A flooded farm from the Loddon river in Serpentine, Victoria.
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Farmers face a multitude of challenges in future. Crops and livestock are not only on the line, but also the mental health of rural communities.
Pig farming may evoke images like this, but the reality for most commercial pork production is very different.
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Pork producers are challenging a California law that animal welfare advocates call the most important measure for farm animal protection in decades.
The Canadian government has proposed a plan to cut emissions from fertilizers by 30 per cent from 2020 levels by 2030.
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The emission reduction targets outlined for Canadian fertilizer use will not lead to food shortages and food insecurity.
A woman feeding Zebu cows in a village in Kenya.
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Improving the diets of livestock in Africa provides a rapid pathway to increasing nutrition for people.
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Indonesia’s foot-and-mouth outbreak shouldn’t come as a surprise. It’s been decades in the making – just the latest consequence of biosecurity shortcomings in the region.
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Healthier and more sustainable food could be made cheaper as meat and dairy becomes more expensive.
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Effective biosecurity involves more than just what happens at the airport. And it doesn’t come cheap.
A giraffe lies dead in the road near Matanaha village on December 9, 2021 in Wajir County, Kenya.
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Many wildlife species face an uncertain future due to recurring, severe drought.
Satellite photo of an algal bloom in western Lake Erie, July 28, 2015.
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Nutrient pollution fouls lakes and bays with algae, killing fish and threatening public health. Progress curbing it has been slow, mainly because of farm pollution.
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Foot and mouth disease hasn’t been on our doorstep since the 1980s. Keeping it out of Australia is a new national priority.
Cow burps are a major contributor to methane emissions.
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If the UK government is to cut methane emissions by 30% before 2030, it needs fewer cows and more crops.
Cows eating hay and soy-based feed.
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Feeding insects instead of grain to animals is an inexpensive, sustainable way to increase the world food supply. An animal scientist explains what’s involved in developing insect feed for cattle.
A man sits next to dead livestock in the village of Hargududo, Ethiopia, where there’s hardly been a drop of rain in 18 months.
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The ongoing humanitarian crisis raises serious questions about future food and water security in the Horn of Africa.
After being displaced by drought, nearly 300 people, mostly women, and children arrived at Qansahley camp in Dollow, Jubaland, Somalia.
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About 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now.
A farmer spreads fertilizer on a field in Berks County, Pa.
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Farmers are contending with huge spikes in fertilizer prices. The Biden administration is paying US companies to boost synthetic fertilizer production, but there are other, more sustainable options.
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Children are taught to value the lives of other species less, according to a new study.
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Instead of evicting pastoralists from their ancestral land, more effort must be made to create new opportunities for them.
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A new ‘protein roadmap’ produced by CSIRO reveals foods set to fill fridges by 2030 as health, environmental and ethical concerns push consumers away from meat.
Native grasses, long overlooked, have been shown to benefit cattle and diverse native animals.
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Growing native grasses as cattle forage is an example of working lands conservation – balancing human use of the land with conservation goals.
Integrating trees, grasses and other vegetation with grazing domesticated animals could be a solution to many of the issues associated with raising livestock.
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The answer lies in silvopastoralism, an agricultural method that attempts to mimic natural forest ecosystems with livestock added into the mix.