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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).
If everyone in the farm business owned a similar amount of business assets, worked the same number of hours, and provided management expertise, the answer to the question in the title would be very straightforward. In t
How early vaccination can help improve the health of your cattle herd.
Green Monday is an Asian start-up gaining notoriety for its anti-livestock message “to tackle climate change and global food insecurity by making low-carbon and sustainable living simple, viral and actionable.”
Protect against the devastating impact reproductive diseases can have on your operation’s success.
The 6th International Symposium on Animal Mortality Management will be held June 3-7, 2018 at the Amarillo Texas Embassy Suites.
Possibly more important than products on the tariff lists, are what’s left off of them.
A new stable fly trap, now on the market, catches more flies than the standard trap, according to a recent Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study.
When new veterinary feed directive (VFD) rules launched last year, FDA indicated they would initially focus on education, rather than penalties, to facilitate adoption and compliance.
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising its Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Program Standards to better meet the needs of both animal health officials and the cervid industry.
As cattle producers work to improve health while minimizing antibiotic use, research indicates that supplements influencing microflora in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract can improve gut health and overall immunity.
When disease outbreaks, fire or severe weather events result in high death loss among livestock, safe and sanitary carcass disposal becomes a significant challenge for producers and health officials.
Rancher works with his veterinarian to implement profitable calf-implant program.
There’s a revolution taking shape in America’s food industry—one that will greatly influence livestock production.
Help implant programs perform at greatest potential.
The Kansas Legislature hopes to encourage large-scale poultry operations within the state.
With anaplasmosis appearing to become more prevalent in some areas, cow-calf producers need awareness of clinical signs, vectors and preventive measures against death loss and abortions in their herds.