On a frigid January morning at Morehead State University, Kentucky farmer Greg Dike keeps his fingers crossed for good news as MSU veterinary technology professor Philip Prater completes the pregnancy tests of four yak heifers from Dike’s farm.

Yes, you read that right…yaks. Dike has been championing yaks since 2013 as an alternative to beef cattle production in the eastern half of the U.S. since he became interested in the breed during his time in Tibet.

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