Dexter cattle, even bulls such as this one, are easy to handle and cheap to feed. Two Dexters can be bred at different times to produce a year-round supply of milk for about as much money and care as ...

As fair season wraps up, many of the common cattle breeds have been on display. But in pastures around the Midwest, a few more uncommon breeds graze. One of those is Irish Dexter. Irish Dexters ...

Dexter Cattle are known as an old heritage breed that came to the United States around 1900 to 1914. At the American Dexter Cattle Association Annual Expo, we learned more about these cows. "They are ...

The Blarney Heights Farm in Trego is owned and operated by Brian and Karla Gorman, along with their children Declan (4) and Ainsley (1). (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Blarney Heights Farm ...

In 1975, Dexter cattle were placed on the world's rare and endangered list. There were fewer than 250 of the small animals, whose ancestry can be traced back to Ireland in the 1700s. The numbers have ...

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The Jessen family’s farm is different from its western Weld County neighbors. The rarest animals on their farm are not the marsupials – a red kangaroo and a wallaby – they keep in a pen in their yard, ...

IN reciprocal crosses between the Shire horse and Shetland pony, representing respectively extremes in large and small breeds, Walton and Hammond 1 demonstrated that the size of the offspring at birth ...