ETH Professor of Agriculture and later Federal Councilor Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, whose 125th birthday is being celebrated this year, endeavored to increase the self-sufficiency of Switzerland's food supply. He became famous ...
Agriculture
Feb 2, 2024
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What does an asparagus have in common with a vanilla orchid? Not much, if you are just looking at the two plants' appearances. However, when you look inside, their leaves are more similar than you would think, as revealed ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2024
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Cultivating seed mixtures for local pastures is an age-old method to produce cost-effective and balanced animal feed, enhancing agricultural autonomy and environmental friendliness in line with evolving European regulations ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 18, 2024
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A study published in Nature Food, the result of a collaboration between Politecnico di Milano and the University of Milan, highlights how the increased use of by-products in the feed sector in a circular perspective can lead ...
Ecology
Jan 16, 2024
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In the sea, fish feed on species lower in the food chain. Can these same species form the basis of a new feed industry supplying the fish farming sector?
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2024
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Soybeans can pollinate themselves, but a new study by UMD researchers shows that pollen from multiple plants can greatly increase their yields. What's more, the addition of a strip of wildflowers near rows of soybeans amplifies ...
Ecology
Dec 15, 2023
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German farmers in the Lower Oder Valley National Park on the eastern border with Poland faced a dilemma: what to do with grass that was useless as animal feed.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2023
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For the first time ever, food and agriculture took center stage at the annual United Nations climate conference in 2023.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2023
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In today's world, where concerns about antibiotic resistance and public health are on the rise, scientists are actively seeking alternatives to antibiotics in chicken feed. In a recent publication in the Animal Nutrition ...
Agriculture
Nov 13, 2023
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Raised in vertical farms and stuffed with fruit waste, fly larvae have been turned into animal feed, as a new Costa Rican venture in sustainability is demonstrating.
Ecology
Nov 12, 2023
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