TRAPPE, Md. – If you're a suburban cowboy hankering to raise a herd and short on ranch land, mini-cattle may be for you. New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for small ...

TRAPPE, Md. — New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for farmers with limited space to raise cattle for milk, meat or just fun. On Bill Bryan’s 50-acre spread on Maryland’s ...

TRAPPE, Md. – If you’re a suburban cowboy hankering to raise a herd and short on ranchland, mini-cattle may be for you. New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for small ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This year, the biggest thing at the 2018 National Western Stock Show is also one of the smallest. Miniature zebu cattle will for the first time be showcased ...

Over the last few years, conversations about livestock have started shifting. It’s not just about how much milk or meat a breed can give anymore. With climate change, land loss, and the need for more ...

Bill Radke: And back in the states now. Your average American beef cow is big. Hefty. That’s part of the idea — cattle producers want the maximum beef for their buck. But an increasing number of ...

Tiny cattle provide high-quality tender meat. Some people are even raising them as pets. Lilliputian cattle that stand just a metre tall, eat a fraction of what their larger cousins do and produce ...

Many farmers with little land but big dreams of roping and ranching are making up for their restricted range by thinking small. Little animals -- miniature cattle breeds that can live on just a few ...

Walking through their lowing herd of several hundred cattle, Ali and Kenny Petersen were like two Gullivers on a Lilliputian roundup. The half-size cows barely reached Kenny’s waist. The ranch’s ...

If you’re a suburban cowboy hankering to raise a herd and short on ranch land, mini cattle may be for you. New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for small farmers to raise ...