Dexter Cattle are known as an old heritage breed that came to the United States around 1900 to 1914. At the American Dexter Cattle Association Annual Expo, we learned more about these cows. "They are ...

George Humphrey with a few of his Dexter cattle at home in Jefferson on July 23. Credit: Elizabeth Walztoni / BDN George Humphrey didn’t set out to be a preservationist. When he brought a few short, ...

In 1975, Dexter cattle were placed on the world's rare and endangered list. There were fewer than 250 of the small animals, whose ancestry can be traced back to Ireland in the 1700s. The numbers have ...

The Jessen family’s farm is different from its western Weld County neighbors. The rarest animals on their farm are not the marsupials – a red kangaroo and a wallaby – they keep in a pen in their yard, ...

Dexter cattle are grazing on Golden Hill near Canterbury as part of a biodiversity project Cattle have returned to a historic site in Kent after a 60-year absence to help restore the lowland grassland ...

ONE farmer with his ear to the ground is Dingle's Paddy Fenton as his foray into the world of breeding Dexter cattle will be featured on the RTE show of the same name this coming Tuesday. Paddy is ...

Red Hill Dexter Stud Farm owner and event organiser Ian Jenner said there was 45 head of Dexter nominated with judging to start at 9.30am. He said the youngsters would be taken out in the ring to take ...

A herd of cattle have returned to act as "ecological engineers" to keep the vegetation at a Kent woodland at bay, a wildlife trust has said. Each year, Dexter cattle are used to "munch down" the ...

Cattle have returned to a historic site in Kent after a 60-year absence to help restore the lowland grassland. The Dexter cattle have been released at Golden Hill in Harbledown, near Canterbury, as ...