Adaptation knowledge for New Zealand’s primary industries: Known, not known and needed by Nicholas A. Cradock-Henry, Stephen Flood, Franca Buelow, Paula Blackett, Anita Wreford

“…Climate sensitive primary industries including pastoral farming, high-value horticulture and viticulture are central to Aotearoa-New Zealand’s economy. …”
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Finnsheep and their utilization experiences in temperate conditions by R. L. Baker

“…This may be a desirable feature of F-cross in extensive, pastoral farming situations to help sheep survive during droughts or periods of low pasture production. …”
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Achieving ambitious climate targets: is it economical for New Zealand to invest in agricultural GHG mitigation? by Jennifer L Carroll, Adam J Daigneault

“…Reducing agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which contribute approximately 24% of global emissions, is important to efficiently achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement; however, most mitigation options have focused on industrialized, not pastoral farming practices. New Zealand (NZ) has ambitious GHG reduction targets, but biogenic emissions from the agricultural sector are nearly half of total annual emissions and hence must be an integral part of the solution. …”
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Mitochondrial Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationship of Eight Native Bulgarian Sheep Breeds by Georgi Kalaydzhiev, Nadezhda Palova, Heliana Dundarova, Lyudmila Lozanova, Ivan Mehandjyiski, Georgi Radoslavov, Peter Hristov

“…The geographical, geomorphological, and climatic characteristics of Bulgaria are particularly favorable for animal breeding and, above all, for pastoral farming and sheep breeding. These conditions created prerequisites for the creation of about 30 unique local breeds of sheep. …”
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Nitrate enrichment does not affect enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in aquatic microcosms but may affect other strains present in aquatic habitats by Meredith T. Davis, Adam D. Canning, Anne C. Midwinter, Russell G. Death

“…One of the main sources of freshwater nitrate pollution in New Zealand is agriculture. New Zealand’s pastoral farming system relies heavily on the application of chemical fertilisers. …”
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Seroprevalence of brucellosis in small ruminants and related risk behaviours among humans in different husbandry systems in Mali. by Souleymane Traoré, Richard B Yapi, Kadiatou Coulibaly, Coletha Mathew, Gilbert Fokou, Rudovick R Kazwala, Bassirou Bonfoh, Rianatou Bada Alambedji

“…Peri-urban farming system was more affected with seroprevalence of 38.1% [18.1-61.5 (95% CI)], followed by pastoral farming system (24.3% [11.7-41.2 (95% CI)]). Identified risk behaviors of brucellosis transmission to animals were: exchange of reproductive males (30.2%); improper disposal of placentas in the farms (31.1%); and keeping aborted females in the herd (69.7%). …”
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Climate change shifts agropastoral-pastoral margins in Africa putting food security and livelihoods at risk by Uday Nidumolu, David Gobbett, Peter Hayman, Mark Howden, John Dixon, Anton Vrieling

“…We identified the climate indices that best align with the margin between the Agropastoral and Pastoral Farming Systems in the historical climate (1981–2006). …”
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Climate Aridization in the Desert-Steppe Zone: the Causes, Results and Impact on Life of the Ancient Population by Aleksandr V. Borisov, Maksim V. Eltsov, Sergey N. Udaltsov, Aleksandr V. Bukhonov

“…Thus, during the periods of aridization, the most favorable conditions for pasturing developed in the desert steppe, while in humid periods, which were previously considered to be the most favorable, there was no opportunity for traditional pastoral farming. So, in the conditions of sharply arid climate in the middle – second half of the 3rd millennium BC, the catacomb cultures and post-catacomb cultural communities prospered in the desert steppe. …”
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The epidemiology and socio-economic impact of Rift Valley fever epidemics in Tanzania: A review by Calvin Sindato, Esron Karimuribo, E.G. Mboera

“…Majority of the RVF positive cases in the latest epidemic were livestock under pastoral and agro-pastoral farming systems. The disease caused serious effects on rural people’s food security and household nutrition and on direct and indirect losses to livestock producers in the country. …”
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The effect of different types of stressors during mid- and late pregnancy on lamb weight and body size at birth by R.A. Corner, P.R. Kenyon, K.J. Stafford, D.M. West, M.H. Oliver

“…However, shearing ewes during the winter months and under outdoor pastoral farming conditions can expose the recently shorn ewe to a greater risk of hypothermia. …”
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Updated knowledge on breeding and feeding systems of sheep raised in Beni Mathar steppe of eastern Morocco by Oumaima Mahir, Abdelmajid Bechchari

“…The second one included peasant pastoral farms (n=12) grazing mainly on natural pastures and providing an annual supplement of 72374 FU. …”
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Kānuka Trees Facilitate Pasture Production Increases in New Zealand Hill Country by Thomas H. Mackay-Smith, Ignacio F. López, Lucy L. Burkitt, Janet I. Reid

“…‘Tree-pasture’ silvopastoral systems have the potential to become transformative multifunctional landscapes that add both environmental and economic value to pastoral farms. Nevertheless, no published study has found increased pasture production under mature silvopastoral trees in New Zealand hill country. …”
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Technical Note: Regression Analysis of Proximal Hyperspectral Data to Predict Soil pH and Olsen P by Miles Grafton, Therese Kaul, Alan Palmer, Peter Bishop, Michael White

“…One data set has 3189 soil samples from four hill country pastoral farms and the second data set has 883 soil samples taken from a stratified nested grid survey. …”
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The importance of incorporating geology, soil, and landscape knowledge in freshwater farm planning in Aotearoa New Zealand by Lucy Burkitt, Michael Bretherton

“…Lack of improvement in freshwater quality has resulted in the 2020 Essential Freshwater package of reforms which will require all pastoral farms >20 ha in size and all arable farms > 5 ha in size to develop a Freshwater Farm Plan (FFP) by a certified Freshwater Farm Planner. …”
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Impact of systemic antimicrobial therapy on the faecal microbiome in symptomatic dairy cows. by Rose M Collis, Patrick J Biggs, Sara A Burgess, Anne C Midwinter, Gale Brightwell, Adrian L Cookson

“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess the impact of systemic antimicrobial therapy on the faecal microbiome in dairy cows in the pastoral farm environment, by analysing faecal samples from cattle impacted by several different clinically-defined conditions and corresponding antimicrobial treatments. …”
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Outbreak investigation and control case report of brucellosis: Experience from livestock research centre, Mpwapwa, Tanzania by Gabriel M. Shirima, Seleman N. Masola, Obeid N. Malangu, Brant A. Schumaker

“…This achievement in livestock and human health showed that it is possible to control brucellosis in dairy farms, compared to pastoral and agro-pastoral farms, thus providing evidence to adopt these strategies in dairy farms thought to be at risk.…”
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The prehistoric roots of Chinese cuisines: Mapping staple food systems of China, 6000 BC-220 AD. by Xinyi Liu, Rachel E B Reid

“…We argue that regional differentiation in dietary tradition are not driven by differences in the conventional "stages" of shifting modes of subsistence (hunting-foraging-pastoralism-farming), but rather by myriad subsistence choices that combined and discarded modes in a number of innovative ways over thousands of years. …”
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A comparison of grassland vegetation from three agri-environment conservation measures by Ó hUallacháin D., Finn J.A., Keogh B., Fritch R., Sheridan H.

“…Sixty fields on drystock pastoral farms in receipt of agri-environment payments for grassland conservation were surveyed, with 20 fields being enrolled in each of the following AEOS options: Traditional Hay Meadow (THM), Species-Rich Grassland (SRG) and Natura 2000 species-rich grassland (Natura). …”
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Grassland plant and invertebrate species richness increases from mowing are mediated by impacts on soil chemistry by Mark A.K. Gillespie, Hannah L. Buckley, Leo Condron, Stephen D. Wratten

“…Our experimental treatments were applied annually from 1994 in medium to high soil fertility conditions on a non-native pastoral farm in New Zealand, and analysis of data to 2013 show that in general, plants and soil properties did not respond to N fertiliser treatments. …”
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Functional Traits, Morphology, and Herbage Production of Vernalised and Non-Vernalised Chicory cv. Choice (<i>Cichorium intybus</i> L.) in Response to Defoliation Frequency and Hei... by Mancoba C. Mangwe, Racheal H. Bryant, Cristian A. Moreno García, Thomas M.R. Maxwell, Pablo Gregorini

“…Chicory (<i>Cichorium intybus</i> L.) used in pastoral systems has the attributes required of a forage species to reduce animal urinary nitrogen loading to soil, increase milk production, and enhance milk fatty acid profile to improve pastoral farm systems for matching increasing global demand for dairy products and environmental standards of livestock systems. …”
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