The following is a net version of an article in the local newspaper today:

Scientists at New Mexico State Univ. in Las Cruces, NM, are breeding a new bloodline of desert-adapted cows.  They are 5/8 Black Angus and 3/8 Brahman.  After looking closely at other breeds - the Tuli breed from East Africa and the Senepol breed from the Virgin Islands, the scientists chose the Brangus as the best desert-adapted breed for this area.

 The cattle are now roaming the university's Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center, which is roughly 100 square miles.  

Quoting:  "Whereas on a typical Midwestern farm a producer might run two to 10 cows on an acre, on Chihuahuan Desert rangeland, two to 10 cows might be on 640 acres."

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Kath