TRAPPE, Md. — New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for farmers with limited space to raise cattle for milk, meat or just fun. On Bill Bryan’s 50-acre spread on Maryland’s ...

Small-scale, sustainable farming is gaining traction, and miniature cows are proving to be a valuable asset. These manageable and efficient breeds, like the Vechur and Miniature Zebu, are well-suited ...

Miniature cattle are a preferred choice for farmers who have small farms or those who indulge in farming as a side activity. Most miniature breeds are of quiet temperament and, therefore, are easier ...

This year, the biggest thing at the 2018 National Western Stock Show is also one of the smallest. Miniature zebu cattle will for the first time be showcased at the largest stock show on earth.

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, ...

Many farmers with little land but big dreams of roping and ranching are making up for their restricted range by thinking small. Little animals -- miniature cattle breeds that can live on just a few ...

ROY, Wash. — John Bartheld has been breeding miniature cows on his farm for seven years, hoping to recreate black and white markings in the pattern of a panda to make a “panda cow.” He succeeded on ...

Peanut is a cow that looks like a panda John Bartheld breeds miniature cows and wanted to create one that looked like a panda The mini-cow was born June 28 ROY, Wash. (AP) — John Bartheld breeds ...

If you’re a suburban cowboy hankering to raise a herd and short on ranch land, mini cattle may be for you. New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for small farmers to raise ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) --Walk around Rick Robbins’ Leelanau County yard and you'll see all kinds of unexpected things. Roaming around his fenced-in, small pasture are chickens, mini ...

TEKAMAH, NEB. — Walking through their lowing herd of several hundred cattle, Ali and Kenny Petersen were like two Gullivers on a Lilliputian roundup. The half-sized cows barely reached Kenny’s waist.