A cloned steer highlights the peculiar limitation of cloning: it can replicate what is, but cannot offer what hasn?t yet been.

Consumer preferences and animal welfare advocacy are driving big changes in the industrialized treatment of farm animals. Here?s a look at what they mean for egg-laying hens.

Ohio farmers agreed to phase out confinement of livestock, underscoring the clout of the animal welfare movement.

A cattle industry group improperly used marketing money, raised from ranchers and farmers, to support its lobbying arm, a review found.

A team of microbiologists and genetic researchers in Australia are looking for ways to reduce livestock carbon emissions.

There is no justification for the abusive practice of confining farm animals into spaces barely larger than the volume of their bodies.

Governments will have to negotiate with European Union legislators to complete the rules on food animals, starting in September.