Farmers in rural areas believe that they will make more money through livestock rearing by simply shifting from low-producing indigenous breeds to exotic ones. This however, has not worked very well ...

The study of genetic diversity and breeding in livestock encompasses the integration of extensive genomic data with traditional breeding practices to enhance animal performance, adaptability and ...

The agricultural industry is grappling with escalating challenges caused by increasing global temperatures and heat stress induced by climate change. However, an unexpected solution has emerged: cow ...

UNL researchers are linking cattle genetics and rumen microbes to find ways to cut energy lost as methane and boost feed ...

Livestock and genetics equals big business. A number of delegates from Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Idaho and the Senepol Cattle Breeders Association traveled to Aguascalientes, Mexico in early May.

Missouri’s cattle industry is experiencing a wave of optimism. Prices are soaring, herds are rebuilding and innovations in genetics and technology are transforming the business. At the center of it ...

NOGALES – The road turns from a dusty brown to a deep, red clay along the road to Buena Vista Ranch, where cattle rancher Dean Fish raises commercial cattle. Green vegetation dots the desert for miles ...

If only breeding cattle were as simple as picking toppings at a burger bar—add a little of this, a dash of that and you’re set. But as Kansas State University beef cattle experts reminded producers in ...

Synomics, an Anglo-Danish biological insights business, has identified a way to reduce emissions within agricultural cattle by selecting the ones that produce less methane genetically. Its scientists ...