August 2014 - Page 5 of 8 - Modern Farmer
Facial Recognition Technology Could Improve Livestock Health

Facial recognition technology isn’t limited to humans. Livestock are now getting their mugs snapped in... (more)

Daliah Singer
May 11, 2023
Animal Advocates Push for an End to Canadian Horse Meat Market

In May, when the bitterness of Canada’s winter subsides and sprigs of green poke through... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
May 8, 2023
Chick Lit: Inside The Real World of Backyard Chickens

Tove Danovich’s Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who... (more)

Mira Ptacin
March 28, 2023
The Lambing Field

It’s midnight in the lambing field. In the darkness, we only see shapes; we notice... (more)

Frances Valdes
March 26, 2023
US Explores Vaccinating Chickens In Response to Avian Flu Outbreak

A vaccine for avian flu could be on the way to a chicken coop near... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
March 9, 2023
Meet the Modern Graziers Who Broke Into Regenerative Agriculture, No Farmland Required

When James Allen and his wife, Katie, started Heritage Graziers in the summer of 2015,... (more)

Callie Radke Stevens
February 27, 2023
AI Can Track Bees on Camera. Here’s How That Will Help Farmers

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming.... (more)

Malika Nisal Ratnayake, Adrian Dyer, and Alan Dorin, The Conversation
February 18, 2023
I Was ‘The Goose Lady.’ Then Avian Flu Came For My Flock

The first bird was on the chicken coop floor, stiff and lifeless, when I came... (more)

Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
February 14, 2023
First Vaccine for Honey Bees Approved by USDA

The US Department of Agriculture has given conditional approval to a vaccine for honey bees,... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 10, 2023
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