A plastic cow statue sits on a trailer near Collex-Bossy, with placards reading in French "Pricey food? No to the useless livestock initiative" and "Animal welfare? We are already taking care of it, ...

Voters in Switzerland Sunday rejected the Factory Farming Initiative, which would have banned factory farming for domestic and imported meat. 62.86 percent of voters decided against the proposal.

Global warming is having a dramatic impact on agriculture. Harvest time is starting earlier and earlier. According to a ...

Switzerland raises about 1.5 million cattle in a country where only about one-third of the land is used for crop farming. That reality shaped how towns grew, how food moved, and how farmers earned ...

Livestock production systems are complex and evolve over time, affecting their adaptability to economic, political, and disease-related changes. In Europe, disease resilience is crucial due to threats ...