Cattle breeding is an intermediate to long-term investment (typically lasting at least five years) made with the primary objective of developing capital assets (e.g., increasing the herd size).
The initiative aims to help ranchers rebuild herds, recover from disasters and expand market opportunities.
Through strategic investment and collaboration, African livestock systems can harness tools such as genomic technologies and breeding programs to drive genetic gains. Supported by the African Animal ...
The United States plans to breed thousands of sterile flies in a southern Texas factory in an effort to protect American cattle from flesh-eating maggots in Mexico. The New World screwworm is a ...
Not many things in the livestock business are free, but heterosis — the bump in performance from crossbreeding — is one of them. Then, why don’t we take full advantage of it in our commercial beef ...
Nbryo is a pioneer in the development of in vitro fertilisation technologies that turn world-class science into commercial ...
This is a great question. I know of no research that specifically looks at the economics of these two different approaches. There are advantages to a multi-sire breeding program. First in my mind is ...
“It’s a good time to be in the cattle business,” said Kevin Jensen as he toured his cow pasture. His neighbor is letting his cattle graze the stalks. The Jensen Ranch, a premium breeding cattle ...
TACLOBAN CITY— The Department of Agriculture (DA) is assessing an unusually large carabao in Northern Samar for possible use in a breeding and conservation program aimed at improving the province’s ...
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA =- As part of the Indonesia Australia Commercial Cattle Breeding Program (IACCB), the Australian government is sending 300 cows to the first partner location in South ...