When Vimal Selvaraj's uncle first imported Holstein semen to start his dairy farm in India in the early 1990s, he was hailed as a revolutionary on the cutting edge of agriculture. His first generation ...

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 ...

Since 1960, Holstein dairy cows have exhibited a substantial decline in fertility, with serious economic consequences for farmers. Genetic selection programs in the United States and elsewhere have ...

Ryan and Karen Griffin moved about 400 miles north, from southern Minnesota, near Rochester, to a farm near Thief River Falls in 2005. Karen, left, Evelyn, Agnes, Curtis and Ryan Griffin, work ...

Willy Bokma and his family have a large dairy south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The cows are Holsteins, Jerseys and crossbreds. The crossbred and composite cows (part Holstein, part Jersey) are bred for ...

It took thousands of years to develop the world’s extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals – an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 farmed species. But this diversity is dwindling fast.