A few steps from the stable, a farmer from the Dordogne, in the southwest of Francefills the engine of his tractor with methane extracted from excrement of his cowsa way to reduce harmful emissions from the agriculture without giving up breeding animals. Since its creation in 1926, the Guérin family farm has undergone several changes […]
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Cows face heat wave in France thanks to giant fans
Lila, Glee, and Pistache lie down in their barn for their daily nap after feeding on corn, grass, and grain, and taking in the air from two giant fans, in the midst of a heat wave in France. At an altitude of 780 meters, in Saint-Martin-en-Haut (east), the outside temperature is 34° Celsius, but the […]
Dairy farming in times of lean cows
(Special envoy to Cañete). The times of lean cows plague the national dairy farming and, more than a biblical and apocalyptic expression, it summarizes the crisis that the sector has been going through for more than a year. The Cañete Valley basin has been one of the collection centers for companies such as Gloria and […]