A disfiguring disease of cattle and buffalo has arrived on our doorstep. We need to keep lumpy skin disease out of Australia, while preparing for the almost inevitable outbreak.
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Foot-and-mouth disease rarely kills animals, but it leads to production losses and economic knocks.
Sam Vincent’s new book is a comic portrait of a farming apprenticeship, an interrogation of industrial agriculture and an example of how farmers are connecting with the land’s traditional owners.
Many farmers are welcoming an expected summer of La Niña rain, while others have been hit by heavy rain and floods
Capturing cow urine could allow us to reduce the amount of damaging nitrate and nitrous oxide that ends up in the environment.
It’s painfully clear nature is buckling under the weight of farming’s demands. There’s another way – but it involves accepting nature’s limits.
To hit emissions targets, Wales will need to drastically reassess how 90% of its landscape is used.
Brazil’s president-elect wants to roll back environmental laws, saying they hurt rural growth. But preventing Amazonian deforestation has actually made farmland more productive.
Taxing a food product like meat, which has been entrenched in our culture for so long, is silly. We should let the market evolve and allow consumers to make their own choices.
Consumers need to educate themselves on costs of eating beef and start thinking about choosing low-carbon foods instead.
Environmentally friendly beef is a myth, according to a new report.
Australian farmers and graziers have historically been against dingoes on their lands. But in a bid to adapt to changing conditions, some are embracing the predators and their potential.
The humped Brahman cattle are now a regular sight across northern Australia, but it was a challenge to get them accepted by producers.
Drought is a massive problem for southern Africa. The region requires adaptation and mitigation strategies if it’s to cope with the changing climate.
Using well-adapted African cattle to improve the gene pool is more sustainable than quick fix crossbreeding or cow donations
It may have been a cultural tradition to use tempera paint that contained traces of milk on bodies according to a discovery at Sibudu Caves in KwaZulu Natal.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Agriculture, CQUniversity Australia
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Adjunct Professor, Monash University
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Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Honorary Professor, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD student Theoretical Production Ecology, Agricultural Philosophy, Animal Science, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Co-Director, Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA), University of Nairobi. Chancellors Fellow, Institute of Immunonology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh. Associate Professor, Paul G Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge
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Food Climate Research Network Leader, University of Oxford
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Senior Public Engagement Fellow, University of Southampton
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Low Carbon Manager (BEACON), Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University
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Honorary Professor, Australian National University
