New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for small farmers to raise cattle for milk, meat or just fun.

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 ...

TRAPPE, Md. – If you’re a suburban cowboy hankering to raise a herd and short on ranchland, mini-cattle may be for you. New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for ...

Full miniature cattle are defined as those below 42 inches at the hip when fully grown, while mid-size miniatures are up to 48 inches, said Gradwohl, who registers 26 miniature breeds.

And there are about 20,000 minicows, compared with fewer than 5,000 a decade ago, according to the International Miniature Cattle Breeds Registry.

Because the smaller breeds do well on grass diets—commercial cattle are mainly grain or corn-fed—the beef is higher in omega-2s and omega-3s.

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 ...

Chris Jessen and his 2-year-old daughter Maddi play with a 2-week-old miniature calf, Clover, recently on their farm in western Weld County. The Jessens have been breeding miniature cattle for nine ...

The Wall Street Journal reports that mini cattle are a small but growing trend. The waist-high breeds are less than half the weight of an average cow, and they eat one-third less feed — but they ...

Professor Richard Gradwohl is responsible for 18 new breeds of miniature cattle on his Seattle farm, including a Miniature Panda — a fluffy eye-patched little cow just 107cm high.

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 ...