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

Local and indigenous livestock breeds are essential reservoirs of genetic diversity, adaptive potential, cultural heritage, and locally relevant production ...

A total of 18 judges from across the UK and Ireland have assessed the elite Limousin second calver – Rathkeeland Tendresse.

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The Belgian Blue bull looks less like a farm animal and more like something sculpted in a gym, and the reason behind its ...

Aidan Brennan visits the Spillane farm near Beaufort in Co. Kerry as part of the Kinisla Milk Quality and Sustainability competition.

For generations, cattle have roamed Chirikof Island, a remote island in the western Gulf of Alaska where human management became almost irrelevant to their survival. Cut off from the mainland and ...

As climate change reshapes farming conditions and consumer demand shifts, traits preserved in traditional breeds may become increasingly valuable. The post Traditional cattle herds' diversity hit by ...

Decades of selective breeding and intensive agricultural practices have reshaped cattle genetics—often at the expense of ...

Decades of selective breeding and intensive agricultural practices have reshaped cattle genetics - often at the expense of valuable diversity ...

Selective breeding has boosted cattle productivity but may also have stripped away genetic traits that could prove crucial ...

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 ...