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05 October 2020
OSI Group Helps Scale Regenerative Grazing in USOSI Group is partnering with other U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef members to help scale regenerative grazing practices in the Northern Great Plains in Montana through a project run by regional non-profit Western Sustainability Exchange and international...
02 October 2020
Weekly protein digest: beef exports to China are threatened by COVID-19 restrictionsRead Jim Wyckoff's latest beef and dairy industry updates from around the world....
30 September 2020
Cold chains help mitigate the COVID-19 food crisis: lessons from UgandaCOVID-19 has disrupted food supply chains around the world, doubling the number of people at risk of acute food shortages and insecurity. However, certain supply chain characteristics - including the use of cold storage - can help mitigate this and future...
28 September 2020
McDonald’s supports sustainable grazing practices that can help reduce emissionsFarmers are known to say that if you take care of the land, it will take care of you....
25 September 2020
Weekly protein digest: EU beef consumption on downward trendRead the latest beef and dairy industry updates from Jim Wyckoff....
21 September 2020
“Agri-Food Companies Must Get Ready for Brexit” - Urgent Message to StakeholdersThe Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., has called on companies in the agri-food and fisheries sectors to urgently complete their preparations for the new trading arrangements that will pertain between the EU and UK...
Economist reviews shocks to beef industry with implications for prices aheadThe beef cattle industry has already experienced three big “shocks” this year and the effects are ongoing, but have been blunted to some extent, according to a Kansas State University agricultural economist....
Finding Hope in Rangeland RestorationSpring is the perfect season to explore rangeland ecology in California. The grasslands are green, the skies are blue, and bright yellow monkey flowers dance in the breeze. Even metaphorically, spring is a good fit. Rangeland restoration brings new life....
18 September 2020
17 September 2020
16 September 2020
China meat imports surgingJune import data shows the demand for animal protein in China continues to thrive across all species. Driven by the pork shortage caused by African Swine Fever (ASF), import demand has accelerated since early 2019....
15 September 2020
Animal AgTech Innovation Summit: Collaboration to Create Innovative Welfare Technologies with McDonald’sBanks Baker, Manager of Animal Welfare and Agriculture with McDonald’s Supply Chain and Sustainability team, spoke Monday as part of a fireside chat about collaboration across the broiler supply chain regarding innovative animal welfare technologies...
14 September 2020
Stand out from the herd: how cows commooonicate through their livesPhD student Alexandra Green has published her research that shows dairy cows respond to positive and negative emotional prompts with individual 'voice'. She says the results have implications for farmers and animal welfare. ...
10 September 2020
Play it safe at UK livestock marts as Autumn sales get underwayFarmers are being urged to strictly observe public health physical distancing guidelines as the Autumn sales in Scotland’s livestock marts get underway. ...
05 September 2020
Grilling Season: Safe Meat Serving TemperaturesIf you put in a lot of time trying to grill a piece of meat to perfection, it can be particularly disconcerting if you cut it open and find it still raw or undercooked. ...
03 September 2020
The Nature Conservancy, Cargill, McDonald’s, Target unite to support regenerative agriculture practicesThe Nature Conservancy, McDonald’s, Cargill and Target are coming together to launch a new five-year, $8.5 million project aimed at working with Nebraska farmers to advance proven soil health practices to help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and help...
28 August 2020
Animal AgTech Innovation Summit Preview: What’s Next for Protein Markets with Nutreco ExecutiveLaurent Genet, Chief Strategy Officer with Nutreco, will be speaking as part of a panel discussion about Accelerating Innovation in Aquaculture at the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit event to be held September 14, 2020. ...
25 August 2020
Does breed type influence methane emissions from cattle?An Aberystwyth University study investigating the role of traditional and modern breeds of beef cattle in influencing methane emissions has been published in the journal PLOSONE....
20 August 2020
Common feed ingredient tested safe in bullsCattle feeders choose distillers grains in feedlot diets as an inexpensive alternative to corn and soybean meal. ...
17 August 2020
COVID-19: animal disease detectives being trained across SE Asia, PacificProject work in 11 countries funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will aim to prevent spread of zoonotic and animal diseases. Associate Professor Navneet Dhand from Veterinary Science leads the multi-agency program.q...
13 August 2020
Farmers: check in on your neighborsAdhering to stay-at-home orders, navigating distancing recommendations, and trying to keep the farm up and running is putting a lot of pressure on our neighbors in ag country. They may feel stressed, overwhelmed and alone....
07 August 2020
Understanding cattle personality may help keep rangeland productive, sustainableUnderstanding cattle personality may help keep rangeland productive, sustainable Do you ever wonder why sometimes one, lone cow stands munching grass on a hillside while her fellow cattle graze in groups below?...
06 August 2020
Beef Production: Insights on Carbon, Methane and Feeding the FutureToday’s climate change conversation often references gains in carbon emissions without discussing the source and function of the emission, writes Javier Martín-Tereso, Manager Ruminant Research Centre at Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company....
03 August 2020
Big data used to study cattle resilience and efficiencyThe international project GenTORE focuses on developing innovative tools for genetic selection and management to optimize the resilience and efficiency of livestock. (Sensor) data is collected for this research in the stables of Dairy Campus. ...
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. ...
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