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Scientists Counter Brucellosis Threat to Livestock and Wildlife
July 15, 2010 Armed with dart guns and medical pellets, scientists are vaccinating bison at the Agricultural Research Service National Animal Disease Center (NADC) in Ames, Iowa, in support of Yellowstone National ... > full story -
Changing Climate Could Alter Meadows' Ecosystems, Says Researcher
July 6, 2010 A researcher who has been studying the meadows in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of the Rocky Mountains since 1992 believes changing climate could affect the diversity of plants and animals in the ... > full story -
Irish Hares Fall Foul of Modern Farming Trap
June 28, 2010 Research has revealed the 20th century decline in the Irish hare population is almost certainly associated with changes in farming ... > full story -
Could Grasslands Help Fight Global Warming? Scientists Dig Deep for Carbon Solution
June 21, 2010 New research is being carried out to determine how much carbon is being stored in UK grasslands and find out if it could potentially store even more. Grasslands cover a vast area of the UK, forming ... > full story -
Agricultural Scientists Take a Long Look at Livestock and Locoweed
June 21, 2010 Keeping livestock away from poisonous locoweed during seasons when it's a forage favorite is one way ranchers can protect their animals and their profits, according to ... > full story -
Outliving the Ice Age: Tale of a Rhinoceros
June 15, 2010 Species extinction is a fundamental part of evolution: the best adapted species survive, while others die out. A new study shows why, after 800,000 years of successful survival, a species of ... > full story -
Saving the Soil and Maintaining Corn Yields: Early Research Says Yes to Both
June 15, 2010 Researchers are testing between-row cover grasses as part of research looking at ways to reduce soil runoff and keep vital nutrients in the soils while crop residue, called stover, is removed from ... > full story -
Climate Change Linked to Major Vegetation Shifts Worldwide
June 7, 2010 Vegetation around the world is on the move, and climate change is the culprit, according to a new analysis of global vegetation ... > full story -
Feed Efficiency in Beef Production
May 27, 2010 The biological efficiency of producing beef from the suckler herd is relatively low, with a large maternal cost to production. The suckler cow accounts for about half of the annual feed costs in ... > full story -
Out of the Woods for 'Ardi': Early Human Habitat Was Savanna, Not Forest, Scientists Argue
May 27, 2010 Pre-humans living in East Africa 4.4 million years ago inhabited grassy plains, not forests, a team of researchers has ... > full story
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