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 ...

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 ...

A sublime and tremendously moving portrait of the life of an English dairy cow named Luma, Andrea Arnold’s “Cow” is a real-life bovine “Bambi” and the second 2022 film to land on my 10 best list, ...

Genetic selection is a powerful tool to improve livestock production, given that genetic gains are cumulative and permanent, and feeding behavior in cows may be used as an indicated trait for feed ...

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

TOWANDA, Pa. — Her full name was Cashells Jry Shakira-Red-ET — Shakira to keep it simple — and like her namesake, the big red and white Holstein had 6-foot hips that didn’t lie as she hoofed down Main ...

Computer scientists have devised a methodology that can recognize Holstein cows in the milking station by the pattern of their coat using artificial intelligence. The long-term vision is to develop a ...