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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 ...

Eds: Multimedia: An audio slideshow on criollo cattle is available in the —national/alternative—cattle folder. Moving on general news and financial services ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Matt Barnes grew up in Pennsylvania, where forests enjoy consistent rain and most farmers grow corn. But from a young age, he was drawn to the Western landscape of places like Southwest Colorado, ...

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 ...

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 ...

JORNADA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE, N.M. (AP) — 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 ...