Over the last few years, conversations about livestock have started shifting. It’s not just about how much milk or meat a breed can give anymore. With climate change, land loss, and the need for more ...

FARGO - Do you know your cows? Do you have medium-framed, medium-sized cows or smaller-framed, medium-sized cows or smaller-framed, small-sized cows? The answers to these questions will impact ...

Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek, says the last time placements and markets were this low was in 2015, which may be ...

ELLENDALE, Minn. — When the Cowell family first started raising cattle, there weren’t many others in their area of southern Minnesota with the Highland breed. But that has changed dramatically in the ...

The adult Lowline Angus stand so low at the wash rack that they look like a cattle version of Hobbits. Over in the beef barn, the Longhorns clank their ample appendages against the gates as they are ...

Andrew Abrahams is explaining how Long Dream Farm works—by treating animals like partners in food production—when he notices a cow nuzzling the gate to the milking room. “So, here’s Emily,” he says.

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 ...