The trackers, which stay in a cow’s stomach and collect data, can help farmers understand when their cows are feeling ill, or when they’re in heat.

If there's a bright side to the U.S. mad cow scare, it's that it could speed the nation's move to a centralized system that electronically tracks animals as they move from fields to feed lots to food ...

Monitoring cattle across large remote ranches has long been a challenge for producers, especially in areas without reliable ...

Amid another possible government shutdown, a passage in an omnibus bill, which includes $15 million to electronically track livestock, raises alarms with Republicans. The House on Wednesday passed a ...

It took a week after a Washington cow tested positive for mad cow disease in December for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to announce new safeguards. Tighter controls on the meat supply came first.

If there's a bright side to the U.S. mad cow scare, it's that it could speed the nation's move to a centralized system that electronically tracks animals as they move from fields to feed lots to food ...

Agriculture officials are working to track down herdmates of the Alabama cow that is the nation's third case of mad-cow disease. But unlike Japan, Canada and Europe, the United States still does not ...

As dairy farmers dwindle every year, the demand for high-quality milk remains steadfast, driving a surge in dairy farming. Although this shift improves efficiency, it makes managing the health of ...

Experienced hillwalker Mary-Jane Parker, 61, from Peebles, planned to bag three Munros near Newtonmore in August this year.

Small-scale dairy farmers continue to lose thousands of shillings annually due to lack of relevant information on a cow’s conception period. Normally, cows have a very short receptive period within ...