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Teaching Skills Key to Selection of a Successful Model Farmer
November 15, 2011 — A model farmer does not effectively train other farmers on new innovative farming methods if they do not possess appropriate dissemination skills, a recent study has ... > full story -
Vaccine for Cattle Offers Hope to Poorest Farmers
October 27, 2011 — A new approach to vaccinating cattle could help farmers worldwide, research suggests. Scientists have developed a technique using a harmless parasite, which lives in cows but has no effect on their ... > full story -
Inadequate Supply of Protein Building Blocks May Explain Pregnancy Failures in Bovine Cloning Experiments
October 26, 2011 — Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are essential to support the normal growth of a developing embryo and the placenta. An insufficient supply of amino acids in the mother’s uterus ... > full story -
Scary Can Be Exciting When It Comes to Strange Traditional Foods
October 20, 2011 — Sheep’s head: Until now very few of us have been tempted by this traditional Norwegian dish. Eating scary food is practice in overcoming fear, according to one researcher. In the tourism ... > full story -
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Does Converting Cow Manure to Electricity Pay Off? Successful Renewable Energy Project in Vermont
October 13, 2011 — Researchers in Vermont confirm that it is technically feasible to convert cow manure to electricity on farms, but the economic returns depend highly on the base electricity price; the premium paid ... > full story -
Good Genes Yield High-Quality Meat Products
October 13, 2011 — Gene technology can help farmers to selectively breed production animals for increasingly high-quality meat, eggs and dairy ... > full story -
Improve Cattle in US and South Africa
October 6, 2011 — Scientists in the US and South Africa are working to improve prospects for cattle breeders in that African nation -- and they could improve them for breeders around the ... > full story -
Cattle: Heifers Don't Have to Be Pigs at the Feed Bunk
September 28, 2011 — Heifers can safely eat 20 percent less between weaning and breeding, according to a two-year ... > full story -
Environmental Health Risks of Livestock Farming: More Exacerbations in Lung Patients
September 27, 2011 — Emissions from livestock farms cause asthma and COPD patients living nearby to experience more exacerbations, according to new research. Also, chances of contracting Q fever from nearby sheep and ... > full story -
Goats Could Increase the Risk of a Rare Lung Cancer, Researchers Find
September 24, 2011 — Exposure to goats could increase the risk of a certain type of lung cancer, according to French ... > full story
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