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 ...

New research suggests that breeding dairy cows to fart less -- and, therefore, release less methane -- could cut down on greenhouse gases. No need to make a stink: Controlling bovine flatulence could ...

Many producers are now in full swing of calving season or soon will be in the Northern Plains. Although late winter has been relatively mild with above average temperatures the last few weeks, we had ...

For 75 years, East Central/Select Sires in Waupun has done its part to improve dairy cow herds in Wisconsin. The result has benefited the state economy through dairy product sales. East Central is a ...

Scottish scientists have launched a groundbreaking low-methane cow breeding program to tackle global warming. Scotland’s Rural College in partnership with Semex has developed a new DNA test, helping ...

When Walt Helmick was State Agriculture Commissioner he wanted to encourage the expansion of the agri-food industry. Helmick argued the state was underachieving in food production so he began pilot ...

Connected cows are already a thing, but recently the intersection of barnyards and bits has been breeding a whole herd of applications. The current $1.27 billion “Connected Cow and Farm” business is ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian scientists are breeding a special type of cow designed to burp less, a breakthrough that could reduce a big source of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. Cows ...