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Pets
fromRealagriculture
1 day ago

Buddying up: Group housing for calves gains traction on dairy farms

Calf housing is evolving towards group-based designs to enhance animal welfare, growth rates, and labor efficiency.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
3 days ago

Ruminating with RealAg, Ep 40: Where the time goes and what it means for ranch efficiency

Time management in cow-calf operations impacts productivity and well-being, requiring precise tracking to identify inefficiencies and improve outcomes.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The pet I'll never forget: Merlin the therapy sheep

Merlin the sheep provides emotional support and therapy to clients, showcasing the calming effect of animals on human well-being.
Everyday cooking
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I lost my love of cooking after 12 years as a chef. Moving to a pig farm restored it

The hospitality industry can be toxic, leading to burnout, but a love for food can inspire a return to passion and creativity.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Country diary: Return to bitey horse field' this time with a plan | Derek Niemann

A community in Somerset plants trees to create a woodland memorial for a young woman, transforming a former pasture into a shared natural space for future generations.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
3 weeks ago

Profitable Practices: Robotics and automation help Greenview Holsteins tackle labour challenges

Canadian dairy farms use robotic milking and feeding systems to overcome labour shortages while enabling scalable, sustainable operations with improved cow-level management.
fromMail Online
4 weeks ago

Wildlife experts urge Brits to keep their distance from HIGHLAND COWS

Please do enjoy walking around the site, but just give them some space. We're asking people to remember that these are not pets - they are conservation grazers doing an important job. Jessica Allam, Senior Wilder Grazing Ranger at Kent Wildlife Trust, emphasizes the need for visitors to respect the animals' boundaries and understand their conservation role.
Environment
Marketing
Reducing complex decisions to a single meaningful variable enables better choices by transforming multi-dimensional puzzles into simple sorting problems.
London food
fromIndependent
1 month ago

From boardroom to barn: A couple's leap into organic sheep farming in Wicklow

Tom Stewart transitioned from UK logistics management to full-time farming in Ireland through a succession partnership, with his wife Katy joining after initially remaining in her dentistry career.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

Ruminating with RealAg, Ep 39: Ranch economics, record-keeping, and real-world decisions

Cattle producers must accurately account for labour, land, and opportunity costs to understand true production expenses and make profitable business decisions.
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Gaughar Animal Husbandry / Compartment S4

Set within a 350-acre fruit orchard in Dahanu, Maharashtra, the 'Gaughar' occupies nearly 14 acres of a larger rural campus that includes a tribal school for 600 children and a skill development centre. More than an isolated structure, the gaushala forms part of a living landscape, one shaped by agriculture, learning, and care.
Renovation
Agriculture
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Cows Are Not Placid, Dull, or Stupid

Cows are intelligent, sentient beings with distinct personalities whose subjective experiences during colonialism in Southern Africa have been historically overlooked and excluded from research.
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

Meet Fancy, 37, the world's oldest horse - and her lifelong caretaker

She had this very motherly energy, which is weird to say about a horse. I just always felt like she was going to take care of me. The two even had the same birthday, April 1, though Blumer was 8 and the horse - whom she called "Fancy" - was 12.
US news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Holy cow! Cattle may be a lot smarter than we thought

The 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow lives in the village of Notsch at the foot of the Carinthia mountains in southern Austria. She's kept as a pet by a local farmer, and can roam her meadow to her heart's delight. Like many other pets, she likes to have her back scratched. If no friendly humans are around to do the job, that's not a problem Veronika uses a brush or stick to do it herself.
Science
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Daily briefing: The first documented case of tool use in cattle

An Austrian cow uses brooms as tools; researchers quantified toxic masculinity in New Zealand; NASA rolled the Space Launch System toward Artemis II testing.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

What Is Meat? It's Probably Not What You Thought

I'm thrilled I did, and my learning curve was vertical in this page-turning work that "offers a hopeful and rigorously researched exploration of how science, policy, and industry can work together to satisfy the world's soaring demand for meat, while building a healthier and more sustainable world." There is nothing "radical" about what likely will become a classic, one that is already endorsed by experts in global hunger, global health, climate change, and food security.
Food & drink
Philosophy
fromLady Freethinker
2 months ago

When 'Cow' Becomes 'Beef': How Language Shapes the Way We Treat Animals

Language shapes moral perception of animals, reducing individuality through labels and justifying harm, thereby influencing empathy and societal treatment.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Where there's horse muck, there's brass | Letters

Dog feces present greater public health risks than horse manure because of higher pathogen and parasite loads, dietary effects, and longer infectious persistence.
Science
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Scientists Suddenly Discover That Cow Tools Are Real

A cow spontaneously selected, adjusted, and used a broom handle to scratch itself, demonstrating tool use and suggesting cattle possess underestimated cognitive abilities.
Environment
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Cattle released in London rewilding project

Three Sussex cows will be released into Tolworth Court Farm Fields as part of an urban rewilding project restoring wetlands and encouraging wildlife.
fromGrub Street
2 months ago

What Really Happened to Horses

The money, they said, might not be there to continue operation. Payroll was in question, following months of uncertainty, and to make matters worse, they'd discovered two tax liens filed by the state of California against the restaurant for a total of $530,000, related to loans against the business taken out by the owner and principal investor, Stephen Light. A collections notice had arrived in December.
Food & drink
Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

So a cow can use a stick to scratch its backside. When will we learn that humans are really not that special? | Helen Pilcher

Cows can deliberately use tools flexibly, demonstrating problem-solving, manipulation, and underestimated intelligence.
Environment
fromNature
2 months ago

Defending endangered trees against climate change and hungry goats

Socotra's unique endemic trees face threats from climate-driven drought and free-ranging goats, requiring community-linked habitat restoration balancing conservation and local livelihoods.
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

Ruminating with RealAg, Ep 38: Setting the stage for healthy calves and high weaning weights

Central to this window is the delivery of colostrum, which provides essential antibodies and energy. To ensure success, she recommends following a "two by four" rule. "...getting colostrum in within those first four hours is really critical to getting the best absorption," says Fowler, specifying that calves should receive two litres by four hours of age and an additional two litres by 12 hours. She points out that failure of passive transfer can lead to a 10-kilogram decrease in weaning weight.
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Humanity's favourite food': how to end the livestock industry but keep eating meat

For someone aiming to end the global livestock industry, Bruce Friedrich begins his new book called Meat in disarming fashion: I'm not here to tell anyone what to eat. You won't find vegetarian or vegan recipes in this book, and you won't find a single sentence attempting to convince you to eat differently. This book isn't about policing your plate.
Environment
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

An Essential Part of Farming Has Two Wings and a Beak

When you think of farming, what ingredients do you generally associate with a successful harvest? The basics certainly come to mind: fertile soil, plenty of sunlight and lots of water. But there are other variables that can also mean the difference between a crop of healthy fruits and vegetables and a large heap of organic waste. And it turns out that one of those variables is a very small hawk.
Agriculture
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Solar grazing: triple-win' for sheep farmers, renewables and society or just a PR exercise for energy companies?

Free solar grazing on solar farms enables farmers to expand flocks, reduce land costs, and cut vegetation-management expenses significantly.
Science
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow

A Swiss brown cow named Veronika uses sticks as multipurpose tools to scratch herself, indicating cow cognition has been underestimated.
fromNature
2 months ago

Canny cattle: at least one cow knows how to use tools

An Austrian cow has shown that some bovines are intelligent enough to employ objects for their own ends.
Science
Agriculture
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Allandale Farm loses second Highland steer following brother's death last year

Curtis, a 16-year-old Highland steer at Allandale Farm, died peacefully, leaving staff and visitors mourning his gentle presence and community impact.
#tool-use
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
2 months ago

Times are very good in the cattle business - how long can it last?

Record-high cattle prices reflect sustained demand growth and structural supply constraints, suggesting elevated market conditions may persist for several years.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
2 months ago

RealAg Radio: Winter livestock challenges, ROI on inputs, and the value of farm shows, Jan 29, 2026

Panelists from Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta and a Corteva agronomist address the value of seed treatments and early weed control.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Inventor says robo-vaccination machine could be used to combat bovine TB

So Tony Cholerton, a zookeeper who had been a motorcycle engineer for many years, invented Robovacc a machine to quickly administer vital jabs without the presence of people. The result, a clever contraption he controlled from an adjacent room with a handset taken from remote-control toy aeroplanes, successfully administered vaccinations to Cinta in a feeding area. The tiger sat up briefly, mid-meal, as the needle penetrated her rear end, then calmly continued eating.
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