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Over the past year, the invasive longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) has spread to at least nine states after first appearing in New Jersey.
On August 29, the USDA’s National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) received a Regional Partnership Award for its role in the development of bird and mammal repellents to protect agricultural crops and property.
Based on past history and international agreements, this atypical case should not affect beef exports or our negligible-risk status with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
What if we could not only reduce carbon emissions from cattle production, but also redirect that carbon toward animal growth, and more beef production per unit of input?
While many ranchers prioritize calving ease in their genetic selection, differences in measurement and prediction tools can cause some confusion.
Much of the western U.S. is also experiencing drought. But Missouri is the only Midwestern state with such severe conditions with suffering corn crops and hay in short supply for cattle.
Winter feeding in wild elk herds in Wyoming generally provides economic benefits, but if chronic wasting disease (CWD) enters the picture, those benefits could dry up, according to a University of Wyoming study.
No one is sure how the Longhorned tick, native to East Asia, arrived in the country, nor how it made its way to the middle of the continent. It was recently discovered in northwest Arkansas.
The issue of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and other cervids continues to worry stakeholders including hunters, deer farmers and businesses that generate revenue from deer hunting and related activities.
Even in human health, use of dietary supplements requires somewhat of a leap of faith.
Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) would like to remind Texas veterinarians to be vigilant and proactive as they observe and collect ticks on small and large animals.
IHOP, a breakfast joint known for its pancakes, is now going into the burger battle, rebranding its iconic logo to IHOB.
America’s illegal lemonade stand industry operates under-the-radar of local authorities, popping up one day and gone the next. Prices are unregulated and authorities have mostly given up trying to collect sales taxes.
For only the second time in more than a century, Montana’s LF Ranch is up for sale. Bozeman’s Swan Land Company announced the listing of the 42,400-acre ranch, offered at $52.5 million.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is publishing a final environmental impact statement (EIS) that discusses how to continue to protect U.S. livestock from cattle fever ticks.
Student, advisers taking research from lab to marketplace.
Does xanthan gum, a synthetic substance, disqualify Tyson’s 100% All Natural Batter Dipped Chicken Tenders as “all natural?”
Demand for organic ingredients have pushed vanilla prices higher—a conundrum if you’re committed to natural and organic food, yet realize vanilla is produced in Third World countries by people making pennies a day.
The Anaplasma marginale pathogen presents diagnostic challenges in the field and in the laboratory.
Veterinarians can help clients integrate fly control into an overall herd-health program.
The simulation exercise, named Agriculture Response Management and Resources (ARMAR), will take place in the continental United States from 8 to 10 May 2018.
While we applaud the court’s dressing-down of PETA, we must recognize the influence they and other like-minded groups have cast on consumers.
What would P.T. Barnum say today? Every day brings news that there really is a sucker born every minute.
There are several opportunities to increase both feed efficiency and weight gain with creep feeds.
A $382,800 federal grant will fund research to identify the impacts of prenatal stress on beef cattle DNA, white blood cells, other tissue and subsequent changes in genetics related to temperament.
Mankind’s relationship with cattle dates to times before recorded history.
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has authorized the movement of a modified, non-infectious version of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) virus from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to the U.S. mainland.
Ongoing drought and wildfires have cattle ranchers in at least five Southwestern U.S. states scrambling for hay or pastureland, while others are selling off some of their herds.
We’ve learned a lot about animal welfare over the past 20 years, but opportunities for continued improvement remain, according to a new report from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST).
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