Compassion in World Farming and Sustain's Ammonia Map revealed that the areas of the country experiencing the highest ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Agriculture has helped make the Netherlands rich, but experts warn that the density of farms and the increasing number of animals in one of the most intensive agricultural ...

For decades, this land was pushed to its limits by intensive farming, chemicals, and constant pressure to produce. The soil turned to mud, wildlife disappeared, and the estate faced financial collapse ...

A new interactive map has revealed for the first time the scale of ammonia pollution from industrial pig and poultry units ...

The EU aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 – but has been investing four times as much money into carbon-intensive livestock farming than growing plants, research has found ...

Many words we use come with hidden baggage. For instance we tend to assume that local, natural and grass-fed foods are good for our health, the environment and animal welfare, while intensive farming ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nebraska Department of Agriculture is asking farmers and others to keep an eye on their flocks as avian influenza spreads.

Factory farming is a common yet controversial practice that allows for the large-scale production of meat products. However, the system often involves the inhumane raising and handling of animals.