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Criollo cattle are well-adapted to living in arid environments. Ed Fredrickson, left, a former researcher at the Jornada Experimental Range with expertise in range livestock nutrition and behavior and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...