According to AHDB data, natural mating is now used to produce fewer than 5% of dairy heifer replacements in the UK. However, with routine euthanasia of bull calves discouraged and a soaring beef price ...
K-State beef cattle experts say bulls should routinely be assessed for body condition and mobility along with an annual semen evaluation Before a student-athlete is allowed to join a sports team they ...
Several years of drought, low cattle prices, and record-setting input and supply costs have led to a shrinking cattle herd, ...
The importance of the bull in a cattle breeding program is often underestimated. A cow is responsible for half the genetic material for one calf, but a bull is responsible for half the genetic ...
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 ...
Farmers will get a chance to see some of the most promising dairy bulls in the country when the O'Leary family from Conna, Co Cork, hosts a Teagasc open day next Tuesday, September 8. Six spring-born ...
Price records for different breeds tumbled regularly last year, with the selling price of some bulls doubling previous marks. Among those to benefit were wagyu breeders Jonathan and Robyn ­Elphick and ...
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On the R.A. Brown Ranch, fifth-generation ranger Donnell Brown can't help thinking about the potential he had created through decades' worth of work. Karen Kasmauski There once was a bull, an ...