TRAPPE, Md. – 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 ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...

TRAPPE, Md. - 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 ...

Tiny cattle provide high-quality tender meat. Some people are even raising them as pets. Lilliputian cattle that stand just a metre tall, eat a fraction of what their larger cousins do and produce ...

Over the last few years, conversations about livestock have started shifting. It’s not just about how much milk or meat a breed can give anymore. With climate change, land loss, and the need for more ...

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 ...

Miniature cattle are exactly what they sound like: scaled-down versions of standard cattle breeds. They’re bred to be smaller in stature while still retaining the traits of their full-sized ...

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