Farmers Are Breeding Heat-Resistant Cows

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At Vaqueria El Remanso, a small dairy farm in the hills off the north coast of Puerto Rico, the cows are different — they have a freshly shaven, suave look. Their short hair is the result of a natural mutation known as “slick,” which Rafael López-López, who runs El Remanso, has been breeding into his cows for decades.


Improving Animal Welfare

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Emma Baxter never intended to become an expert in artificial intelligence. As an associate professor of animal and veterinary science at Scotland’s Rural College, her work is focused on breeding swine and improving the environments in which they are raised. But when a software company needed a pig expert to help validate an automated livestock feeding system they had in the works, they called her.


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