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31 July 2020
Selling meat during the COVID-19 pandemicWhen the COVID-19 pandemic started, I, like many of you, was focused on working from home while also homeschooling my daughters. I was busy postponing and rescheduling several NCAT training events and figuring out how to best serve our ATTRA clients,...
28 July 2020
Genome-edited bull passes on hornless trait to calvesFor the past two years, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been studying six offspring of a dairy bull, genome-edited to prevent it from growing horns. This technology has been proposed as an alternative to dehorning, a common management...
27 July 2020
Feeding the Future with Beef Cattle – a Sustainable Approach to Responsible Food ProductionWhat does the science say? What is the data telling us? These questions driving conversations around human health and the novel coronavirus are also informing how stakeholders in the feed-to-food chain think about livestock production and sustainability,...
24 July 2020
Pirbright scientists shed new light on FMD virus evolutionNew research from The Pirbright Institute has shown that different populations of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) swap sections of genetic material at a far higher rate than originally thought. ...
22 July 2020
Tips for replacing distillers grain in cattle dietsA national slowdown in the production of ethanol as a result of COVID-19 has led to shorter supplies of distillers grain, writes Galen Erickson, University of Nebraska Extension. ...
15 July 2020
Transforming Africa’s livestock sector is key to food securityWithout sustainable growth of its livestock sector, Africa is expected to import up to a fifth of meat and milk within the next 30 years, according to the Malabo Montpellier Panel....
14 July 2020
Report details pandemic losses to California farms, ranchesPandemic-related losses to California farms, ranches and agricultural businesses will range between $5.9 billion and $8.6 billion this year, according to an economic study....
13 July 2020
Will feeding silage to lactating cows give my calves scours?Many cow-calf producers in Nebraska have become accustomed to using distillers grains as a source of both protein and energy to help meet the nutritional needs of lactating cows from calving until green grass is available, writes Dave Ostdiek University...
08 July 2020
Pirbright: pooled milk can be used for FMD surveillanceA case study undertaken by scientists at The Pirbright Institute is the first to confirm that milk obtained from in-line milk samplers on a large-scale dairy farm can be used to detect circulating foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in cattle....
06 July 2020
Watch Out for Poisonous Weeds in Hay and PastureNoxious and toxic weeds are always a concern to livestock producers. Whether these weeds present themselves in hay or pastures, the only real way to know if they are present is to scout and know the risk, writes Justin Brackenrich, Penn State University...
24 June 2020
Cattle GHG emissions: are we all counting the same way?When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, are all countries counting them the same way? ...
22 June 2020
Where is animal microbiome research headed?Mike Kogut, research microbiologist with USDA, talked to researchers about the future of the animal microbiome recently at the Animal Microbiome and Nutritional Health Congress in Chicago....
19 June 2020
Take a proactive approach to beef and dairy heat stressHeat stress costs dairy and beef producers hundreds of millions each year. Proactive measures implemented before an extreme heat event can reduce immediate and long-term impacts of heat stress in ruminants....
17 June 2020
Improving and conserving the carabao population in the Philippines using the Applied Biosystems™ Axiom™ technologyThe future of agriculture lies in diversity. Many parts of the world depend on crops and livestock different from those bred in the United States and Europe, and the agricultural sciences are finally catching up to that reality....
02 June 2020
US supply chain disruptions continueWhen workers essential to the food supply become ill, how does this affect the food supply chain within the meat industry?...
01 June 2020
Beef – during and beyond COVID-19As parts of the world cautiously ease out of lockdown and reassess COVID-19’s impact on the beef sector, Rabobank’s latest global Beef Quarterly has revised down its global beef production outlook, and forecasts slowing beef demand in a declining...
27 May 2020
Smaller meat processors face backlogs as coronavirus continues to shutter large slaughterhousesSmall meat processors across the US and Canada report months-long bottlenecks as farmers search for abattoirs to process backlogged livestock....
22 May 2020
US farmers now eligible for direct assistance from CFAP programmeUSDA details financial supports available to farmers who experience losses from COVID-19 through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Programme (CFAP). ...
20 May 2020
UK supermarkets threaten to boycott Brazilian products over proposed forest lawBritish supermarkets have warned Brazil that they might boycott its products if Brazilian lawmakers pass a controversial bill that could ramp up destruction of the Amazon rainforest....
15 May 2020
One step closer to carbon neutral cattleNew research shows that supplementing cattle diets with red seaweed reduces enteric methane emissions by 98 percent while improving productivity measures – without causing negative side-effects....
13 May 2020
Trade spat between China and Australia intensifiesChina suspends beef imports from four Australian firms amid official disputes over the coronavirus pandemic....
07 May 2020
Misleading metrics – how standard climate measures obscure the impact of cattle emissionsEmerging research demonstrates that using climate impact measures like GWP100 and CO₂ Equivalence to measure greenhouse gas emissions can overestimate the climate burden of cattle production....
04 May 2020
As coronavirus infections rise in meat plants, Canada lets companies decide when to closeReporting from Reuters finds that Canada’s public health officials are allowing decisions on meat plant closures to be made by packing companies, despite provincial authority to enforce stoppages....
01 May 2020
Front line food relief amid COVID-19 part 3 – The Bread and Butter ThingHow are local food relief organisations coping with the ongoing pandemic?...
29 April 2020
Front line food relief amid COVID-19 part 2 – Westside Campaign Against HungerHow are local food relief organisations coping with the ongoing pandemic?...
28 April 2020
NCBA urges improvements to Paycheck Protection ProgrammeThe National Cattlemen's Beef Association is leading a coalition of more than 35 different agricultural groups in sending a letter to leaders on Capitol Hill advising specific improvements to the Paycheck Protection Programme. ...
27 April 2020
Front line food relief amid COVID-19 part 1 – Granville Community KitchenHow are local food relief organisations coping with the ongoing pandemic?...
23 April 2020
Calculating the economic effects of Romania’s bluetongue outbreakLost export opportunities can send long-term shockwaves in any industry, but it’s proven particularly difficult for Romania’s fledgling cattle sector....
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