The characterisation of indigenous, economically important genetic resources in agriculture has become an issue of ever increasing importance, both for scientific and ownership reasons. Most countries ...

Brazilian scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) collaborating with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a dairy ...

Committed to boosting local milk production in Nigeria, the Ikun Dairy Farm Limited, a joint venture between Promasidor Nigeria Limited and the Ekiti State Government, has taken delivery of the first ...

The concept of cattle breeds, rather than local types, is said to have originated in Britain under the influence of Robert Bakewell in the 18th century (Porter, 1991). It was during that period that ...

As promised, I am returning to the topic of dairy breeds this week in honor of National Ice Cream month. One week ago, we celebrated the nation’s 241st birthday. The nation was founded by and on the ...

Living in a thriving local economy based on oil, seafood, and retail sales of all kinds, it is easy to forget that before World War II the chief industries in Terrebonne were agriculture and seafood.

Karlie, a Jersey cow that sold for a world-record $170,000 on Monday, March 25, 2013, at an auction on Onondaga Hill, is led around the auction ring by Gene Henderson. Karlie was owned by Aaron and ...

An international cattle expert has made his way to Australia to judge the feature dairy breed at the Royal Adelaide Show. Joely started her career at Stock & Land as a cadet journalist in 2016. She is ...

In March 2024, animal scientists from the University will travel to Tanzania to launch a pilot project of cattle that will produce 10 times more milk than indigenous Tanzanian cattle. The Tanzania ...