Facing economic challenges, dairy farmers are increasingly crossbreeding some of their Holstein cows with beef breed bulls to add value to surplus calves born in their herds. In an analysis of almost ...

Early sperm sorting practices resulted in high cell mortality, with high costs and limited availability of quality semen.

Meat from a Holstein cow infected with mad cow disease may have been more widely distributed than initially believed, reaching retail markets in eight states and Guam, federal officials said yesterday ...

Willy Bokma and his family have a large dairy south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The cows are Holsteins, Jerseys and crossbreds. The crossbred and composite cows (part Holstein, part Jersey) are bred for ...

“Beef prices are near the highest level ever in meat markets with exception of certain specials.” At the rate of which cows are being dispersed throughout most of the nation, prices will go higher.

Letting milk cows graze longer can produce superior beef — a largely European practice that is now gaining ground in America. By Florence Fabricant Where’s the rib-eye? Someday soon it might be ...