"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many will agree there can be no greater joy than raising and nurturing animals. Whether they live inside ...

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 ...

“Most dairy breeding programs select for milk production but the results of this study indicate that the cow’s conformation, particularly in terms of hoof health, also should be considered,” said ...

Animals showing purity indicators of 80 percent and above may be considered to be pure. This is the case with most dairy breeds. PHOTO/NMG The article on sourcing of pedigree in-calf heifers generated ...

Ever see a “whoopie pie cow”? If you visit Dutch Meadows Organic Dairy in Paradise, you can. The family-owned dairy has the county’s only purebred herd of Dutch belted cattle. They’re distinctive for ...

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 ...

The recession has hit the U.S. dairy industry hard, and in California — the nation's No. 1 milk-producing state — dairy farmers are taking an especially big blow. With fewer pats of butter on ...

When Gordy Van Hoof scans the plateau from atop a bluff on the Enumclaw-area dairy farm where he grew up, he points out the ghosts of old dairy farms. Over there by that silo. On that corner across ...

MINSK, 2 February (BelTA) – OOO BelKumysProm in Logoisk District, Minsk Oblast is considering the possibility of exporting dairy horse breeding technologies, the company's Director Oleg Sivchenko told ...

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 ...