Liam Kavanagh's life-size version of a Dexter Irish Heritage breed cow, took the best part of seven months to carefully craft together. Bóanna will be on display at this week's National Ploughing ...

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 ...

P.E.I.'s only certified organic beef comes in small packages — right from the farm. Organic industry review gives P.E.I. mixed marks 'You've got to live with the down price': Beef future worries ...

The diminutive Dexter cows, which roam the Kerry mountains, are being bred for gourmet burgers for festivals and markets across the country. RTÉ’s flagship rural show, Ear to the Ground, has revealed ...

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 ...

A herd of rare miniature cattle on the Port au Port Peninsula are not only adorable, they're a living, four-legged legacy to a key moment in Newfoundland and Labrador history. The seven Dexter cows ...

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 ...

A cow whose tiny stature saved her from the abattoir has entered the record books as the world's smallest. Swallow, a Dexter cow from Cheshire, stands 33.5in (0.8m) tall from hind to foot - shorter ...

Some people like cute animals. Others like 'em tasty. For that sliver of the Venn diagram that wants both - but can't stomach the thought of factory-farmed veal - there's the Dexter cow. These little ...

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 ...