Find the best farm animals for beginners among heritage livestock breeds. Pick a pig, get a goat, decide on a donkey, and ...

Our way of life may have changed from homesteads and ranches in many parts of the Midwest to fast-paced urban centers of activity, but that doesn't mean that we can't embrace a quieter side of life.

Whether you’re a farmer or a professional who works with them, these tools offer practical steps to protect livestock, keep ...

Farm animals have some astonishing talents bordering on superpowers. Take pigs. Despite their reputation for carrying a few extra pounds, porkers are athletes. They can run at 11 miles per hour—faster ...

The production of transgenic livestock has the opportunity to significantly improve human health, enhance nutrition, protect the environment, increase animal welfare, and decrease livestock disease.

Ensuring livestock health is vital not only for animal welfare, but also for the efficient and profitable operation of farms. It contributes to limiting some of the environmental impacts of livestock ...

In this opinion piece, Dilip Bhandari of Heifer International argues that scaling up an initiative providing educational ...

A dehesa system yields animal products, cork from oak trees, plants from the understory, and more. Learn about the crop-livestock integrated farming systems small farmers across the globe are ...

Extending these capabilities across the animal protein value chain is a powerful step forward for the entire ecosystem." ...

For the second time in two years, Perry Township trustees are considering a zoning amendment regarding the keeping of typical farm animals in certain subdivisions. Last year, trustees approved a ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been the main form of livestock production. It has been a source ...

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry is giving livestock owners a special permit to "take" Black vultures.