Editorial Blog
In a world where more and more young people are glued to electronic devices and missing out on community, FFA offers connection, hands-on learning and adult mentors to invest in their lives.
Some 13 years later, tensions remain high over America’s beef checkoff, with a new legal challenge that seeks to deliver a crippling blow to the state beef councils in 15 states.
A virtual FFA community can only fill the gap so far. I am grateful FFA has found solutions during the pandemic, but I believe the things FFA members have missed drive home the reasons why FFA is so important today.
Popular furors that ignore science – and even simple logic – places science-deniers at their own peril. So it is with critics of beef production.
We’ve all seen the headlines over the years, and some very recent, about professional dissatisfaction and burnout among veterinarians.
The speed fake meat products capture market share from the real stuff is dependent on money from investors. So what advice does an investment pro offer?
While rabies remains one of the most threatening zoonotic diseases worldwide, vaccination has greatly reduced the incidence of infection among pets, livestock and even wildlife.
I love the 4th of July because it’s an annual reminder of the sacrifices made by the founding fathers – and all past and current service men and women – that we may live free, eat bacon, and sue our neighbors.
The founder of Impossible Foods says “cows aren’t getting any better at making meat.” He needs to take a closer look at his competition.
If you think it’s been wet lately, NASA and the National Weather Service (NWS) agree.
Traders who bet against Beyond Meat in its IPO have lost $150 million. Analysts now think a partnership with a big American burger chain is looming.
Will Royal baby Archie be raised vegan? Reports say the British Queen - Archie’s great-grandmother, “won’t have it.”
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 75% of emerging infectious diseases of people are zoonotic.
The complex challenges of addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) make it a prototypical “One-Health” issue, according to five new papers published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Are lab-cultured meats really more sustainable than the real thing?
Through the history of the beef quality assurance (BQA) initiative, we’ve known the effort would never be “finished,” but instead would require continuous improvement and discovery of new methods or practices.
Noting the importance of keeping the use of antimicrobials as low as possible without compromising health, three international veterinary organizations have issued a statement regarding judicious use in food animals.
During its recent annual conference, the U.S. Animal Health Association (USAHA) discussed the need for improved traceability across the U.S. cattle marketing chain.
These days, long-term viability in animal agriculture requires identifying and capitalizing on efficiencies, while also conserving resources, protecting animal welfare and ensuring food safety and public health.
In March 2017, the Starbuck Fire cause catastrophic damage across western Kansas. It could not, however, harm the spirit, generosity and resilience of the agricultural and rural community.
Depending on how you perceive it, animal disease traceability is either an idea that’s too important to abandon in spite of all the complications, or a nuisance that just refuses to die.
Veterinarians will, over the next five years, become more involved in overseeing the use of all forms of medically important antimicrobials used in livestock.
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?
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.
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.
Does xanthan gum, a synthetic substance, disqualify Tyson’s 100% All Natural Batter Dipped Chicken Tenders as “all natural?”