A gene marker test, which identifies pure polled cattle with up to 99 per cent accuracy, is now available for use by beef producers. The technology was developed several years ago for use in Brahman ...

The next time you're in the dairy aisle at the supermarket, take a moment to imagine the animals that produced all that milk. Do these cows have horns? Chances are they do, or at least they did at ...

It’s always revealing how the press portrays the latest development in agricultural genetics-soberly or with the rush of hysteria that has come to define media coverage of biotechnology. Actually, the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa | Food manufacturers and restaurants are taking the dairy industry by the horns on an animal welfare issue that's long bothered activists but is little known to consumers: the painful ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Food manufacturers and restaurants are taking the dairy industry by the horns on an animal welfare issue that’s long bothered activists but is little known to consumers: the ...

The Elkington family has been ranching near Idaho Falls, Idaho, for over 100 years and several generations. The Polled Hereford part of the operation started in the 1960s with Keith Elkington’s FFA ...

Dave Burket, 86, who operates Burket Falls Farm, Claysburg, with his son, John, will be recognized with the Pioneer Award by the National Dairy Shrine for his lifetime service in the dairy industry.

Gene-editing is seen by many as the ultimate in precision breeding. Polled cattle, whose horns have been genetically removed, have been presented as exemplars of this–a socially beneficial use of ...

The yak is remarkable for its adaptation to high altitude and occupies a central place in the economies of the mountainous regions of Asia. At lower elevations, it is common to hybridize yaks with ...

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The next time you're in the dairy aisle at the supermarket, take a moment to imagine the animals that produced all that milk. Do these cows have horns? Chances are they do, or at least they did at ...