Culture news

Meet Neige the cow: The International Agricultural Fair's latest star

Neige, a four-year-old cow raised on a family farm in Haute-Savoie, discovers newfound celebrity as mascot of the 2022 International Agricultural Fair.

26/11/2021

Ecotech

What is artificial lightning and how is it helping farmers?

A Norwegian company has found a novel way to reduce cow manure emissions: zapping them with artificial plasma rays.

08/10/2021

Ecotech

The world’s biggest seaweed factory will soon feed cows of the future

Sweden is investing in seaweed to cut methane emissions in cows.

24/09/2021

Germany

Cows can be 'potty trained like children' for greener environment

Scientists, hoping to find new ways to prevent urine from polluting the earth, have managed to potty train cows in two weeks.

15/09/2021

Ecotech

Cow burps are being used to offset our carbon emissions

This company is turning cow burps into carbon credits to make agriculture greener.

22/04/2021

Austria

Man in cow mask, fined under burqa ban law, has conviction quashed

Austria's Constitutional Court has overturned the sentence of an animal rights activist who was fined under a law banning full-face veils while wearing a cow mask.

18/03/2021

Spain

Practising his best mooves: Farmer skates in front of his cows

Pablo Pato uses the cowshed on the cattle farm to practice his grinds and spins, racing along past his audience of cows after clearing up after them and sweeping the hay out of the way.

07/03/2019

France

'Trash cows': Farm animals swallow metal and plastic waste

Some 60,000 cows in France develop tumours and infections every year because of waste they ingest.

23/02/2019

Poland

Countries cut Polish beef imports, as EU starts 'sick cow' inspection

Countries cut Polish beef imports after 'sick cow' scandal as EU begins inspection

04/02/2019