By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...

L, a daughter of Dignity, stands on pasture at Deluisio Angus. She represents the calm, pasture-adapted type prioritized in the Calm Index bree ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

Cherry County, Nebraska, enjoys the distinguished title of being the largest beef cattle-producing county in the nation. In ...

The sterile fly technique, first used by the U.S. in the 1960s and now in Panama, prevents female screwworms from reproducing ...

Across the globe, certain cow breeds stand out for their immense size, strength, and adaptability. From the towering Chianina ...

Yaks are well adapted to the high-altitude regions of Central Asia, particularly the Himalayan region and the Tibetan Plateau ...

Most of the cattle are Angus, Simmental, Maine-Anjou and Charolais, although there are several other breeds in the operation. Weis helped raise milk-fed veal calves when he was growing up, and his ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The removal of hundreds of cattle raised illegally on public land designated for sustainable forest use in Brazil’s Amazon has sparked protests and divided residents ...

Brought to Brazil in the 19th century, it proved more resistant to heat and parasites than European breeds. Today zebus make up 80% of Brazil’s 239m-strong herd of cattle.

Since the late 1970s, dedicated farmers have worked to preserve the breed, and the Ancient Cattle of Wales Society (Gwartheg Hynafol Cymru) was founded in 1981 to support this effort. The society ...