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A major milestone in grassroots beef promotion will be recognized Thursday, Aug. 8, as the Federation of State Beef Councils celebrates its 50th anniversary. The day-long celebration will be held as part of the 2013 Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver Aug. 7-10.
Zoetis Inc., formerly the animal health business unit of Pfizer, today announced a gift of $100,000 for Salmonella research to Texas Tech University, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Department of Animal and Food Sciences. The research gift will help provide resources to better understand and describe the ecology of Salmonella in cattle populations and to discover and evaluate tools that might ultimately result in a safer food supply.
Veterinarians who transport certain controlled substances to their clients to treat or euthanize animals on agricultural operations have technically been breaking the law. A new bipartisan bill seeks to amend the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) making it legal to transport these drugs to the sites where they are needed.
Accelerated Genetics has announced John Schenk as the new vice president of operations. Schenk will oversee operations of the farm and barn, semen laboratory and semen warehouse at both Accelerated Genetics’ production facility in Westby, Wisconsin, and at the Nebraska Bull Service facility near McCook, Nebraska.
The national brand Horizon Organic is launching single-serve milk boxes of one of its products, Organic Milk with 32 mg DHA Omega-3. The company states that the new boxes are shelf-stable, requiring no refrigeration, and "provide consumers with all of the same nutritious benefits of organic DHA omega-3 milk."
This issue contains updated information about how proposed immigration reform impacts your dairy business. Most dairymen are likely pleased with the proposals in a Senate bill introduced in late April.
Officer John Bradley of the Brookline Police Department in the Boston area is the subject of a recent viral Internet photo.
During the citywide lockdown following the Boston Marathon bombing, Bradley was photographed bringing milk to a family.
According to new analysis of DHI test-day records bythe USDA’s Animal Improvement Laboratory, the averagetest-day SCC in the U.S. declined by 17,000 cells per mL in2012 to 200,000.
Note: The following commentary is based on legislative language as it was introduced and does not reflect any changes that may be made during legislative proceedings.
Dairy producers and their current employees stand to gain significant benefits from passage of a proposed immigration bill introduced in the U.S. Senate in late April.
