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  • Virtual fences can benefit both ranchers and wildlife

    Ruth Kamnitzer

    July 19, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Cattle ranchers are switching from barbed wire to virtual fences to cut down on costs, easily practice rotational grazing to improve pasture health, and benefit the local environment and wildlife. The virtual fence software uses GPS and radio towers, so boundaries can be drawn with a computer or phone. And the cows wear tracking collars that will administer a warning beep when a boundary is close and a small shock when a boundary is crossed to encourage the cow to turn around.

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  • California's Methane Climate Solution Rewards Dairy Gas. Other States Take a Harder Line.

    Aaron Cantú

    April 26, 2023 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California pays farmers to turn cow manure into biogas in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Harvested in various ways, the gas collected from the waste is used to power farms.

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  • Can regenerative wool make fashion more sustainable?

    Parisa Hashempour

    April 13, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    The fashion brand Sheep Inc sources regenerative wool for its clothing products and claims to be carbon-negative. The regenerative farming practices used to make the wool are similar to what would happen naturally, the sheep graze across different grasslands, allowing unused ones to rewild using the manure as fertilizer. On top of that, the farm itself runs on renewable energy and supports native reforestation and the fashion brand uses solar power and a plastic-free supply chain.

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  • Feed Seaweed to the Cows!

    Anna Lionas

    March 21, 2023 |

    The Food Fix |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Australia

    Australian company Future Feed sells the license to grow a type of red seaweed that reduces over 80% of the methane cows emit from burping. To produce that effect, a small amount of the seaweed is fed to the cows freeze-dried or as an oil.

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  • How crossbred sheep can become the next 'cash animal'

    Sadiqur Rahman

    February 26, 2023 |

    The Business Standard |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    A pilot program built a breeding center to increase the cross-breeding of sheep in Bangladesh to produce more meat and increase locals’ incomes.

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  • Vaccination Boosts Efforts to Curb Rift Valley Fever in Rwanda

    John Mugisha

    February 13, 2023 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    An awareness campaign in Rwanda promotes cattle vaccination to prevent Rift Valley Fever transmission. Campaign organizers broadcast messages on TV, radio, and during community events.

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  • Could This Mobile, Solar-Powered Livestock Barn Reshape the Corn Belt?

    Twilight Greenaway

    February 13, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    Farmers in Iowa created mobile barns and use a stock cropping method of raising livestock between rows of cash crops on a yearly rotation. This new equipment and growing method reduce water pollution and improve soil health because the animals leave behind just enough nutrients to fertilize the crops the following season.

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  • Farmer-to-Farmer awareness Campaign Reduces Burden of RVF in Rwamagana

    Francine Andrew

    January 18, 2023 |

    AnFezaA |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Rwamagana

    The Livestock Farmers Field School trains prominent farmers in how to prevent, spot, and treat Rift Valley Fever in their cattle. Trainees then lead information sessions in their communities, raising local awareness of the disease and helping small farmers address symptoms before the disease progresses.

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  • Conservationists Are Saving America's Prairies by Selling Them Off

    Marcello Rossi

    January 16, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The Nature Conservancy uses conservation easements to protect prairie land in Oregon. These legal agreements allow landowners to sell their land to the conservancy but continue to use it for activities like farming and ranching.

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  • Can This Beef Cooperative Become ‘the West's Largest Climate-Smart Ranching Program'?

    Caroline Tracey

    January 10, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The Country Beef Natural cooperative partners ranchers with scientists to help them learn about the best regenerative practices for the land their herds graze on and monitor whether new practices are improving the health of the land.

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