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Bezos Fund Announces $9.4 Million Research Grant for Vaccine to Reduce Cattle Methane Emissions

The Bezos Earth Fund is announcing a $9.4 million grant to research a vaccine that would reduce methane emissions in cattle. In a collaboration between the Pirbright Institute and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), researchers intend to use “state-of-the-art biotechnology” to find a vaccine mechanism that would reduce livestock methane emissions by 30% or more.

South Dakota ranching couple indicted by Forest Service for fence in place since 1950; facing 10 years in prison

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CAPUTA, SD – A South Dakota ranching couple is facing 10 years in prison over a fence dispute. Charles and Heather Maude, both 39, of Maude Hog & Cattle have each been charged separately with theft of government property for allegedly placing a fence on federal grassland. U.S. Forest Service (USFS) special agent Travis Lunders

The Midwest has lost 1.6 million acres of productive farmland since 2001, study shows

The Midwest has lost 1.6 million acres of productive farmland since 2001, largely to development, a new study from the University of Illinois has found. Examining farmland loss across eight midwestern states, researchers found that 55% was lost to development and urban sprawl. Iowa saw the largest proportion of agricultural land loss due to development

New Study Shows Livestock Grazing Benefits Sagebrush, Reduces Wildfire Threat

Scientists have published new research pointing to the ecological benefits of livestock grazing on sagebrush across American western rangelands. This new research project, published recently in Ecosphere, was a collaborative effort among Agricultural Research Service (ARS) rangeland scientists from Burns, Oregon and Fort Collins, Colorado. The scientists looked at grazed and ungrazed sagebrush steppe and

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