Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals with four compartments in their digestive system that let them re-chew and ...

For cattle fattened in fields instead of feedlots, the grass may be greener, but the carbon emissions are not. A study out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that even ...

Cows eat grass...everyone knows that. But climate change is forcing producers and scientists to rethink some of our long-held assumptions about livestock nutrition. Crop costs are climbing.

Were cattle evolved to eat grain? Absolutely not. Cattle evolved to eat grass, not grains. Farmers today feed their animals corn and soybeans, which fatten up the animals faster for slaughter. More ...

This week, NPR's looking at how the food we eat every day affects climate change. We're focusing on solutions that cover everything from how we grow food to how we eat it. So let's talk about beef.

For cattle fattened in fields instead of feedlots, the grass may be greener, but the carbon emissions are not. "I think that there is a large portion of the population who really do wish their ...

FILE - Cattle graze on a ranch in Lufkin, Texas, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) (David Goldman, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights ...