Pawnee Farm Arlinda Chief was one of the most prolific bulls in the history of Holstein cattle breeding — but he also introduced a lethal gene into the population, responsible for an estimated half ...

Cross-bred cows are more efficient at converting feed into milk solids compared with Holsteins, the latest research from the University of Minnesota, US, has found.

Willy Bokma and his family have a large dairy south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The cows are Holsteins, Jerseys and crossbreds. The ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded the University of California, Davis, $2.5 million over four years for a national cow genomics project. The ...

A sublime and tremendously moving portrait of the life of an English dairy cow named Luma, Andrea Arnold’s “Cow” is a real-life bovine “Bambi” and the second 2022 film to land on my 10 ...

The top Holstein dairy cow in the state hails from Northeast Wisconsin.Hilda is a 10-year-old veteran of the show ring, and will be honored at the upcoming World Dairy Expo in Madison.At 5-foot ...

The Dutch cattle breed is known to produce a significantly higher than average amount of milk, but the researchers identified that about five in 10,000 Holstein cows in China were “highly ...

U.S. agriculture officials say tests confirm that the Washington state Holstein cow infected with mad cow disease was born on a dairy farm in Alberta, Canada. Federal workers have begun to ...

A suspected case of mad cow disease is being investigated in Washington state, but the U.S. food supply remains safe, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Tuesday. Full Episode Monday, Apr 15 ...