When you see Burt DeGroot’s cows for the first time, you might feel like you’re visiting a zoo. You’re not that far off. DeGroot, of Snohomish, owns a rare breed of cattle. Ancient white park cattle ...

ELLENDALE, Minn. — When the Cowell family first started raising cattle, there weren’t many others in their area of southern Minnesota with the Highland breed. But that has changed dramatically in the ...

The concept of cattle breeds, rather than local types, is said to have originated in Britain under the influence of Robert Bakewell in the 18th century (Porter, 1991). It was during that period that ...

Titan is not an intimidating bull. Unlike most bulls, he wanders around the Remsen field where he lives with a herd of more than 100 cows, calves, heifers, steer and oxen, all of them American milking ...

Working with a veterinarian on pregnancy checks, bull soundness exams and vaccination plans is important as spring approaches.