Graduate student Miriam Martin sees a bright and profitable future for a cattle industry that’s willing to tackle tough topics like animal welfare and pain mitigation.
A new report from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) outlines research and advancements in understanding of animal welfare since CAST’s last review of the issue in 1997.
Providing pain control and analgesia following surgical procedures is becoming more commonly accepted – and requested – by producers for their food animals.
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has filed suit against USDA for failing to require third-party audits of food label claims such as “humane” and “sustainable.”
Livestock farmers in Australia are being targeted by animal rights activists through a specialized online map that reveals farm locations throughout the country.
Graduate student Miriam Martin sees a bright and profitable future for a cattle industry that’s willing to tackle tough topics like animal welfare and pain mitigation.
A dairy farmer trying to rebuild his business allegedly had more than two dozen dead cows on a farm he was renting in New York and has been charged for animal cruelty.
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has proposed using polled genetics as an alternative to dehorning. However, there are few polled dairy sires with high genetic merit for important economic indexes.
