Just this year, Milking Speed (MSPD) became available for Holsteins after tens of thousands of lactation records were ...

HUDSON, Iowa — Blake Hansen loves beef, but admits he is quite particular about the quality of meat he chooses to consume. So, when he sampled a steak he could cut with a spoon, he was hooked. "It’s ...

DeNovo Coyote © Genus ABS Exceptional weight and percentage of fat (62.2kg and +0.3%) have earned a UK-born and bred bull top ...

Unlike most dairy cows in America, which are descended from just two bulls, this cow at Pennsylvania State University has a different ancestor: She is the daughter of a bull that lived decades ago, ...

Completing the top 10 are two exciting new entrants: Peak AltaSolace (PLI £683) shines with exceptional udder health (-32 SCC) and strong daughter fertility (+13), earning a HealthyCow of £231; and ...

Scientists provide an insightful review of how US dairy industry breeding selection objectives are established, as well as detail opportunities and obstacles related to new technologies for ...

The next time you're in the dairy aisle at the supermarket, take a moment to imagine the animals that produced all that milk. Do these cows have horns? Chances are they do, or at least they did at ...

Dairy farmers are rapidly adopting molecular profiling to accelerate the process of siring cows. But this seismic shift in breeding practices is raising new questions and translating more slowly to ...

Chad Dechow, a geneticist at Pennsylvania State University who studies dairy cows, is explaining how all of America's cows ended up so similar to each other. He brings up a website on his computer.