Positive news in the cattle trade this week as livestock merchant Viastar has commenced the purchase of 4,000 male cattle for ...

As the planet warms, Nigerian farmers are looking to breed cattle that can take the heat, importing semen from a Brazilian breed suited to balmy tropical weather. In Africa, European cattle struggle ...

In the April 12 Science, Olivier Hanotte and colleagues describe efforts to define the genetic history of African cattle pastoralism, their origins and migrations (Science 2002, 296:336-339). Hanotte ...

Dairy farming aided by Jersey cows is helping lift an African community "out of poverty", a charity has said. Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) said its Dairy for Development work was making a "significant, ...

As the stench wafted more than a mile inland, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found a buildup of dung in the animals’ cramped holding pens. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from ...

Cows are truly amazing and extremely interesting beings. Often thought of as simply steak, burgers, beef, veal, leather, and global dairy producers, numerous people see them only as food items or ...