Researchers spotlight how selecting cattle for lower methane emissions could deliver long-term gains for the beef industry.

KENSINGTON — Seacoast School of Technology Plant and Animal Science students finished up their unit on reproduction recently with a visit to Bodwell’s Dairy Farm in Kensington where they witnessed ...

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 ...

And their ranch manager, Jason Shepard, agrees. By harnessing INHERIT Select genomic testing — now seamlessly integrated into ...

It’s no longer just “cows and cooking,” as the 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Extension System approaches. While originally the role of county agricultural agents and the 4-H program was helping ...

Many producers are now in full swing of calving season or soon will be in the Northern Plains. Although late winter has been relatively mild with above average temperatures the last few weeks, we had ...

A cattle seedstock farmer tracks the lineage of their cattle for generations, identifying good traits and working to make ...

Well, it’s definitely not your grandfather’s cattle ranch anymore. It’s changed a lot,” Burleson County rancher Mark Marek ...

The Busch family also records individual udder scores at calving. When tagging the calf, they observe and score the cow’s ...