As bird flu is confirmed in 33 cattle herds across eight US states, Ian Sample talks to virologist Dr Ed Hutchinson of Glasgow University about…
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UK farming causes over a quarter of cities’ particle pollution, study finds
A study reveals that farming is responsible for more than a quarter of the particle pollution in UK cities. UK agriculture created 38% of the…
View More UK farming causes over a quarter of cities’ particle pollution, study findsCattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – report
Cattle-ranching, not cocaine, has driven the destruction of the Colombian Amazon over the last four decades, a new study has found. Successive recent governments have…
View More Cattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – report‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Pristine rainforests were once again destroyed at a relentless rate in 2021, according to new figures, prompting concerns governments will not meet a Cop26 deal…
View More ‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledgeHackney horses at risk but native goats thriving in the UK
While hundreds of Hackney horses once elegantly clip-clopped around London pulling carriages, the breed is now dying out because that mode of transport is no…
View More Hackney horses at risk but native goats thriving in the UK‘I just want to leave with the calf’: the US activist befriending farmers
In an era of undercover investigations, hidden videos and potential prison sentences for those involved in trespassing, US livestock farmers are not known for welcoming…
View More ‘I just want to leave with the calf’: the US activist befriending farmersSatellite technology creates virtual grazing areas in Epping forest
Epping Forest has swaths of designated land that is home to adders, grass snakes and common lizards, as well as white admiral and purple hairstreak…
View More Satellite technology creates virtual grazing areas in Epping forestThe fight against climate change goes beyond reducing CO2 emissions
While global climate efforts have tended to focus on the fight against carbon dioxide, many other threats that attract less attention are just as dangerous…
View More The fight against climate change goes beyond reducing CO2 emissionsThe knackerman: the toughest job in British farming
One bright morning in the middle of May, Ian Carswell’s tipper lorry came sliding to a halt in a Tenbury car park. It was a…
View More The knackerman: the toughest job in British farmingCows might fly: Ireland to jet calves to Europe to cut travel time
Irish authorities have announced plans to fly unweaned dairy calves from Ireland to other EU destinations from May, in an effort to address growing unease…
View More Cows might fly: Ireland to jet calves to Europe to cut travel time