Scientists provide an insightful review of how US dairy industry breeding selection objectives are established, as well as detail opportunities and obstacles related to new technologies for ...

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.

Dairy farmers are rapidly adopting molecular profiling to accelerate the process of siring cows. But this seismic shift in breeding practices is raising new questions and translating more slowly to ...

High milk yield in dairy cows is negatively correlated to fertility. Scientists have now found a mutation in a gene sequence that affects this relationship. Scientists have found a genomic deletion ...

“Proud of Our Families, Holsteins and History” was the theme of the Maryland Holstein Convention held March 7 at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center. The Washington County Holstein ...

Dear Dr Othieno, I am retiring this year and plan to acquire a few Friesian crosses for dairy farming as a source of income from milk sales. I love Friesians based on what I’ve heard and my own ...

Denovo 20723 Columbia heads the latest ranking for young genomic sires, which features an all-new top 10 for the first time since the list was created in 2012. The list of new sires published by the ...