Heritage chicken and cattle breeds are generally better suited to small-scale homesteads than many modern livestock breeds. Their tendency to be dual- or even triple-purpose breeds is a noted plus for ...

Heritage livestock breeds benefit both homesteaders and consumers with their hardiness, adaptability, flavorful meat and genetic diversity. Throughout the centuries, the world’s farmers have developed ...

In Senegal, as in many other parts of West Africa, African animal trypanosomosis (AAT), a deadly disease carried by the tsetse fly, has long been a major obstacle to the development of more efficient ...

Dyllan Furness is a Florida-based science and technology journalist. His work has appeared in Quartz, OneZero, and PBS, among other outlets. This story originally featured on Undark. When Ralph Fisher ...

The Belgian blue is the bovine version of Arnold Schwarzenegger! Also known as the monster cow, individuals of this breed do ...

Farmers in rural areas believe that they will make more money through livestock rearing by simply shifting from low-producing indigenous breeds to exotic ones. This however, has not worked very well ...

The rare Lincoln Red cattle breed, whose history dates back to the Vikings, looks set for a brighter future - after finding a ...

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China and Laos are moo-ving toward more sustainable cattle farming with a crossbreeding agreement that marks the first export of China's coveted Huaxi cattle that are specifically grown to mature ...

The milk in your morning coffee. The beef in your favourite menu. Both come from small Thai farms now struggling to survive.