Proponents of 'heritage breeds' say the animals offer unique genetics that help them to resist heat, to forage and to guard against parasites. Rare livestock breeds, derived from farmers of ...

Located on a 45-acre estate in Newport, SVF is the only organization in the country dedicated to conserving rare heritage livestock breeds by freezing their semen and embryos, a technique called ...

But it's not just cows. Some breeds of pigs, like the Gloucestershire Old Spots, or sheep, like the Leicester Longwool, are threatened, too. Rare breeds of chickens and goats are also monitored.

Rare Welsh cattle with a heritage stretching back more than 1,000 years have been added to a watchlist of native livestock breeds at risk of dying out. The Ancient Cattle of Wales breed has been ...

Some breeds of livestock on the critical list will be on show to visitors at Elders FarmFest for the first time this year.

It’s rare to see these public auctions on local ... generation farmer Dennis Thomas put 210 registered Holstein dairy cows on the auction block. With the threat of mad-cow disease increasing ...

She is affiliated with the Rare Breeds Trust of Australia and ... range of domesticated farm animals – an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 farmed species. But this diversity is ...

Ryan Perry started off feeding the pigs at his local city farm in Gateshead at the age of 7. They were Tamworth pigs, and from there his passion for rare breed livestock grew and grew. He bought the ...