Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it’s responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas ...

Natural gas wells leak methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere as a consequence of the production process. So do cows. But where well leaks are called “fugitive methane emissions,” cow ...

Cows could be selectively bred to cut their significant contribution to global warming in half, researchers have proposed. Livestock are responsible for 14.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas ...

Why mature size, hair shedding and calving ease must anchor your breeding objective if you want profitable, low‑input cows.

Many producers are now in full swing of calving season or soon will be in the Northern Plains. Although late winter has been relatively mild with above average temperatures the last few weeks, we had ...

The only place to see an aurochs in nature these days? A cave painting. The enormous wild cattle that once roamed the European plains have been extinct since 1627, when the last survivor died in a ...

The American beef cattle herd is at its lowest level since 1973, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting the total herd at 86.7 million in January, one of the lowest inventories since the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Food manufacturers and restaurants are taking the dairy industry by the horns on an animal welfare issue that bothers activists but is little known to consumers.Horned calves are ...

The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it’s responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, most of that from cow burps. That’s right: when ...