Small breeds are an easy entry into the world of dairy cattle. In 2006, Pat Schout and his wife, Elia, began homesteading in east-central Illinois. They wanted to raise their own food, including ...

Cows are everywhere in India– whether you're driving through the streets, walking through a village, or roaming around a ...

dairy and beef. Beyond that, there isn’t much difference. However, there are actually more than 250 cattle breeds, bred for milk and meat, but also for work — plowing fields and even pulling ...

It took thousands of years to develop the world's extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals—an estimated 8,800 ...

As the 2025 dairy breeding season approaches, the Irish Cattle and Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Teagasc urge farmers to ...

The handsome red-and-white dairy cow, with its delicately defined head and strong, square, old-fashioned body shape, is one of the most commercially successful native breeds, popular with organic ...

The average prices paid for dairy-beef calves fell in most categories last week, according to the latest calf-price data from ...

The best cow breed for a farmer depends on their goals, if they want the highest volume of milk, Sahiwal is a clear choice and Gir for high-fat milk.

“When you see the herds that have very high reproductive performance – like pregnancy rates of 50% -- they are doing a lot of ...

At Stotz Dairy, there are two cow breeds: Holstein and Jersey. Holstein, known for their iconic black-and-white spots, is the most common breed in dairy farming. They produce more milk.

To date, dairy cows in 17 states have tested positive for ... and a couple of beef breed heifers. They are all non-lactating, so because nobody's milking these cows, we don't have the concern ...