Truly knowing your beef is about more than just recognizing the different cuts, one should also know what to expect from each breed of cattle.

An industry-wide collaboration is improving breeding tools. International Genetic Solutions, a group of more than 17 cattle associations and organizations, is working across the breed spectrum to ...

With more than 150 Holstein dairy cattle outside his front door, Hansen decided to cross-breed his Holstein dairy cattle, which also are known for their fine marbling, with a Wagyu.

A change is coming to the cattle seedstock industry. Breed associations have long been interested in finding the genetic basis for feed efficiency, with the aim of breeding more efficient animals ...

There are at least 50 breeds of beef cattle, but fewer than 10 make up most cattle produced. The most popular breeds of beef cattle in the United States and Canada originated in Europe.

Speckle Park cattle originated in his isolated Canadian valley, where they were developed by a handful of breeders insulated from the whims of the show ring that drove many mainstream breeds ...

Wagyu is wagyu, right? While you can trust that anything labeled wagyu is going to be well marbled, it turns out the sourcing ...

HUDSON, Iowa — Blake Hansen loves beef, but admits he is quite particular about the quality of meat he chooses to consume.

Learn about Galloway cows and the origins of this heritage breed with quick maturity that produces lean beef on a simple diet of fewer grains.

These cattle can easily pass for a Simmental breed; though Simmentals are purely beef animals. The Fleckvieh breed is huge with good muscle cover and a relatively big udder for females.

A 152-year-old farm in Dane county is just one of three in Wisconsin to breed a specific type of cattle.

The breed of cattle has little to do with the final product. I come from a family who raised beef for butcher from 1927 through the early '80s. We raised Angus and Holstein.