News tagged with livestock
Good taste measured by science; oleic acid in beef used to predict taste
Different projects and research are under way to create standards indicating how good agricultural and livestock products taste.
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Climate change models find staple crops face ruin on up to 1 million square km of African farmland
A new study by researchers from the Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the United Kingdom's Waen Associates has found that by 2050, hotter conditions, coupled with shifting rainfall patterns, ...
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Roos have less impact on the environment: study
A comparative study of the energy requirements of kangaroos and sheep has concluded roos have far less impact on the environment than once thought.
May 17, 2009 |
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A chicken coup: Group seeks to protect rare breeds
(AP) -- At about the time Foghorn Leghorn appeared on the Looney Toons drawing board in 1946, he began disappearing from America's dinner tables.
Apr 24, 2009 |
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New study shows widespread and substantial declines in wildlife in Kenya's Masai Mara
Populations of major wild grazing animals that are the heart and soul of Kenya's cherished and heavily visited Masai Mara National Reserve—including giraffes, hartebeest, impala, and warthogs—have "decreased ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Biochemists to study how crops can increase protein production
The small flowering plant Arabidopsis is widely used in laboratories as a model organism in plant biology.
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico
(AP) -- A clean water expert at Auburn University hopes a new project that enlists middle and high school students will help reduce farm runoff that is a growing pollution threat to the Gulf of Mexico.
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Tiny super-plant can clean up animal waste, be used for ethanol production
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a tiny aquatic plant can be used to clean up animal waste at industrial hog farms and potentially be part of the answer for the global energy ...
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Judge sides with environmentalists in wolf case
(AP) -- A federal judge says a lawsuit by environmental groups to keep the government from aggressively removing endangered Mexican gray wolves that have attacked livestock can move forward.
Apr 03, 2009 |
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How cold is too cold for newborn calves?
It has been estimated that in the United States, nearly 100,000 calves die of cold stress annually, costing livestock producers millions of dollars a year and resulting in a desperate need for effective mitigation ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Veterinarians developing model to help producers, vets make cattle more comfortable
Using equipment not all that different from what a runner might take on a jog, veterinary researchers at Kansas State University are working to make life more comfortable for cattle.
Feb 17, 2009 |
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