Climate-related costs could significantly affect largest listed livestock companies
IIASA researchers collaborated with the FAIRR Initiative – a collaborative investor network – on the development of a new IPCC-aligned ...
Tag: Livestock
Veterinary antibiotics used on livestock can affect soil carbon and climate
Soils are reliable sinks for trapping carbon, which is key to mitigating the effects of climate change. Grazing by large ...
Restricting antibiotics for livestock could limit spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in people
A California policy restricting antibiotic use in animals raised for food is associated with a reduction in one type of ...
Upcoming precision livestock farming conference to focus on field implementation
Livestock producers are encouraged to learn first hand about advances in precision livestock farming (PLF) by attending the second U.S. ...
*Free* Insect farming for livestock feed and human consumption
In two Perspectives, Arup Kumar Hazarika and Unmilan Kalita, and Arnold van Huis and Laura Gasco, discuss the potential of ...
Offering healthcare services at livestock marts will help to remove stigma about seeking help among agricultural community, study shows
Offering healthcare services in livestock marts will help to take away the stigma associated with seeking help for physical and ...
Preventing future pandemics hinges on improving Global South livestock systems, says new One Health playbook
July 18, NAIROBI – A new One Health playbook offers governments around the world 18 practical ways to improve livestock ...
Consider farmers at individual level when controlling livestock disease outbreaks, researchers say
EMBARGOED: July 14, 2022, at 7pm BST /11am Pacific Time / 2pm Eastern Time Consider farmers at individual level ...
Researchers create rapid test for deadly infections in livestock, starting with pigs
HAMILTON, ON, June 10, 2022 – Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new form of rapid test to detect ...
Plants that feed livestock could be key to climate change mitigation
Jacobo Arango, an environmental biologist at the Tropical Forages Program at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT and an author ...
UT Institute of Agriculture to host 2023 US precision livestock farming conference
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the 2023 U.S. Precision Livestock Farming Conference. The ...
Stem-cell breakthrough could preserve diverse livestock breeds
ITHACA, N.Y. – When Vimal Selvaraj’s uncle first imported Holstein semen to start his dairy farm in India in the early 1990s, ...
Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
Soils are home to diverse microbial communities that cycle nutrients, support agriculture, and trap carbon – an important service for ...