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July 6, 2023

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Policymakers Should Consider Animal Welfare in Decisions

Incorporating animal welfare into policymaking may improve policy and practice, according to new research. The article notes that animal welfare rarely is considered during policymaking, explains why current tools make it difficult to incorporate the well-being of animals into public policy and ...

Top Corn Producing State to See Future Drop in Yield, Cover Crop Efficiency

How will future climate change affect nitrogen loss, and will cover crops still be effective in removing nitrogen from drainage water? A new study investigating near- and far-term climate change in Illinois suggests cover crops will still be beneficial, but not to the same degree. The report also ...

Immune-Boosting Therapy Helps Honey Bees Resist Deadly Viruses

Scientists have successfully tested a novel way of boosting honey bees' immune systems to help them fend off deadly viruses, which have contributed to the major losses of the critical pollinator ...

Expanding Large-Scale Agriculture Is Escalating Flooding in the Largest South American Breadbasket

Driven by soaring international demand, extensive areas of grasslands, and forests across South American plains have rapidly been converted to the production of annual crops, such as soybean and maize. This agricultural expansion has been taking ...
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Is the U.S. Ready for an African Swine Fever Outbreak?

Researchers used a computer model to understand how African swine fever (ASF) might spread among swine farms in the southeastern U.S. -- and examined the effectiveness of existing response plans. ...

Do Hummingbirds Drink Alcohol? More Often Than You Think

Animals that eat fruit or sip nectar often ingest alcohol because naturally occurring yeasts turning sugar into ethanol. But how do animals feel about that? A new study details an experiment to ...

New Study Reveals Irrigation's Mixed Effects Around the World

Trajectory of irrigation water use in many regions is unsustainable, but practice is vital in managing climate change and future agricultural development, researchers ...

Completing Genome of Rusty Patched Bumble Bee May Offer New Approach to Saving Endangered Bee

A detailed, high-resolution map of the rusty patched bumble bee's genome has been released, offering new approaches for bringing the native pollinator back from the danger of extinction. Putting ...

From Cross to Self-Pollination

Biologists provide evidence for an alternative genetic mechanism that can lead to plants becoming ...

Indirect Effects of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Revealed: Global Food Supply at Risk

192 countries and 125 different foods: A recent study reveals interdependencies in the global food supply. Here, the researchers have uncovered the profound -- also indirect -- effects of the ...

Change Food Choices to Increase Chances of Tackling Global Warming

Action to protect the planet against the impact of climate change will fall short unless we reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global food system, which now makes up a third of human-made ...

Genome Editing Used to Create Disease Resistant Rice

Researchers have used the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas to create disease resistant rice plants, according to a new study. Small-scale field trials in China show that the newly created rice variety ...

New Method Traces Ancestry of Hybrid Plants and Animals

Hybrid plants and animals have complicated genomes. A biologist has discovered a way to reveal their parent ...

CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Drive Could Suppress Agricultural Pests

Researchers have now used a gene-drive system to suppress an important agricultural ...

Ancient Genomes Show That the Farming Lifestyle in Northwestern Africa Was Ignited by Oversea-Migrants from Iberia 7,400 Years Ago

A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from Morocco in northwest Africa revealed that food production was introduced by Neolithic European and Levantine migrants and then adopted by local ...

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Microbes Key to Sequestering Carbon in Soil

Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health ...

Human Factors Affect Bees' Communication

Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new ...

Saving Moths May Be Just as Important as Saving the Bees

Night-time pollinators such as moths may visit just as many plants as bees, and should also be the focus of conservation and protection efforts, a new study ...

That's Not Nuts: Almond Milk Yogurt Packs an Overall Greater Nutritional Punch Than Dairy-Based

In a nutritional comparison of plant-based and dairy yogurts, almond milk yogurt came out on top, according to new ...

Saving Our Soil: How to Extend US Breadbasket Fertility for Centuries

The Midwestern United States has lost 57.6 billion tons of topsoil due to farming practices over the past 160 years, and the rate of erosion, even following the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...

Weevils, Long-Nosed Beetles, Are Unsung Heroes of Pollination

Some of nature's most diverse pollinators often go unnoticed, even by scientists: long-snouted beetles called weevils. A new study provides a deep dive into the more than 600 species of weevils, ...

Failed Antibiotic Now a Game Changing Weed Killer for Farmers

Weed killers of the future could soon be based on failed antibiotics. Researchers have found a molecule which was initially developed to treat tuberculosis but failed to progress out of the lab as an ...

New Technique Substantially Reduces Mouse Damage to Crops Even During Plagues

A non-toxic method to prevent mice from devouring wheat crops has been shown to drastically reduce seed ...

Identifying the Bee's Knees of Bumble Bee Diets

A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest. By viewing almost 23,000 bumble bee-flower interactions over two years, researchers found ...

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