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 — ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - The time to process fall-weaned calves and determine pregnancy rates among cows will soon be here. Management of open cows is critical to the financial bottom line of a cow/calf ...

Steve Teichert comes from a four-generation ranching family. He now lives at Mackay, Idaho, where he raises efficient cattle he calls Blackfords — half Angus, half Hereford. “I grew up in Wyoming and ...

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 ...

Spring was mellow this year. There was some cold weather, but more dry than wet weather, which was good for calving. Calf losses should be minimal, while keeping in mind that a 4 percent calf death ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — No clear results yet for the State of West Virginia’s $33,000 investment in four Oklahoma cows for breeding purposes. Placed in proximity of a bull over the summer, two of the cows ...

MOLALLA, Ore. — When Brad Gilbert saw his first Brahman cattle in 1987, it was love at first sight, according to his daughter, Angela Rose. “They’ll come right up to you and start licking you and want ...