less methane -- could cut down on greenhouse gases. No need to make a stink: Controlling bovine flatulence could ...

The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it’s responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, most of that from cow burps. That’s right: when ...

Reproduction is key to profitability in beef cow-calf operations. When cows fail to conceive and calve on a yearly basis, ...

Over the past five years or so, the practice of breeding beef cows from dairy cows to possibly yield more income for dairy farmers has swept the dairy industry. It involves using sexed semen and ...

The study is published in the October issue of the Journal of Dairy Science. By reducing hoof-health problems through selective breeding, dairy producers could increase herd longevity, improve milk ...

Brazilian scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) collaborating with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a dairy ...

Peter Mungai tends to his cows in Gathigi village, Githunguri, Kiambu County. He has 80 cows, which he breeds for sale. Peter Mungai is a police officer who is attached to retired president Mwai ...

The days of guess work in breeding dairy cattle are gone. Today's DNA sequencing means more productive cows and less pollution. Breeding cattle through artificial insemination began in the 1940’s.

Soaring costs of milk production and squeezed margins are turning many dairy producers’ attention to cutting input costs. And with feed representing the largest variable cost, this bill is a ...

Scientists provide an insightful review of how US dairy industry breeding selection objectives are established, as well as detail opportunities and obstacles related to new technologies for ...