As methods and applications for biotechnology in agriculture continue to advance at a rapid pace, regulators work to maintain a balance between safety and potentially rapid progress in food production.
Two leading sustainable agriculture initiatives combine forces to offer solutions to deliver continuous improvement in sustainability of beef production.
The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) this week announced the availability of funding to help assure rural communities have sufficient access to livestock veterinary services.
Protecting and improving the health of nearly 10 billion food animals and companion animals in the United States, and many more around the world, supports over 1 million jobs and generates billions in revenue and taxes.
This week, 56 outstanding veterinary students from around the world received scholarships from Merck Animal Health, in partnership with the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF).
Lallemand Animal Nutrition and the Progressive Agriculture Foundation are teaming up to offer silage safety education for up to 100,000 children and adult volunteers through Progressive Agriculture Safety Days.
Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) introduces its Scholars program, which offers one travel scholarship to a full-time graduate student focusing on some aspect of dairy cattle reproduction.
Early results from research at the University of California, Davis, indicate that a small amount of an ocean algae in cattle feed could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions million dairy cows.
