The beef many of us enjoy today is a result of years of selecting superior animals that deliver a more consistent product.

Raising replacement heifers costs money. When done correctly, the payoff is an improvement in a herd’s productivity and ...

BUFFALO – Michael Rea focused the lens of his microscope, scanning each section of a small dish, sifting through specks and smudges, looking for something. Behind him, Brent and Stephanie Painter ...

In a remarkable stride toward environmental sustainability, farmers are actively engaged in the practice of selective cow breeding, aiming to reduce methane emissions and thereby reaffirming their ...

Heifer development is one of the most substantial expenses for beef cattle operations. Time quickly gets away when you’re a cow-calf operator, but it’s essential to keep the first calf heifers on ...

Most heifer prices and some heavier steers trended down in online cattle transactions on Friday, where AuctionsPlus offered ...

Lifetime cow productivity begins with heifer selection. When does selection happen? At weaning, or after breeding? The answer is both. There are basic principles of selecting replacement heifers with ...

Synomics, an Anglo-Danish biological insights business, has identified a way to reduce emissions within agricultural cattle by selecting the ones that produce less methane genetically. Its scientists ...

Similarities in how water buffalo and cattle have responded to human domestication through selective breeding, could aid the development of more productive, healthy and sustainable livestock, ...

Trixie, the heifer, had produced just a handful of immature egg cells, none of which were usable. Rea wasn’t shocked. He said that heifers who hadn’t borne a calf before, like Trixie, weren’t great ...