The South Poll is a composite breed created by Teddy Gentry (founding member of the country music band Alabama) starting in 1989 when he wanted cattle that would thrive in the hot, humid summers of ...

In Indonesia, cattle are not just cattle. The large island-nation houses a variety of different breeds, locally preferred for their unique set of physical attributes and strongly linked to culture and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cattle in Pará state, Brazil. Gado via Wikipedia As the planet warms, Nigerian farmers are looking to breed cattle that can take ...

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 ...

Cows with the slick gene have sleek, short hair that helps keep them cool. T.A. Olson via the USDA Farmers across the world are breeding cows with a mutation that gives them a higher heat tolerance—an ...

GREENVILLE — Raising cattle is getting harder and more expensive as farmlands disappear and the cost of caring for livestock increases. South Carolina saw record-breaking heat this summer and beef ...

In the beginning, there were the rolling hills, the ample creeks, and the lush grasslands that sprawled as far as the horizon. When the Van Newkirk family first arrived in Western Nebraska in 1886 and ...