TRAPPE, Md. — New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for farmers with limited space to raise cattle for milk, meat or just fun. On Bill Bryan’s 50-acre spread on Maryland’s ...

TRAPPE, Md. – If you’re a suburban cowboy hankering to raise a herd and short on ranchland, mini-cattle may be for you. New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for small ...

The Jessen family’s farm is different from its western Weld County neighbors. The rarest animals on their farm are not the marsupials – a red kangaroo and a wallaby – they keep in a pen in their yard, ...

Miniature cattle are exactly what they sound like: scaled-down versions of standard cattle breeds. They’re bred to be smaller in stature while still retaining the traits of their full-sized ...

Ten years ago, John and Kathleen Schmidt bought a few miniature Zebu cows and soon began raising the special breed. "They are very intelligent. When you go out with the little calves, they look right ...

The Vechur cow, hailing from the verdant landscapes of Kerala, India, is a living testament to the adage “good things come in small packages.” Renowned as the smallest cattle breed in the world, this ...

Many farmers with little land but big dreams of roping and ranching are making up for their restricted range by thinking small. Little animals -- miniature cattle breeds that can live on just a few ...

Walking through their lowing herd of several hundred cattle, Ali and Kenny Petersen were like two Gullivers on a Lilliputian roundup. The half-size cows barely reached Kenny’s waist. The ranch’s ...

As the economy slows, businesses are cutting back, including cattle farmers. They're downsizing as feed becomes more expensive. But they're not shrinking their herds. They're shrinking the cows. The ...

Miniature pigs and miniature horses are well-known pets that offer unusual and adorable companionship, but the increasingly common miniature bovine is also making an entrance to the modern ...