livestock
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"Another issue we're tackling at the moment is dogs off leads. Not only do they disturb ground nesting birds but they also have an impact on livestock, particularly during lambing season."
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
According to family legend, Glidden was inspired to design his own wire to keep livestock out of his wife’s garden.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Over time, they can enter freshwater and marine environments, raising increasing concerns about potential health risks to humans, livestock, and wildlife.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
Changes in the cost of livestock products such as beef will take longer, because there are more steps between the purchase of feed corn and the sale of the meat to consumers.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Mixed economies that added certain crops or livestock to hunting-gathering also competed against both types of “pure” economies, and against mixed economies with higher or lower proportions of food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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