Decision Making Crucial in High Milk Price Year
19:51 | 07/11/2019
Farmers looking to take advantage of the high farmgate milk prices this season are being challenged by ongoing cost pressures and a dry weather outlook.
Zoetis and Texas A&M University to Develop Vaccines for Transboundary and Emerging Animal Diseases
20:06 | 01/11/2019
Zoetis has signed an agreement with Texas A&M University’s Health Science Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) to establish a facility to accelerate the development of transboundary and emerging disease vaccines -- including those for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), a virus that can cause serious illness in cattle, pigs and sheep.
Tropical Grass Genetic Breakthrough Helps Develop Climate-friendly Cattle Farms
20:03 | 01/11/2019
The discovery of genes responsible for a sexual reproduction in a tropical grass may reduce the environmental impacts of cattle farming.
Australia's State of the Industry Red Meat Report 2019 Released
22:45 | 28/10/2019
As the world’s largest sheepmeat and goatmeat exporter, and third largest beef exporter behind Brazil and India, Australia consistently exports more than 65% of its red meat production to overseas markets. That’s according to the Australian red meat and livestock industry State of the Industry Report 2019, released by the Red Meat Advisory Council (RMAC).
Research: Insight into Infections Found in the Noses of Healthy Cattle
22:42 | 28/10/2019
New research led by academics at the University of Bristol Veterinary and Medical Schools used the 'One Health' approach to study three bacterial species in the noses of young cattle and found the carriage of the bacteria was surprisingly different.
Researchers Studying Precision Ranching in US Southwest
21:20 | 21/10/2019
Precision ranching is a focus of a new coordinated agricultural project led by New Mexico State University, NMSU, in collaboration with Texas A&M AgriLife Research in Amarillo.
New online tool to manage biosecurity risks for dairy farmers
21:16 | 21/10/2019
Dairy farmers now have access to a new online tool to build their skills and adapt their management approach to biosecurity risks.
Scotland's Cattle Herd in Decline, Sheep Recovering in 2019
21:28 | 15/10/2019
The number of cattle in Scotland has now hit a 60-year low, according to the June survey data released by the Scottish Government.
Nominations Open for US Dairy Sustainability Awards
22:25 | 02/10/2019
The Innovation Center for US Dairy, which brings the dairy community together to advance a shared social responsibility platform, is accepting nominations for the ninth annual US Dairy Sustainability Awards.
Fiji Continues to Lose Cattle to TB: Industry Official
20:45 | 17/09/2019
FIJI - Despite an increase in milk production in Fiji, a senior industry official says cattle continue to be lost to tuberculosis (TB).