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    The Gulf Livestock 1 cargo vessel sails through Port Phillip heading into Bass Strait in Australia in April 2019. Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for the livestock ship carrying more than 40 crew members and thousands of animals.
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    42 Crew, Nearly 6,000 Cows Missing After Ship Sinks In Storm-Tossed Seas Off Japan

    Sep 03, 2020
    The Gulf Livestock 1 reportedly capsized in heavy seas near the island of Amami Oshima just as a typhoon was passing through the area. Only one crew member is known to have survived.
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    Authorities Offer $10K Reward After Cattle Starved To Death

    Jan 08, 2020
    Lincoln County authorities have announced that a reward is being offered for information surrounding the starvation and death of a herd of cattle in Nevada.
     
    Officials with the Lincoln County sheriff's office announced the $10,000 reward Monday after the herd of six were lo
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    Cattle in Oregon.
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    Cattle Mystery: Some Readers Have Beef

    Oct 16, 2019
    Weird news story gets clicks, but it's not a bullseye for all NPR readers.
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    Strange News
    The crumpled carcass of a bull lies on U.S. Forest Service ground. It was among several killed and mutilated this summer in eastern Oregon.
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    'Not One Drop Of Blood': Cattle Mysteriously Mutilated In Oregon

    Oct 08, 2019
    In remote eastern Oregon, a serial crime is unfolding. Someone is killing purebred bulls. And they're doing it with a level of cruel precision that's frightening to both ranchers and law enforcement.
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    The Salt
    Cows graze on a grass field at a farm in Schaghticoke, N.Y. The grass-fed movement is based on the idea of regenerative agriculture.
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    Is Grass-Fed Beef Really Better For The Planet? Here's The Science

    Aug 13, 2019
    There are many elements to consider: climate, animal welfare, greenhouse gas emissions, land use. And with so many factors at play, sometimes the answer gets complicated.
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    The Salt
    Cargill calls the robotic cattle driver "a first in the industry," and hopes that it will improve worker safety.
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    Cargill Tests Robotic Cattle Driver As A Way To Improve Worker Safety

    Nov 27, 2018
    Hundreds of injuries — and some fatalities — are caused by cattle each year. But a new robot might be able to emulate some sounds and actions of workers, keeping them safe from kicks and attacks.
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    The Salt
    Scientists from the FDA and the University of Arizona test water from an irrigation ditch near Yuma, Ariz., in early August. The FDA found toxic <em>E. coli</em> in another irrigation canal less than a mile from this one.
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    What Sparked An E. Coli Outbreak In Lettuce? Scientists Trace A Surprising Source

    Aug 29, 2018
    Vegetable farmers in Yuma, Ariz., are asking whether they can co-exist in the same valley with a large cattle feedlot. Those cattle are blamed for contaminating Romaine with toxic E. coli bacteria.
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    The Salt
    Bonita Carlson and Drew Persson in their home on Persson Ranch are betting big that blockchain can help them charge a premium for their cattle.
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    Where's The Beef? Wyoming Ranchers Bet On Blockchain To Track It

    Aug 15, 2018
    By tagging cattle and updating their data about their free-range, grass-fed quality of life using blockchain, some ranchers are hoping to solve paper tracking pitfalls and sell their beef for more.
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    The Salt
    At brandings in southeast Oregon, kids begin to learn ranch work at a young age. Often, they are put in charge of holding horses, vaccinating cattle and keeping branding irons hot in the fire.
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    Deepening Drought In Western U.S. Costs Ranchers Money And Heartache

    Jul 08, 2018
    Because his profits are tied to rain and snow, one Oregon rancher will have to pay thousands to haul water and grass to his cattle in the mountains. And the land just continues to become more parched.
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    The Salt
    Rancher Kim Davis brought her cattle dog, Monk, to Chandler for a checkup. Davis said access to a veterinarian is vital, especially for preventing the spread of diseases.
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    Shortage Of Rural Veterinarians Puts Farmers, Food Supply At Risk

    Jun 16, 2018
    The scarcity of rural vets, who are the first line of defense against diseases that can spread from animals to humans, means sick and infected animals could increasingly go untested.
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    Modern-Day Cattle Rustlers? 200 Nevada Cows Missing In Year

    May 29, 2018

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies and state agriculture officials are investigating the disappearance of as many as 200 cows in northern Nevada over the past year that may have been stolen by modern-day cattle rustlers across rangeland covering hundreds of square miles.

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    The Salt
    Cattle sales consultant Wes Tiemann reviews the catalog for an Angus auction at Henke Farms in Salisbury, Mo. Each animal in the auction is DNA tested.
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    How Prized Bull Semen And DNA Testing Are Reshaping America's Beef Herd

    May 08, 2018
    Cattle ranchers know that making the best steak starts with the genetic makeup of the herd. Now those genetics have taken a historic leap thanks to new, predictive DNA technology.
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    Goats and Soda
    After the ban on grazing, cows in the cattle market in Makurdi, Nigeria, were trapped with no food or water. "If [the cows] start dying, then we have no means of feeding our families," says Aliyu Mustapha, the market's director.
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    Why It's Now A Crime To Let Cattle Graze Freely In 2 Nigerian States

    Dec 12, 2017
    Herders have let their livestock roam. Farmers are furious over damage to their crops. Tensions have led to thousands of deaths. Will a government ban on grazing end the violence?
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    The Salt
    Japanese Wagyu beef has a sweet, coconut-like aroma. Scientists found 16 compounds associated with the smell, 10 of which are newly associated with the meat.
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    What Makes Wagyu Beef Smell So Good? Science Explains

    Nov 13, 2017
    The Japanese beef is considered a luxury, with plenty of fat and its super-soft texture. New evidence could explain what's behind its sweet smell.
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    The Salt
    Researchers have won a prize for discovering that a cow's genetics determine which microbes populate its gut. Some of those microbes produce the greenhouse gas methane that comes out of cow belches and farts and ends up in the atmosphere.
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    Gassy Cows Warm The Planet. Scientists Think They Know How To Squelch Those Belches

    Sep 22, 2017
    Researchers have won a prize for discovering that a cow's genetics determine which microbes populate its gut. Some of those microbes produce the greenhouse gas methane that ends up in the atmosphere.
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    Parallels
    The cows in West Pokot County, Kenya, get so hungry they feast on thatched roofs. That makes them sick and many of them end up dead.
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    As The Climate Changes, Kenyan Herders Find Centuries-Old Way Of Life In Danger

    Jul 23, 2017
    Nomadic herders in Kenya's northwest are having to move farther afield as sustained drought fundamentally changes the landscape. The result: no grasses for their herds.
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    Goats and Soda
    Peacock photo: Scott Halleran/Getty Images; Tiger photo: Sam Panthaky/Getty Images; Cow photo: Noah Seelam/Getty Images
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    Do Peacocks Have Sex? Are Cows A Better National Animal Than Tigers?

    Jun 02, 2017
    These are the questions monopolizing the internet in India these days. It's all because of the unscientific comments of a retiring judge.
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    The Salt
    Cattle grow faster, and cause less damage to the environment, when they have better grass to eat.
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    To Save The Planet, Give Cows Better Pasture

    Feb 13, 2017
    What's the single most important thing that the world's farmers could do to reduce global warming? Give cattle — especially in the tropics — faster-growing, more nutritious pasture.
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    Chris Green, a tribal member, and his son, get the dogs out early to round up a herd at Big Cypress Reservation.
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    South Florida's Seminole Cowboys: Cattle Is 'In Our DNA'

    Aug 21, 2016
    Florida, with its lush grasslands, ranks tenth in the nation for its beef cattle herds — nearly 2 million head. And the Seminole Tribe of Florida is a major player in the cattle industry.
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    The Salt
    An illustration of rinderpest in the Netherlands in the 18th century. Europeans once feared the cattle virus as much as they did the Black Death.
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    Rounding Up The Last Of A Deadly Cattle Virus

    Nov 12, 2015
    Rinderpest, or cattle plague, was declared eradicated in 2011. But many research institutes still have samples of the rinderpest virus in storage. Disease experts want those samples destroyed.
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    Groups Upset Following Release Of Range Management Plan

    Sep 21, 2015

    BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A new federal land management plan for southwest Idaho and northern Nevada created after the settlement of a lawsuit aimed at reducing cattle grazing has been released — and it allows an increase.

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    Goats and Soda
    These bovines, oblivious to the traffic of Kathmandu, appear to be best buddies.
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    Kathmandu Is Cowed By Abandoned Cattle

    Jul 10, 2015
    In the post-earthquake chaos, farmers are turning loose old cows and baby bulls. And the city doesn't have the resources to deal with the wandering bovines.
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    Around the Nation
    Farmers in Texas have gone from having to deal with too little water to too much.
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    Texas Cattle Ranchers Whipsawed Between Drought And Deluge

    Jun 09, 2015
    Years of drought have taken a toll on agriculture, particularly cattle ranching. Now instead of too little water, there's too much. But the rains may revive pastures and allow rebuilding of herds.
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    The Two-Way

    Cattle Drive Saves Hundreds Of Cows Stranded By Texas Flooding

    Jun 01, 2015
    A herd of cattle is safe Monday, thanks to cowboys and volunteers who worked to move some 500 cows and calves that were threatened by the rising Trinity River.
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    The Salt
    Surrogate mother No.4030 was the second cow who had to undergo a C-section birth on a recent day. Surrogate mothers can sometimes have bodies too small to properly handle the size of the embryo calf they birth.
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    America's Elite Cows Don't Give Birth — Their Surrogates Do

    May 29, 2015
    Implanting cows with the embryos of genetically superior heifers is big business these days. It's helping elite cattle breeders and beef and dairy producers spread U.S. cow genetics around the globe.

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