“Most dairy breeding programs select for milk production but the results of this study indicate that the cow’s conformation, particularly in terms of hoof health, also should be considered,” said ...

The days of guess work in breeding dairy cattle are gone. Today's DNA sequencing means more productive cows and less pollution. Breeding cattle through artificial insemination began in the 1940’s.

The next generation of cows could emit significantly less methane within 20 years, offering a potential boost in the fight ...

In a remarkable stride toward environmental sustainability, farmers are actively engaged in the practice of selective cow breeding, aiming to reduce methane emissions and thereby reaffirming their ...

Australian agtech startup Nbryo plans to scale up its low-cost in-vitro embryo production technology to accelerate genetic ...

A British genetics firm plans to create less-gassy cows — meaning fewer climate-heating emissions. Genus Plc’s breeding program is intended to create “envirocows” with less-gaseous digestive systems, ...

Crisafulli Government secures global investment for local AgTech startup Nbryo. Embryo technology cuts seven years of selective cattle breeding into a ...

Current Climate brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability every Monday. Sign up to get it in your inbox. Much of the news on climate has been discouraging of late. Europe had its ...

Chinese scientists successfully used cloning technology to combat its dependence on imported dairy cows. The cows were cloned using tissue from a Holstein Friesian known as a super cow, a dairy cow ...