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The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
🐔 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK CHICKEN:
Are you a beginner looking to invest in poultry farming !?
This is the best chicken breed to start with;
“The Barred Plymouth Rock,” often simply called the Barred Rock.
This’s one of the most recognized and dependable dual-purpose chicken.
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
🐮Livestock diversity is essential for the livelihoods of nearly one billion people.
🐷Safeguarding animal genetic diversity is key to their resilience in the face of challenges like climate change and emerging diseases
👉 bit.ly/DAD_IS
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
Fun Farm Fact: A pig's sense of smell is 2,000 times more sensitive than a human nose! They can detect odors up to four feet underground. Pigs have even been trained to detect certain diseases, such as cancer and tuberculosis.
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
50 Commitments Highlight: CP Committed to Preserving Endangered Livestock
CP is home to some of the rarest animals in the world: connerprairie.org/50-commitm… @LConservancy
More about Heritage Breeds Week 5.18-5.24: connerprairie.org/heritage-b…
#50Commitments #Anniversary #HeritageBreeds
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
Going to a show or fair? Avoid sharing equipment with other bird owners. If you must do so, make sure you clean and disinfect all items before you use them and before returning them. Learn more: bit.ly/DefendtheFlock_Equipm…
ALT A no symbol over a graphic of a cage between two pairs of hands.
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
Happy International Heritage Breeds Week! The critically endangered Marsh Tacky horse was thought to have gone extinct, but through the dedicated work of those committed to preserving populations the breed continues to grow today.
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The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
Heritage Breeds Week is coming, 5.21-5.27! 🐖 🐐 🐑 🐄 🐇
View daily activities: connerprairie.org/heritage-b…
Sign up for Barnyard Brush Strokes painting activities, presented by Kiln Creations on 5.21 at 2:30P: connerp.ticketapp.org/portal…
#HeritageBreedsWeek @LConservancy
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
Happy Soil and Water Conservation Week! Converting non-productive cropland can benefit livestock and water quality. Projects include cattle pasture grazing systems, hay or forage ground. Happy Soil and Water Conservation Week! #IowaAg #CleanWaterIowa
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
Farmers worldwide depend on their livestock, and their livestock depends on a year-round food supply.
@ILRI, @BiovIntCIAT_eng and @ICARDA #genebanks work to make livestock systems more sustainable by conserving and using the diversity of forages.
More 👉buff.ly/3GFMcFm
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
And #BreyerAdamek helps us spread the word on #AkhalTekes too! 😊
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The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
Thank you, @LConservancy. We’re tweeting up a storm for the rare & amazing #AkhalTeke #horses!
More on #AkhalTekes here…
akhaltekefoundation.org/akha…
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
"The pig industry over the past two years is driving a very worrying and worsening situation for several of our rare native breeds. Fewer people are keeping these breeds now, and the number of new piglet births is falling too." @RareBreedChris #GoNative
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The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
USDA expands conservation assistance to underserved producers agrinews-pubs.com/news/scien…
#Farmers #CooperativeAgreements #SmallFarms #UrbanFarming #USDA #ConservationOutreach #Ecosystems #ThursdayThought #Outreach #Workshops
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
#InternationalWomensDay continued... @SledmereHouse Laura Clark started with adding a Shire Horse to the stables followed by Leicester Longwool Sheep - the start of her Rare Breed Survival Trust Farm Park journey... instagram.com/p/CphvNxJoxZs/…
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
#HappyInternationalWomensDay 🌾
Today we want to take time to honor the Native women in agriculture. Thank you for your commitment to keep our lands nourished & contributing to our agricultural economies.
#NativeAg #nativeagvocate #WomenInAg #nativewomeninag #NativeAgInAction
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
We are ONE WEEK AWAY from our inaugural State of Native Agriculture Address.
We are excited for this opportunity to highlight the leaps and bounds of Native ag in action.
Register today at the link in our bio 🔗
#StateOfNativeAg #NativeAgInAction #NativeAgriculture #NativeAg
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
New research on the “#inbreeding question” finds that just 10% higher COI significantly reduces average durability in #Thoroughbred racehorses:
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📷 Painting of the so-called “Darley #Arabian,” one of the three #AkhalTeke founding sires of the Thoroughbred
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
Tomorrow’s farmers need #landaccessnow! 🍎 Join @YoungFarmers’ #OneMillionAcres for the Future campaign to help ensure equitable #landaccess for young and BIPOC farmers is a priority in 2023 #FarmBill. Sign up now to join our movement: p2a.co/land
The Livestock Conservancy retweeted
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