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    From low-emission cows to robotic soil management, the farming industry will have to explore new approaches in the wake of a UN warning that the world needs to cut meat consumption or face worsening climate chaos.

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    Obtaining a fast, efficient fermentation is critical to the success of the ensiling process. In silage fermentations dominated by homofermentative lactic acid bacteria, crop sugars are rapidly converted, mainly to lactic acid.

  • Climate change is already costing meat and dairy producers a lot

    The meat and dairy industry is increasingly feeling the effects of climate change, but they’re abnormally quiet about their own role in the crisis, according to a new report.

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    AsrecentheavyrainspushkeyreservoirsliketheVaalDamto105%capacityandtheBloemhofDamto99%,agriculturalstakeholdersareissuingastarkwarningtotheDepartmentofWaterandSanitation(DWS):controlledwaterreleasesfromoverflowingdamsmustprioritizeprecisionandfarmerinputtoavertthecatastrophiclossesinflictedonruralcommunitiesearlierthisyear.
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