Animals within a breed have physical characteristics that distinguish them from other breeds or groups of animals within that same species. Animas within a breed tend to breed true for the specific traits …

The determination of the “right” breed(s) to use is highly dependent on a number of characteristics of a farm or ranch; not every operation should use the same breed or combination of breeds.

The description in this guide for these breeds was based on information about the breed written by parent clubs.

Making breed and mating selections that utilize breed complementarity provides an effective way to aggregate the core competencies of two or more breeds in the progeny.

One of the simplest of the systematic crossbreeding pro-grams is the two-breed rotation in which cows sired by breed A are mated to bulls of breed B. The heifers resulting from this cross are mated to …

Use only “XX” when no single breed is predominant.

May 3, 2018 · Dexter catle are a tri-purpose breed: beef, milk, and draft. As such, breeders should strive to produce well-conformed, well-tempered animals that eficiently meet the demands of all three …