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Norway’s livestock genetics drive efficiency, sustainability in swine and dairy production

From boosting piglet survival to breeding lower-methane dairy cows, genetics companies Topigs Norsvin and Geno are helping farmers worldwide improve productivity and cut environmental impact

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Norwegian genetics leaders Topigs Norsvin and Geno are advancing swine and dairy breeding with a focus on robust animals, higher efficiency, and lower methane emissions—delivering global solutions for farmers facing climate and sustainability challenges.
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Engaging urban audiences is mutually-beneficial

It’s easy to be cynical about issues like climate but it’s a mistake to lose sight of the people involved

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It’s beneficial for farmers and those who say they ‘work in climate’ can be mutually beneficial. It humanizes agriculture, putting a face to a sector many climate professionals may not otherwise see.
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Moving past climate polarization

Climate change has become such a politicized subject, genuine discussion and engagement on other environmental issues is frequently impossible

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Carbon and greenhouse gases are certainly important, and should be an element of the conversation. But focusing on landscape improvement might be a more effective — if indirect — means of accomplishing a significant portion of what we’ve thus far failed to achieve.
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Farmworkers in the US cultivate their own heat safety standards

Fair Food Program seeks to circumvent slow regulatory process

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While regulations to protect agricultural workers from the heat have been held up by political wrangling, Gonzalo and her colleagues have spearheaded an alternate strategy. They seek to sidestep the slow and increasingly politicized government machinery and instead appeal directly to consumers and large brands.
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Twice-amended Bill C-234 clears Senate

The bill will return to the House of Commons for further debate

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A bill to exempt fuel for grain drying from the price on carbon has cleared the Senate and returns to the House of Commons with two amendments.
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US-UAE climate-friendly farming effort grows to $17 billion

COP28 has elevated agriculture, U.S. govt's Vilsak says

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Funding for a joint effort by the United States and United Arab Emirates to advance climate-friendly farming around the world has grown to more than $17 billion, the countries announced on Friday at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

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