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Agriculture

August 2024

  • cows in a field

    US to survey dairy cattle brought to slaughter to study bird flu infections

  • Agricultural labourers picking vegetables in a field

    Wildlife boosted by England’s nature-friendly farming schemes, study finds

  • Fire ants swarm crop

    Queensland doubles fire ant eradication zone as residents recruited to stamp out infestation

  • Thick leaves on an old, sturdy tree

    Maui celebrates recovery of 151-year-old banyan tree after 2023 wildfire damage

  • The age of extinction
    Vaccinating badgers more effective than culls in stopping bovine TB, study finds

  • Our unequal earth
    US pays $2bn to Black and minority farmers after years of discrimination

July 2024

  • a man in a suit and tie holds up a large block of cheese

    Our unequal earth
    Orange, edible and in a block: a short history of US ‘guv’ment’ cheese

  • Future of Three tractors with Egyptian flags ploughing lush green fields.  project, Egypt's 'Future Project for Agricultural Production' comprises more than a million feddans, which represents around 50 percent of the New Delta project.

    Greening the desert: is Sisi’s grand plan using up all of Egypt’s water?

  • Demonstrator using a racket to throw back a tearinggas canister at riot police officers

    Five protesters and one police officer hurt in French reservoir demonstration

  • A large grassy field with three robotic weedkillers moving through openings

    Our unequal earth
    Could robot weedkillers replace the need for pesticides?

  • ‘Some absolute gems’: £1.5m appeal to save rewilding haven Strawberry Hill

  • The rural network
    Urban food bowls: Brisbane should consume 30% more local food by 2032 Olympics, advocates say

  • ‘Goldmine’ collection of wheat from 100 years ago may help feed the world, scientists say

  • Britons asked to pop a slug in the post to help science

June 2024

  • Mike Casey

    The rural network
    Electrifying the farm: ‘It could add a couple of hundred thousand to our bottom line’

  • An image taken from a video released by the Just Stop Oil climate campaign group shows activists spraying orange powder paint at Stonehenge in Wiltshire.

    Brief letters
    Get mad about the continuing use of oil, not harmless orange powder paint

  • Al Kuwait Livestock Ship Ordered To Leave Perth Port After Crew Cleared Of COVID-19<br>FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 16: Sheep are seen while being transported to the Al Kuwait in Fremantle Harbour on June 16, 2020 in Fremantle, Australia. The Al Kuwait livestock ship has been ordered to leave Western Australia, after all crew were cleared of COVID-19. The live sheep transporter was stranded at Fremantle Port after 21 of its 48 crew tested positive for coronavirus following its docking in Western Australia on 22 May. The ship was given a departure deadline of Wednesday 17 June, after the final crew members were cleared of having COVID-19 on Monday. The vessel has been granted an exemption to the northern summer live export ban, which began on June 1. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

    Parliamentary inquiry recommends passing laws to ban live sheep exports in Australia

  • A red combine harvests soybeans and pours them into a green container on the back of a tractor, with grain silos in the background.

    Economist suggests storing grain to prepare for next global emergency

  • CCTV should be mandatory in Victorian piggeries, parliamentary inquiry finds

  • The rural network
    Bird flu detected at egg farm in Sydney’s Hawkesbury

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