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Finland—the world’s No. 1 coffee consumer—is turning to AI and lab-grown beans to energize the industry
Finland may be the world’s happiest country, but it also has another braggable superlative: It’s the world’s largest coffee consumer,…
Like other industrial nations, Japan has been facing massive demographic challenges in its agriculture sector. An aging population and a…
U.K. retailer M&S is spending $1.3 million on a diet plan for its cows to stop them from burping and farting 11,000 tons of methane into the air
U.K. food retailer M&S is looking in every possible direction to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions and hit its…
Investigation finds wolf killed a calf in Colorado, potentially reigniting a ‘ballot biology’ political debate
A wolf has killed a calf in Colorado, wildlife officials said Wednesday, confirming the first livestock kill after 10 of…
Texas avian flu outbreak spreads from cows to humans and chickens, but is ‘a very, very small part of the overall picture,’ state agriculture boss says
An avian flu infection spreading across cattle herds in Texas has jumped to humans and chickens. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid…
Avian influenza spreads to dairy herds in Michigan and Idaho, expert ‘wouldn’t be surprised if there are infections in cows in Europe too’
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been discovered in dairy herds in Michigan and Idaho, indicating the virus is spreading into new…
Avian flu devastates California’s ‘egg basket’ after spurring nearly 82 million slaughters nationwide: ‘There’s no way I can stop the wild birds’
Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules,…
In Burkina Faso, in Africa’s Sahel region, a group of drone operators is making the surveying of land for irrigation…
One hundred and fifty-nine countries have now signed on for the Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and…
An Indian researcher led a team that developed a rice variety that takes up less arsenic and they’re now working…












