The Gyr cattle farmed in Tanzania handle the African heat and arid conditions well, but they produce much less milk than less-tolerant Holstein or Jersey cows. Scientists have set about addressing ...

Joe Kirchdoerfer was 14 when he started showing jersey cattle at the SEMO District Fair, but that was 70 years ago. The dairy farmer can now boast seven decades under his belt as a jersey cattle ...

Thank you for your informative articles on livestock keeping. I am a dairy farmer who mainly keeps Friesian cows, but I have been thinking of switching to Jerseys. My interest derives from their ...

In March 2024, animal scientists from the University will travel to Tanzania to launch a pilot project of cattle that will produce 10 times more milk than indigenous Tanzanian cattle. The Tanzania ...

Jersey cows like these at Swallow Hill Dairy in Greene County have the A2A2 gene, which makes the milk more compatible to human digestion. Thirty five years ago a young high school student and a ...

Willy Bokma and his family have a large dairy south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The cows are Holsteins, Jerseys and crossbreds. The crossbred and composite cows (part Holstein, part Jersey) are bred for ...

George Miller comforts his wife Linda as their Jersey cows are loaded onto a trailer to be shipped to Canton, New York, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Harford. The Millers have farmed the land since ...