Research looks at whether surrogacy could lead to dairy cows producing beef offspring

Whether you’re familiar with modern day cow breeding practices or not, you’d be tempted to call a new effort at some of the state’s research stations “next level.” The idea isn’t exactly brand new, but it certainly hasn’t been around long enough to be called “old” yet either. In fact, this new experiment at the … Read more

Recipe: May is NC Beef Month

Steaks on the grill, beef stew, burgers, pot roast… There are hundreds of ways to celebrate May as N.C. Beef Month.  In North Carolina, there are more than 830,000 cattle, which provide us with a variety of food, leather and other products. Cattle is raised in all 100 counties throughout the state. Nine out of … Read more