Rare livestock breeds gain popularity in Maine Proponents of 'heritage breeds' say the animals offer unique genetics that help them to resist heat, to forage and to guard against parasites.

Rare livestock breeds gain popularity in Maine Proponents of 'heritage breeds' say the animals offer unique genetics that help them to resist heat, to forage and to guard against parasites.

Preserving heritage breeds is valuable to the overall U.S. livestock industry by ensuring it won’t lose genetics that may yet prove indispensable, said Beranger of the Livestock Conservancy.

How heritage breeds could rescue ranching A team of scientists and ranchers are studying Criollo cattle with a mission to think of solutions for agricultural producers threatened by climate change.

McCook and his wife, Kindra, raise several heritage livestock breeds on their property. "I wanted to make sure me and my family were self-sufficient, so that's what I started with," he said.

A colorful assortment of heritage livestock breeds are the latest American symbols to be immortalized on U.S. Postal Service stamps. The Heritage Breeds Forever stamps, which highlight 10 rare ...

If you’re looking for a heritage cattle breed that will make a good milking cow, don’t overlook the distinctively marked Dutch Belted Cattle. The mild climate and lush grass of Holland have ...

Many heritage cattle and chicken breeds work well as homestead livestock. Look through this list to find out if these heritage breeds of egg layers, meat birds, dairy cows and beef cattle could ...

About 45,000 semen and embryo samples from 20 breeds of rare cattle, sheep and goats are preserved there in liquid nitrogen chilled to minus 312 degrees essentially a frozen ark.

To the untutored eye, the animals at the Little Farm — cows, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, chickens, geese, and ducks — look much like other such creatures, but they are all heritage breeds.

Photo of Ted Fuller in the pasture with his animals. Story on heritage meats, as in beef, pork and lamb, old-fashioned breeds that are being reintroduced by small ranchers/farmers all over the US ...