It's important to understand where food comes from. But do you know your Angus from your Hereford? These cattle breeds both produce high-quality beef, so differentiating between the two is an ...

several black beef cattle in a pasture - Kellymarken/Getty Images If you've ever had Wagyu beef, then you already understand why the breed of cattle matters. Wagyu and true Japanese Kobe are highly ...

Di Costanzo explains lower-quality fiber does not stay in the rumen long enough to be properly digested for these ...

Many breeds and crosses work well for grass-fed/grass-finished beef, as long as you select and breed for the desired traits. A growing number of farmers and ranchers are switching to efficient ...

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 ...

WANAMINGO, Minn. — Grilling sounds like as simple a process as you can get - buy a steak, throw it on a grill and eat. Not so, says Blondies Butcher Shop owner Lindsey Loken. A self-described ...

HUDSON, Iowa — Blake Hansen loves beef, but admits he is quite particular about the quality of meat he chooses to consume. So, when he sampled a steak he could cut with a spoon, he was hooked. "It’s ...

Wagyu beef’s signature richness has long been treated as a kind of culinary magic, but geneticists are now mapping the specific DNA that makes those steaks taste unlike any other. By decoding the ...

HUDSON — Blake Hansen loves beef, but admits he is quite particular about the quality of meat he chooses to consume. So, when he sampled a steak he could cut with a spoon, he was hooked. “It’s like ...

Chinese scientists have successfully cloned an endangered species of beef cattle. The clone calf, named Boeve, was born on 27 April and is one of a breed from the northern Hebei province. The cell ...