04/22/2024 SOURCE: phys.org

How do crop–livestock systems switch to agricultural green development in the Baiyangdian Basin?

Excessive nitrogen input into agriculture systems has caused environmental problems such as atmospheric pollution, loss of biodiversity and degradation of water. Meanwhile, the development of intensive animal farming has further caused the separation between crop and livestock sectors, leading to additional hotspot areas prone to pollutant discharge.

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04/21/2024 SOURCE: fortatkinsononline.com

Bird’s Eye View: It’s beyond birds — 28 cattle herds reported with avian flu - FortAtkinsonOnline.com (Fort Atkinson Online LLC)

By Anita Martin What do the words birds, beef, and bewildered have in common? They all pertain to HPAI H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks which have unfolded in the U.S. since February 2022. On April 17, USDA APHIS posted the number of American birds lost as a result of 2022 to 2024 bird flu as 90,604,876. […]

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04/15/2024 SOURCE: www.npr.org

From April 11th.

More states are finding bird flu in cattle. This is what scientists are watching for

Avian influenza is being detected in more dairy herds. Scientists are paying close attention to how the virus is changing and what that means for its pandemic potential.

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04/11/2024 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com

Bird flu pushes U.S. dairy farmers to ban visitors, chop trees

Dairy farmers in the United States are raising their defenses to try to contain the spread...

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04/09/2024 SOURCE: www.wkyt.com

Animals on central Kentucky farm react to partial eclipse

Some animals showed a reaction to the partial solar eclipse that occurred in central Kentucky today.

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04/06/2024 SOURCE: m.jpost.com

Bird flu continues to spread in cows in US, human infected

The CDC stressed that the overall human health risk of the bird flu remains low.

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03/26/2024 SOURCE: www.politico.eu

Farmers’ protest: Police use tear gas and water cannons to quell violent Brussels demo

Tractors block roads around the EU capital as “desperate” demonstrators set off firecrackers.

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03/08/2024 SOURCE: www.agri-pulse.com

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Mar. 8, 2024: Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Micah Brown and Randy Dickhut on foreign farmland ownership

Lawmakers rolled out a government funding package this week that includes funding for USDA to better track the country’s farm, ranch and forest land owned by foreign buyers. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to talk about what’s concerning lawmakers right now and what needs to be done in the future to protect America’s national and food security.Then, Micah Brown with the National Agricultural Law Center and Randy Dickhut with Agricultural Economic Insights talk about how state laws are impacting foreign farmland ownership and factors influencing the market for American farmland.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

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03/07/2024 SOURCE: www.morningagclips.com

Feeding Cattle After the Fire

Truckloads of hay are rolling in, bringing feed for cattle in the wake of more than 1.2 million acres of ranchland blackened by wildfires.

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Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas becomes second-largest wildfire in U.S. history after burning 1.1 million acres

Photos reveal melted lampposts, power line poles split in half and charred homes in the Texas Panhandle as the state battle it's "largest and most destructive fire in Texas history," a fire department said.

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