It's important to understand where food comes from. But do you know your Angus from your Hereford? These cattle breeds both produce high-quality beef, so differentiating between the two is an ...

An industry-wide collaboration is improving breeding tools. International Genetic Solutions, a group of more than 17 cattle associations and organizations, is working across the breed spectrum to ...

Di Costanzo explains lower-quality fiber does not stay in the rumen long enough to be properly digested for these ...

USDA prime beef is not as plentiful as other grades like choice or select. This is because the standards used to award that ...

DANE COUNTY (WKOW) -- A 152-year-old farm in Dane county is just one of three in Wisconsin to breed a specific type of cattle. The owner of Generations Beef said they began breeding the beef cattle in ...

Many breeds and crosses work well for grass-fed/grass-finished beef, as long as you select and breed for the desired traits. A growing number of farmers and ranchers are switching to efficient ...

Akaushi cattle at Generations Beef in Dane County, Wisconsin. High-grade Wagyu beef can cost up to two hundred dollars a pound. Wagyu refers to four native Japanese cattle breeds whose meat is most ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For Raluca Mateescu, the battle against climate change involves an unusual task: tweaking cattle genes to develop a breed that can withstand the hot, humid weather that has become ...

In cattle, this gene and the hormone it produces regulates metabolism, fat deposition, and affects reproduction.