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"We already have low-emission climate-friendly farming practices – it's called organic farming," says Marion Thomson, co-chair of Soil & Health.

Soil's ability to store carbon and contain greenhouse gases could globally limit climate warming, says a University of Sydney expert.

Chinese scientists have signed a deal to set up a commercial animal cloning centre in the northern port city of Tianjin.

Scientific innovations and reduced-antibiotic livestock systems could increase the value of the country's exports — with the right approach.

A global approach to positioning beef and lamb as premium consumer products is a step closer, with Australian research attracting new international collaboration.

A former director of AgResearch, Dr Jock Allison, remains unconvinced about the validity of the AgResearch strategy that has driven changes in personnel.

The Asian middle classes are the target for an AgResearch-led project on gut health.

A new trial at the Northland Agricultural Research Farm near Dargaville is looking at alternatives to importing feed.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) recent classification of red meat likely being carcinogenic could benefit New Zealand meat exports.

Forty years of genetic progress and a large recorded breeding database gives the Wairarapa Romney Improvement Group (WRIG) an edge, the group claims.