Farm
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World
Lasers, Inflatable Dancers and the Fight to Fend Off Avian Flu
Some poultry growers are turning to innovative tactics to protect their flocks, deploying deterrents like drones, air horns, balloons and…
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Health
Scientists Fault Federal Response to Bird Flu Outbreaks on Dairy Farms
Testing for H5N1 infection has been limited, and the outbreak was never confined. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina may…
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World
This G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says He Grew Up on a Family Farm. Not Exactly.
David McCormick has often spoken about his modest upbringing on a farm in Pennsylvania. A close look at his past…
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World
A Deadly Dog Attack Upends an Elite Westchester Farm
At a farm tied to Blue Hill at Stone Barns, where a meal costs around $400, two dogs killed a…
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Magazine
Fashion’s Favorite Farm
There are certain things the fashion industry will always love: The young and beautiful. Art and money. Nostalgia. A comeback.…
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Politics
Unproductive Agriculture Is Holding Africa Back
Africa south of the Sahara is producing more than six times as much food as it did in 1961. That’s…
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Business
They Grow Your Berries and Peaches, but Often Lack One Item: Insurance
Farmers of fruits and vegetables say coverage has become unavailable or unaffordable as drought and floods increasingly threaten their crops.
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Magazine
How to Grow Old Like Isabella Rossellini
If you go to Isabella Rossellini’s Instagram page — and I recommend you do — you will see the 71-year-old…
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Magazine
How Does a Day Job Affect an Artist’s Work? This Exhibition Has an Idea
Plus: an installation in an Indian palace, a farm shop in upstate New York — and more recommendations from T…
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Magazine
Even Cows Need Some Holiday Cheer
About 200 carolers had just begun the second verse of the classic Christmas song “The Friendly Beasts” when a little…
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