You remember the bell curve – a common distribution of values. If you’re taking a poll, you chart the responses and the resulting chart resembles a bell shape with most responses falling within the “middle ground” or “top” of the bell. The bell creates down-sloped curves at either end of the continuum where extreme responses fall, representing the less common values or deviations.

The fourth International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare is scheduled for July 16-18 in Ames, Iowa, at Iowa State University. Since 2008, the International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare has recognized animal welfare issues around the world.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed plan to expand the definition of “waters of the U.S.” under the Clean Water Act, will be subject to a longer comment period set to end Oct. 20, 2014.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted livestock haulers a one-year exemption to new rules requiring a 30-minute rest break for driving shifts.

Animal welfare and well-being are phrases that have become common in animal agriculture, mainly due to the fact that consumers are becoming increasingly concerned with where their food comes from.

With beef in short supply and prices rising drastically, the beef industry is starting to get a little help … from the dairy industry, according to Richard Williams, ABS Global general manager for North America.

Sophomore at University of Wisconsin – Madison Marketing Intern with Agri-Nutrition Consulting LLC Deforest, Wisconsin

Sue Puffenbarger National Account Sales Manager Land O’Lakes Animal Milk Products Wirtz, Virginia

Now available from CowKühlerZ is The Reub, a temperature humidity (THI) controller, for its water-cooling system.