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As ranchers look to expand the nation’s cowherd, cow-calf producers have to take into account their pasture and forage potential. They received a shot in the arm when Noble Research Institute and ...

SEBEKA, Minn. — The cows aren’t complaining about the ample green grass under their hooves at Full Circle Ranch. And that leaves the cattle producers knowing their work is paying off. The mostly ...

A cow at the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center in Browns Valley being tracked as part of research on cattle grazing personalities. (Maggie Creamer/UC Davis) Not all cattle are the same ...

Twenty-five years ago, Brian Pemberton bought acreage filled with thorn trees, scrub brush and multiflora roses. The only water source was a frog pond. The land needed four things: a road, buildings, ...

Nomad cows spreading out from the herd to graze at the UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center. (Kristina Horback / UC Davis) Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to ...

New research finds that not all cattle are the same when it comes to grazing, and knowing that could lead to better animal health and range conditions. Not all cattle are the same when it comes to ...

Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to discover whether cows would roam far to graze or stick close to the herd, water supplies and feed stations. Researchers tempted grazing ...

A cow at the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center in Browns Valley being tracked as part of research by Ph.D. Maggie Creamer and Associate Professor Kristina Horback into cattle grazing ...