Genome technology has unlocked new cattle breeding methods which could improve fertility and lead to increases in profitability, sustainability and productivity. University of Queensland researcher ...

No need to make a stink: Controlling bovine flatulence could be key to helping curb global warming. New research suggests that breeding dairy cows to fart less — and, therefore, release less methane — ...

DelCurto presented “Beef Cow Adaptability: The Western Range Cow as an Example,” during the 2026 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Research Symposium and Convention in Boise, Idaho.

Revolutionizing Dairy Genetics and Breeding StrategiesDairy cattle breeding programs are increasingly confronting a category of traits that ...

Cows with the slick gene have sleek, short hair that helps keep them cool. T.A. Olson via the USDA Farmers across the world are breeding cows with a mutation that gives them a higher heat tolerance—an ...

Alex Birch says his Highland cows have been in his family since the 1970s Alex Birch, a U.K. farmer, plans to breed his Highland cows with another breed to make them "less photogenic" The farmer ...

New Zealand is turning its cattle farms into a testing ground for technologies that could reduce one of agriculture's biggest climate challenges: methane from livestock ...