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Norbrook has appointed Steve Schram as VP Sales & Marketing for The Americas.
While genetically modified crops have become commonplace, regulations and consumer concerns have slowed use of genetic engineering in food animals, in spite of potential for improving production efficiency.
Justin Welsh, DVM, has been named Executive Director of Food Animal Technical Services for Merck Animal Health’s U.S. Food Animal Team.
The changes would simplify the branding requirements, making the brands easier to apply and read, reducing errors.
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.
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.
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.
Cows are at greatest risk of developing new intramammary infections during the dry period.
When New York farmer Kelly Hendrickson was told she would have to start dumping milk, her milk inspector planted a seed in her mind.
AVMA and other organizations are stepping up to fill the information void for veterinarians.
As U.S. dairies apply modern production practices to produce milk more efficiently, they’ve significantly reduced inputs and greenhouse gas emissions per unit of output..
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.
If you’re coming out of veterinary school this December – or looking for an internship – it’s time to start preparing for that first job interview.
The organization wants to help producers and other members of the agricultural community eliminate food waste such as milk dumping, which occurred last spring when the pandemic hit.
Even for those who enjoyed timely summer rains, the marginal economics of the cattle business and rising feed costs continue to cause nearly everyone to search for ways to do more with less.
The Red Angus Association of America released an updated suite of bio-economic selection indexes, including the Profitability and Sustainability index, abbreviated ProS, that covers economically relevant traits.
Neogen announces the launch of Igenity® Feeder, a DNA tool designed to assist cattle producers in the stocker and backgrounder phase to manage feeder cattle according to their genetic potential for carcass traits.
At a point in history when a novel virus dominates the news cycle and impacts our lives daily, another novel virus has emerged in the United States – this time, in the cattle population.
While the Certified Angus Beef ® brand saw its first sales decline of pounds in 16 years, 2020 was still the fifth year in a row of sales in excess of one billion pounds.
It is important for cattle producers to take the time to observe newly weaned calves for the early stages of illness.
The Livestock and Meat Industry Council at Kansas State will recognize Kelly & Marcie Lechtenberg and family as the 2020 Don L. Good Impact Award winners in virtual presentation Sunday, Oct. 11.
Dallas Horton, 81, well known cattle feeder and veterinarian, passed away at his home on September 29, 2020 after a year-long battle with cancer.
Wheat pasture development and growth is likely to slow or even reverse if forecast weather conditions are realized. This, in turn, may reduce stocker cattle demand in the coming weeks.
Scott Anderson, co-owner of CRI Feeders in Guymon, Okla., has been elected the 2021 Texas Cattle Feeders Association Chairman.
For their work and dedication to sustainable farming, the McMahons have received numerous honors over the years. In 2018, Dairy Management Inc. recognized the McMahons with its U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award.
The future of cattle economics from genetic selection to herd management, and marketing will be increasingly tied to the final product and continually searching for efficiencies across that entire process.
Allflex Livestock Intelligence announces the appointment of Paul Koffman to North America Lead, with responsibility for the company’s livestock identification, monitoring and traceability businesses in North America.
NCBA and the Public Lands Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ducks Unlimited and Safari Club Int. to outline the groups’ shared commitment to conservation of natural resources through sustainable use.
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