Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months, with the highly pathogenic disease being detected in two commercial turkey flocks in western Minnesota and a hobby flock ...
Veterinary medicine
Aug 31, 2022
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For over a century, Joaquin Gay de Montella Estany's family produced wine in Spain's Mediterranean region of Catalonia but the effects of climate change have pushed them to seek higher ground.
Environment
Sep 2, 2021
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As governments around the world begin to reopen their borders, it's clear that efforts to revive the economy are redrawing the lines between who will prosper, who will suffer and who will die.
Economics & Business
Jul 6, 2020
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The National Farmers Federation wants to lift the value of Australian agricultural production to $100 billion by 2030.
Environment
Mar 5, 2019
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More farmers are relying on external companies to carry out major work, new research shows.
Environment
Jun 12, 2018
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A well-respected retired academic was recently trampled to death by cattle while walking in Oxford. In 2012, my father was hospitalised after being attacked by cows while walking his dogs through a field next to his village. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 20, 2017
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New research from the University of Bristol has found that embracing organic farming methods can bring gains in social sustainability, and benefits for farmers and workers.
Environment
Oct 28, 2016
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The powerful fumigant methyl bromide will be retired from California's strawberry fields at the end of this year after more than 20 years of fierce debate over its effects and alternatives.
Ecology
Sep 29, 2016
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Norway is the only country to have implemented a "search and destroy" strategy against LA-MRSA among pig herds to date. A study of the strategy's effect shows that pig farm workers are the principal source of infection among ...
Ecology
Sep 13, 2016
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A freak blizzard killed at least 15,000 dairy cows in the US state of Texas and for almost two days kept farmers from milking some of those that survived, officials said Monday.
Environment
Jan 4, 2016
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