Tag: livestock

Government deploys new livestock certification process to incentivize ranchers to raise new kind of beef — here’s how it could transform agriculture

Argentina is implementing a new certification process to raise climate-friendly beef. Few incentives exist for farmers to raise climate-friendly livestock, but this certification process, reported by Phys.org, aims to change that. Livestock production is a key contributor of polluting gases, accounting for 12% of global and two-thirds of agriculture’s annual pollution, per the outlet. The […]

East Texas FFA students compete in Henderson County Livestock Show

HENDERSON, Texas (KETK) – Young East Texans flocked to the Henderson County Livestock Show to show off their animals and projects. Tyler Azalea and Spring Flower Trail officially open The students worked hard to compete for scholarships and other awards in different divisions, such as, the Herdsmen category. The Herdsmen Award covers a wide range […]

rural midwesterners contend with well water tainted by livestock waste

For nearly three decades, Jeff Broberg couldn’t drink water from his tap. He lives on a sprawling, 170-acre grain and legume farm in Winona county, a rural part of south-east Minnesota saturated with animal agriculture. Like most properties in the area, Broberg’s has a well connected to his faucet. On a whim, when Broberg first […]

Cape Town cattle highlight awful conditions on livestock ships

Residents of Cape Town woke up to a pungent, sewage-like smell engulfing their city on Monday morning. The source? A ship from Brazil carrying 19,000 cattle had anchored in the South African city the night before, in order to reload on animal feed. After performing an assessment on board the Al Kuwait, staff from a […]

Ship stranded at sea with livestock docks in Australia

A ship carrying 16,000 sheep and cattle that had been stranded off the coast of Australia in extreme heat has returned to a Perth port. Last month, the MV Bahijah abandoned its journey through the Red Sea – where Houthi fighters in Yemen have been attacking ships – leaving the animals stuck on board for […]