After several years of discussion, "sustainability" in beef production still means different things to different people. To some, the pastoral image of small herds grazing extensive pastures with minimal inp
Experts with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and UF's College of Veterinary Medicine say livestock and pet owners in the state should keep a watchful eye for signs of infection in t
Beef producers all across the country, from every segment of the industry, are being encouraged to participate in a survey that will help establish a benchmark and course for the beef industry for 2017 and beyond. The P
We've all seen the process: As towns and suburbs swallow up farmland, the population of once-rural counties becomes less supportive of agriculture, resulting in regulatory barriers to farm expansion or creation of
The Global Conference on Sustainable Beef, to be held October 4-7 at the Fairmont Hotel in Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada, is featuring a dedicated breakout session focusing on work being done in South America to suppor
ADM Animal Nutrition announces alliance with ANCO Animal Nutrition to help livestock producers effectively combat nutritional stressors in grains and ensiled crops.
Dr. Robert R. Marshak, a 1945 DVM graduate of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), has been named winner of the 2016 Salmon Award for Distinguished Alumni Service. Dr. Marshak will formally recei
The University of Kentucky's Craig Carter is a recognized leader in veterinary medicine around the world. Recently the American Veterinary Medical Association presented the 2016 International Veterinary Congress P
USAHA (United States Animal Health Association) and AAVLD (American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians) are pleased to announce the general session lineup for the organizations' joint 2016 Annual
Surveys comparing consumer attitudes in the two largest beef-producing countries - the United States and Brazil - reveals several important trends in purchasing preference that are influenced by how beef is
For animal health officials, producers and veterinarians, a timely, coordinated and effective response to a multi-state animal health emergency is imperative to supporting the continuity of business that food animal ind
An estate gift from Dr. H. B. "Woody" Bartlett '64 will establish the Bartlett Scholars Program at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, providing scholarships for deserving veterinary professional and g
For the third consecutive year, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) is offering Future Service Scholarships to support future cattle veterinarians graduating from the Iowa State University (ISU) College of Veter
Dr. Janet Donlin has been named executive vice president/chief executive officer of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). Donlin will succeed Dr. Ron DeHaven, who is retiring after nine years of service to
You've spent countless hours on a client's farm. You've helped train the crews and developed health and welfare protocols. You know the owner and management team well and have seen first-hand their com
Music starts and the dark screen transitions to a salt-and-pepper-haired man in a purple button-down shirt sitting in front of a tin-barn studio backdrop.
Opening this week in Bangkok, Thailand, the 4th OIE Global Conference on Veterinary Education will address ways to further improve the quality of the veterinary profession globally, by encouraging worldwide harmonizatio
2017 will be here before we know it, and that's when you and your clients will face the full effects of the FDA's new rules regarding antibiotic stewardship in food-animal production.
Graduating veterinary students increasingly face the burden of substantial debt, and with tuition likely to keep moving higher, colleges and industry will need to find creative solutions.
Iconic beef-cattle veterinarian Al Abdulla passed away on May 27 in Amarillo, at the age of 82.
A Texas native, Abdullah graduated from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in 1957. He also was commissioned as a Cap
The clock is ticking for livestock producers as new U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules go into effect in December 2016 governing all feed-grade and water-soluble antibiotics that are considered medically important.
Consumers today have a lot of questions about antibiotic resistance and how it might be linked to livestock farming. But according to Michelle Sprague, a veterinarian with Audubon Manning Veterinary Clinic Management Se
With its 49th annual conference approaching, the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) has opened registration and announced several deadlines for elections, award nominations, scholarship applications and
Dee Ellis, DVM, MPA, has joined the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD), a Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Center of Excellence, as project manager effective June 1, 2016.
Growing up on a 100 -cow beef operation near Macon, Miss., helped inspire Heath King to pursue his DVM degree at Mississippi State. Today, as a faculty member at Mississippi State, King works to inspire future veterinar
An international team of researchers have demonstrated that feeding a compound known as 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP) could reduce ruminant methane emissions without any apparent negative effects.
Lorin D. Warnick, DVM. PhD, ACVPM, interim dean of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine, effective May 6.
In our weekly "BQA Quality Report", from Southeast Ag Net's Randall Weiseman, Lindsay Wiggins from Clewiston, Fla., is another beef producer who believes in the BQA program. She says "it's valuable because i
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians' (AASV) Board of Directors addressed the issue of antibiotic-free production during their spring board meeting on March 21, 2016.
The FDA recently released its 2014-2015 Retail Meat Interim Report, summarizing data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS). The report focuses specifically on salmonella, one of the most c
Iowa veterinarian James Edwin Pearson passed away on April 3, at the age of 82, according to an obituary in the Ames Tribune. Pearson spent three decades at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary
A cloud of misinformation continues to fog public perceptions of the role of livestock in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but University of California, Davis, professor and air-quality specialist Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D.
This week, AgriLabs, the largest U.S. animal health marketing and distribution business, announced that it has entered into the vaccine manufacturing business with a new USDA-licensed facility in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Full implementation of the FDA's new veterinary feed directive (VFD) rules will commence at the end of this year, a deadline that is rapidly approaching.
In this week's "BQA Quality Report" from Southeast Ag Net's Randall Weiseman, Keith Glover from Hale County, Ala., explains why he felt it was important for him to be BQA-certified. And Glover says he