FITZGERALD, Georgia — Watching a herd of cattle methodically moving through the pastureland at Deep Grass Graziers in southeast Georgia, you might not guess that the most important element of such an ...

Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals with four compartments in their digestive system that let them re-chew and ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Early on a cool June morning, heavy dew lies on the grass of rolling farm country ...

Animal-product labels at the supermarket can be dizzying. Among them is "grass-fed" beef, which informs us that the cow has eaten mostly or exclusively grass throughout its lifetime—unlike traditional ...

Located in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Freedom Farm Sanctuary is home to many farm animals who were rescued from abuse or neglect or saved from the cow industry. They sometimes share sad backstories of ...

For most small-scale farmers, the biggest challenge is deciding where to start, beginning with what the land can ...

Ranchers are keeping a close eye on cattle as the dry heat becomes a breeding ground for deadly toxins in certain types of grass. Some ranchers in Oklahoma are reporting cattle deaths because of toxic ...