Bison produce very lean meat, but they are wild animals that can be difficult to raise on a farm. Cattle are very docile, but their meat can be high in fat and not very healthy. That's why proponents ...

Innovative breeders in the western U.S. and Canada have been experimenting with bison-cattle crosses for a long time, starting with some of the early ranchers in the western states and some of the ...

A male hybrid that is 50% cattle and 50% bison stands in the pasture on the A&K Ranch near Raymondville, Missouri. This bull will be part of the process to create beefalo that are 37.5% bison, the ...

Bison once numbered in the hundreds of millions and roamed in vast herds throughout North America. But after Europeans colonized and began developing the continent, the newcomers set about killing the ...

BREWSTER, Minn. — When Russell and Ann Obermoller’s youngest son, Kurt, told them he wanted a career in farming, the rural Brewster couple knew they’d have to grow more than corn and soybeans to ...

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The National Buffalo Museum welcomed a new addition to its herd in December. Boyd Meyer, owner of Cold Creek Buffalo Co. in Cheyenne, Wyo., donated a 20-month-old bison bull, who has ...