At the recent Academy of Veterinary Consultants summer conference, several presentations highlighted potential sources of cattle morbidity, where further study and increased awareness could help guide future management.
The largest US meat producer, Tyson Foods, continues to expand as it reportedly agrees to buy chicken-nugget maker Keystone Foods LLC for about $2.5 billion.
On August 14, 2018, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 was signed into law to reauthorize the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA) programs.
Cattle are a little like humans: They are more productive when they are cooler. With cattle, a cooler body helps with meat and dairy production, new University of Florida research shows.
Tyson Fresh Meats becomes the first beef processor to license the Progressive Beef™ program, a cattle management and sustainability program for feedlot operators.
When a group of newly weaned, co-mingled, stressed calves with unknown vaccination history or immune status arrive at a feedyard, managers and veterinarians can predict they are at a high risk for BRD.
The Senate passed an extension to Electronic Logging Device (ELD) implementation for livestock haulers that would potentially give more time for regulators and Congress to fix hours of service rules.
Along with their vigilance in avoiding any contact with foods or products associated with animals, strict vegans also consume plenty of misguided ‘insights.’
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) brings next steps identified in 2017 and 2018 to a new Strategy Forum on Livestock Traceability, to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, September 24-26, 2018.
Tuesday, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced counties in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma will be available for FSA emergency loans due to losses from drought
The NFL’s preseason ‘excitement’ is so distant from the life-and-death battles fans feast on during regular season action that sportswriters have to go far afield to keep things interesting.
The regulatory battle over fake meat is heating up in Washington, D.C. NCBA president Kevin Kester explains how NCBA is taking a strong stand for consumers and cattle producers.
