A natural mutation found in Puerto Rican dairy cows might keep them healthier in extreme heat.

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 ...

Beef-on-dairy crossbreeding is the latest step in the evolution of dairy genetics and is now a key driver of the U.S. supply of both beef and dairy cattle. Some 72% of dairy farms are now ...

She says selective breeding is good for the planet because fewer dairy cows are releasing methane – a harmful green house gas.

Genetic Information Advances The Breeding Of Dairy Cattle Date: November 25, 2008 Source: MTT Agrifood Research Finland Summary: A Finnish researcher has demonstrated the impact of two candidate ...

Small scale dairy farmer Zaw Oo from this village in southern Myanmar may seem an unlikely beneficiary of nuclear science. But an isotopic technique used to breed more productive dairy cows at lower ...

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 ...