'C' for cattle, 'C' for cash

No milking the super-cows

The European Community has opposed injecting cows with the controversial hormone bovine somatrophin to boost milk production

Reviving the Tharparker cattle breed

An NGO in Barmer has launched Tharparker animal breed improvement programmes in Minjrad and another village in the district. Two pure Tharparker …

Africa now emits as much carbon as it stores: Landmark study

Anthropogenic sources increased to neutralise sequestration gains; here's what can be done to reverse the trend

The price of madness

Cloning calves

Science & Technology - Briefs

Pasture posture in time of climate change

The United Nation’s latest appeal for national support to protect mobility of pastoralists brings focus to this ancient, climate-resilient …

Come back holy cow

Cow, from being an axis of a farmer’s economy to being abandoned, is too big a change people would bargain for

Sandalwood moment for cows; Madhya Pradesh’s proposed law will be the last nail for livestock economy

Government's proposal to make abandonment of cows punishable will make it a pariah breed and would fuel widespread black market for trade, just …

Ruminant ramifications

Beef, the staple food of the British, finds itself out of favour as a ban on its sale sweeps across UK and also the European Union

The grass returns

How a village in Rajasthan greened its pasture despite official hamhandedness

Advantage BST

The battle continues

Mysterious deaths

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Rs 355 crore spent on stray cattle, but problem persists

Rs 30 being given for the daily upkeep of cows in cattle shelter simply not enough, say voices on the ground

Subabul biscuits boost milk yield

Cattle fed with subabul biscuits can produce up to 20 per cent more milk. The fast-growing tree also produces useful timber.

High-five

Scientists are rediscovering the value of the unique combination of five products of the cow, especially as pesticide

Stray cattle menace: UP farmers refuse to diversify crops over depredation

Abandoned cows prefer new, different crops but losses equally distributed if everyone plants sugarcane, say farmers

Killer stalks sanctuary

Oxytocin injections siezed

Dioxin scare

Spreads in European countries

Smells like trouble

The tax liability of New Zealand's farmers is set to rise because their bovine assets -- hold your breath -- belch and break wind!

Simply Put: Cattle class in UP

Drought in Bikaner: Cattle die of starvation, fodder costlier by over 150%

West Rajasthan stares at drought, records rainfall deficit of 24% till September 7