Small breeds are an easy entry into the world of dairy cattle. In 2006, Pat Schout and his wife, Elia, began homesteading in east-central Illinois. They wanted to raise their own food, including ...

Research shows the potential of Dutch cattle breeds for sustainable, nature-inclusive agriculture. Nature-inclusive dairy ...

Advances in selective breeding and artificial insemination have fuelled the global spread of a small number of profitable livestock types. Their popularity has left ever more heritage breeds at risk ...

This is after Makongi Agri Ltd, which runs Makongi Farm in Eldoret through its sister company Indicus East Africa Ltd managed to import over 350 embryos of Girolando dairy cow breed from Brazil.