The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) has hired João Walter Dürr of Uppsala, Sweden, as its chief executive officer. Dürr, who will be relocating to the Beltsville, Md. area, brings a wealth of ...

The 2025 show season kicked off with a bang today, Saturday 26 April, in the Virginia show centre in Co Cavan with the annual ...

K-State beef cattle experts say bulls should routinely be assessed for body condition and mobility along with an annual semen evaluation Before a student-athlete is allowed to join a sports team ...

The Council for Awards of Royal Agricultural Societies (CARAS UK) has elected Meurig James as its new Chair, following the ...

Six young cattle breeders participating in Holstein Friesian NZ's inaugural young breeder development programme have ...

To facilitate a highly accurate sequence, a single Holstein bull was utilized from straws of semen available commercially. These samples from a single animal contain the entire DNA blueprint for an ...

Two significant updates will be implemented in the April dairy genetic evaluations published by the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding. These are: a revision to the lifetime merit indices and a genetic ...

Stability remains strong at the top of the Holstein young sire rankings with the same four bulls that led the way in December holding their rankings.

Breed aside, using a pedigree or purebred bull is key to producing a marketable beef calf, Laura adds. “We sometimes see dairy farms keeping one of their own crossbred bulls, a Holstein cross ...

Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&) has received its first commercial batch of 2,500 dairy heifers from Chile to F&N Agrivalley, ...

Young new entrant, Eoghan Delaney is farming in partnership with his father PJ where they're now in their third year of ...