The Texas agriculture commissioner is urging Congress to create a federal “Heifer Retention Tax Credit” to encourage producers to keep replacement heifers.

The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle inventory report delivered another signal that the U.S. beef herd has yet to ...

For most cow–calf operations, branding or early pasture turnout (roughly 45 to 60 days of age) remains the most reliable ...

It’s common in just about any pasture to notice two cows grazing side by side and going about their typical activities together rather than alone. But did you realize this is because many cattle ...

Her owner, Witgar Wiegele, is an organic farmer and baker who keeps the cow as a pet. With Wiegele’s permission, they conducted a series of randomized trials with a deck scrub broom, chosen for its ...

A curious cow wandered into a Murrieta street, surprising a very confused dispatcher and prompting a police response Murrieta Police Department/Instagram On Jan. 5, a cow escaped its enclosure in ...

Montgomery Ward copywriter Bob May and his famous Christmas creation, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Montgomery Ward copywriter Bob May and his famous Christmas creation, Rudolph the Red-Nosed ...

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. And yes, you still recall the most famous reindeer of all. But how did that red-nosed misfit become a star of Yuletide celebrations? He wasn’t one of ...

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. And yes, you still recall the most famous reindeer of all. J. Mark Powell is a novelist, former TV journalist and diehard history buff. Have a ...

Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 million years ago. The site contains the densest known collection of fossil sea ...