angus cow in a pasture

A welcome new cow plant for North America

It’s a rare day when plans are unveiled for a new beef-processing plant in North America. But that’s what happened in early January when two well-known U.S. entities announced plans to build a US$100-million plant near Boise, Idaho. Even more interesting is that it will be a cow plant, the first new one in 10 […] Read more



Cows in a pasture.

Genetic selection could produce cattle resistant to toxic larkspurs

Study shows selective breeding could produce resistance to toxic plant

Cattle are not picky eaters: Put them in a pasture with toxic plants and edible grasses, and they quickly swallow both. For ranchers, this diet comes at a heavy price, with up to 10 percent of steers that graze fields containing toxic larkspurs dying after eating the poisonous plants. The authors of an article published […] Read more