MANDAN, N.D. (KFYR) - A senior at Mandan High School earned the title of World Champion Dairy Cattle Judger in the Holstein ...

The days of guess work in breeding dairy cattle are gone. Today's DNA sequencing means more productive cows and less pollution. Breeding cattle through artificial insemination began in the 1940’s.

Scientists provide an insightful review of how US dairy industry breeding selection objectives are established, as well as detail opportunities and obstacles related to new technologies for ...

High milk yield in dairy cows is negatively correlated to fertility. Scientists have now found a mutation in a gene sequence that affects this relationship. Scientists have found a genomic deletion ...

In 1962, the Arlinda farm in Northern California purchased a milk cow from Nebraska named Beauty. The manager bought the cow because she produced a lot of milk, but there was a big bonus: Beauty was ...

According to AHDB data, natural mating is now used to produce fewer than 5% of dairy heifer replacements in the UK. However, with routine euthanasia of bull calves discouraged and a soaring beef price ...