Why oil companies Shell and BP are building solar on farmland
At Elm Branch Solar Farm, about an hour south of Dallas, Texas, a flock of sheep grazes among a vast field of solar panels. The flock’s shepherd, Amanda Stoffels, watches …
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Study shows simple diet swaps can cut carbon emissions and improve your health
Curbing carbon emissions and eating healthier may both start at the dinner table. According to a new study co-authored by a Tulane University researcher and published in the journal Nature …
Pig welfare outweighs climate concerns for consumers
Pork production is a societal concern on several fronts: antibiotics use, infectious disease, poor animal welfare and climate and environmental pressures. Even though the beef, coffee and chocolate industries are …
Cattle on low-protein rations may need amino acid supplement to boost milk yield
When dairy cows are fed diets with reduced protein concentrations — aimed at decreased environmental nitrogen pollution from their manure such as nitrate leaching, nutrient-laden run-off and ammonia volatilization — …
How a mere 12% of Americans eat half the nation’s beef, creating significant health and environmental impacts
A new study has found that 12% of Americans are responsible for eating half of all beef consumed on a given day, a finding that may help consumer groups and …
Cattle farming expansion and unchecked climate change would expose more than 1 billion cows to heat stress
Livestock farming will become increasingly difficult in many tropical countries if emissions remain high — but rapidly cutting emissions and limiting cattle expansion would reduce the impacts by 50-84%. More …
Pig kidney xenotransplantation performing optimally after 32 days in human body — ScienceDaily
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health have transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney that continues to function well after 32 days in a man declared dead by neurologic criteria and maintained …
Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of Cattle in the Americas — ScienceDaily
Cattle may seem like uniquely American animals, steeped in the lore of cowboys, cattle drives and sprawling ranches. But cattle didn’t exist on the American continents prior to the arrival …
Analysis provides further support for managing influenza A infection in people who work with swine — ScienceDaily
A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic — pdm09 — shows that the virus has passed from humans to swine about 370 …
Wearable sensors, automatic feeders yield clues about onset of bovine respiratory disease — ScienceDaily
Monitoring dairy calves with precision technologies based on the “internet of things,” or IoT, leads to the earlier diagnosis of calf-killing bovine respiratory disease, according to a new study. The …