Criollo cattle have already been the focus of commercial gene editing efforts according to lead author Professor David MacHugh, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, as US industry collaborators ...

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This story is part of the State of Change project, produced in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network. With the recent drought in the West, ranchers may be forced to find more sustainable ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Sustainable beef production is a challenge in the semi-arid rangeland environments of the southwest. Climate change may reduce the ability of these ecosystems to support herds of ...

LAS CRUCES - Environmental conditions are driving up the cost of raising cattle in the Southwest, but researchers at New Mexico State University have received a grant to help find new ways to make ...

LAS CRUCES - Sustainable beef production is a challenge in the semi-arid rangeland environments of the Southwest. Climate change may reduce the ability of these ecosystems to support herds of ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Environmental conditions are driving up the cost of raising cattle in the Southwest but researchers at New Mexico State University have received a grant to help find new ways to ...

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JORNADA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE, N.M.— Ed Fredrickson is watching every move his cattle make by checking GPS units on their collars and using satellite imagery to see what plants they're eating. The ...

Criollo cattle are related to the Texas longhorn and known to use semi-arid rangelands more fully or efficiently, said Glenn Duff, Ph.D., superintendent at the Clayton Livestock Research Center and a ...

A set of calves grazing winter pasture at the New Mexico State University Clayton Livestock Research Center near Clayton, New Mexico, may look typical of Texas High Plains cattle, but this group is ...