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With the recent drought in the American West, ranchers may be forced to find more sustainable options. And some researchers are looking to a breed of cattle from the past to find the answers. Jon and ...

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With the recent drought in the West, ranchers might be forced to find more sustainable options. And some researchers are looking to a breed of cattle from the past for answers. Jon and Susie Eickoff ...

A team of scientists and ranchers are studying Criollo cattle with a mission to think of solutions for agricultural producers threatened by climate change. Ranching has a problem. Specifically, ...

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 ...

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 ...

MCNEAL, Ariz. (KGUN) — The higher temperatures and lack of rain is having effect on ranchers. But the cows and other animals don't seem to mind. “The nice thing about these cattle we raise, they adapt ...

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 ...

This story is part of the State of Change project, produced in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network. With the recent drought in the West, ranchers may be forced to find more sustainable ...