No need to make a stink: Controlling bovine flatulence could be key to helping curb global warming. New research suggests that breeding dairy cows to fart less — and, therefore, release less methane — ...

Quick ReadBreeding cattle sold due to drought may count as $0 in Social Security earnings, since they qualify as excluded ...

Quick ReadSocial Security excludes breeding cow sales from the retirement earnings test but counts market steer profits as ...

Reducing methane emissions from livestock would benefit farmers and the environment. The study, published in the Journal of Dairy Science, shows that low emitting cows tend to be smaller and house ...

When cattle prices sit at generational highs and a rancher starts loading animals onto the trailer, one overlooked distinction between two types of livestock can determine whether Social Security ...

Oklahoma State's Derrell Peel says record-low cow culling and early signs of impulse heifer breeding suggest stabilization, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it's responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas ...

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 ...

A study of Thai multibreed dairy cattle shows genomic data can offset moderate pedigree gaps, but evaluation accuracy and ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - The time to process fall-weaned calves and determine pregnancy rates among cows will soon be here. Management of open cows is critical to the financial bottom line of a cow/calf ...

New research suggests that breeding dairy cows to fart less -- and, therefore, release less methane -- could cut down on greenhouse gases. No need to make a stink: Controlling bovine flatulence could ...