MANITOWOC - The National Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association recently announced that Mitch Kappelman, of Manitowoc, was named the 2020 Young Breeder Award winner. A news release from the ...

Every September, dairy farmers herd cattle from high-alpine pastures back to the villages where they reside for the winter ...

KLAUSENPASS, Switzerland (WABC) -- Cows injured during their summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows got a jump on their healthier herdmates on Friday when they got helicopter rides down the ...

The Simmental or Swiss Fleckvieh is reddish in colour with white markings, and is kept for milk and meat. There he was: The gorgeous beast — the well toned skin is wine red, it is neatly horned and ...

CHESEAUX-NOREAZ, Switzerland >> As a hollow cowbell echoes through a rolling, misty Swiss countryside, cattle herder Armin Capaul smiles and cracks wise about the feat he’s pulled off: Using the ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- About 250 Brown Swiss enthusiasts from nearly 20 states and Switzerland gathered in Rochester last week for the National Brown Swiss Convention. The five-day convention held ...

Non-farmers (or really anyone who doesn’t deal with the issue) may not realize that dehorning cattle is not like trimming a fingernail. Armin Capaul, a small-scale rancher and farmer, initiated a ...

PARIS (AP) — Swiss army helicopters have crossed the Franco-Swiss border in an unexpected incursion — to help thirsty Swiss cows. The aerial operation to scoop up water caught authorities responsible ...

In 2011 genomic selection (GS) was implemented in Swiss cattle and large-scale genotyping data became available. This significant change enables now a comparative approach between identification of ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Alpine cattle drives have had to be cancelled in many places in cantons Valais and Vaud this year due to the outbreak of lumpy-skin disease in France. Some Alpine cattle drives are ...