IS IT time for the beef industry to fully-embrace breed description as part of the National Livestock Reporting Service’s physical saleyards reporting activity? Ever since the independent National ...

Dual breeds provide both egg production and meat production. Keep in mind that the roosters don’t lay eggs, so their purpose is to the meat or to fertilize eggs to get chicks. Dual-purpose breeds ...

Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) are believed to have branched off from wild boars (Sus scrofa) through domestication ...

Truly knowing your beef is about more than just recognizing the different cuts, one should also know what to expect from each ...

The English Leicester makes no sense or cents on the farm's profit and loss sheet, but some farmers are passionate about the ...

Producers are working to breed "low-maintenance" sheep as farmers and workers continue to walk away from the agricultural ...

Bourbon Reds were a popular commercial meat breed in the early 20th century until it got supplanted by the Broad Breasted White, now the No. 1 breed of domesticated turkey.

Over the last few years, conversations about livestock have started shifting. It’s not just about how much milk or meat a ...

Careful selection and the use of genomics have helped Outback Multi Purpose Merino stud achieve rapid genetic gain in ...

The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate its beef industry and even kill household pets.