Using ancient DNA, researchers show that African cattle were likely brought to the Americas more than a century before written records document their arrival. Credit: Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage ...

Demand for quality South African beef products is consistently growing, both locally and internationally. This means there’s a steady demand for cattle farming in South Africa. Cattle farming forms an ...

In Africa, the oldest archaeological evidence of domestic cattle dates back to between 6000 and 5000 BC in western Egypt. These taurine cattle, initially confined to the Saharan-Sahelian belt ...

African cattle breeds are astonishingly diverse, and often quite beautiful. They range from the dark-red Ankole of southern Uganda, with their massive heat-dissipating horns, to the Boran which ...

Raised in western Kenya, his first connection with livestock at a young age is what propelled him to dedicate his life to better breeding, specifically of indigenous African cattle. "I was brought ...

He works for the University of the Witwatersrand. Much of South Africa has good grazing for livestock. And sheep, goats and cattle have played an important role in the history of the region’s ...

In the process of completing this history, they found that ancient domesticated African cattle originated in the 'Fertile Crescent,' a region that covered modern day Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Israel.

LEESBURG, FLA. - Ankole Watusi cattle, with their ultra-long horns and African heritage, couldn't seem more out of place on a Central Florida ranch not far from Interstate 75. Once considered a ...