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  • Could super-charged cattle embryos solve world food challenges?

    Mar 12, 2021 11:15 am by Lauren QuinnResearch
    3/4 Gyr calf with Holstein cow at Chessie Creek Farm. Photo by Professor Matt Wheeler

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    • 3/4 Gyr calf with Holstein cow at Chessie Creek Farm. Photo by Professor Matt Wheeler

    Researchers leading the University of Illinois-Chessie Creek Farm Tropical-Adapted Cattle Project have successfully bred animals that thrive in hot climates and produce 10 times the milk of indigenous breeds.