A methane (CH 4) calculator, designed to tackle one of the most potent greenhouse gases (GHGs), could help reduce emissions from intensive livestock farming (raising cattle, pigs, or poultry in ...

Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from animals to humans) because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. It finds ...

AMES, Iowa – Faster conversion of land into agricultural production in recent years has raised the region’s carbon cost of producing grains, according to recently published research from an Iowa State ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 5, 2025) A biomonitoring study in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, focused on small-scale farms in Pahang, Malaysia, analyzes levels of essential and toxic elements in ...