In a remarkable stride toward environmental sustainability, farmers are actively engaged in the practice of selective cow breeding, aiming to reduce methane emissions and thereby reaffirming their ...

Current Climate brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability every Monday. Sign up to get it in your inbox. Much of the news on climate has been discouraging of late. Europe had its ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The beef many of us enjoy today is a result of years of selecting superior animals that deliver a more consistent product. Technology has helped accelerate that process.

It took thousands of years to develop the world's extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals—an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 farmed species. But this diversity is dwindling fast.

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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 ...

A group of animal scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has successfully engineered a breed of cows that can produce up to 20 times more milk than conventional counterparts.

At Vaqueria El Remanso, a small dairy farm west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the cows are different—they have a freshly shaven, suave look. Their short hair is the result of a natural mutation known as ...