ADRIAN, Minn. — People lined up July 12 to peer into a microscope at Bullerman Angus Farm in rural Adrian. They were visiting as part of the Summer Beef Tour, put on by the Rock-Nobles Cattlemen's ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX3ZkCZKoE4?rel=0&showinfo=0] In the past, most cattle breeders relied on natural breeding to produce calves. But times have ...

AMES, Iowa – Beef and dairy producers want the animals in their herds to possess the best genetics possible. But a cow can have only one calf per year, which places a natural limitation on how widely ...

The gestational length of cows is commonly believed to be 283 days. The topic of gestation length often comes up among cattle breeders during calving season. These conversations often pertain to ...

Dr. Jim Donahue and his team at ReproHealth Technologies are tweaking the design on a device that allows a surrogate cow to incubate embryos. (IBJ photos/Eric Learned) Dr. Jim Donahue did not ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University animal science and veterinary researchers made possible the first ever successful bovine embryo transfers in the Republic of Kosovo, paving the way toward improved ...

DAHLEN, North Dakota — When Terry Ellingson was in veterinary college in the 1970s, he was struck by a revolutionary technique called embryo transfer. Embryo transfer refers to taking an egg from a ...

The last time we checked in the Mehlhoff family of 5L Red Angus, they were in a holding pattern waiting for calving to truly begin. It turns ...

When you log on to Madison County veterinarian Patrick Comyn's Web site, English isn't the only option. Those who speak German or Italian (and eventually, Spanish and French) can easily view an area ...

When you log on to Madison County veterinarian Patrick Comyn’s Web site, English isn’t the only option. Those who speak German or Italian (and eventually, Spanish and French) can easily view an area ...