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The National Milk Producers Federation has joined the Center for Food Integrity and the U.S. pork sector to jointly launch “See It? Stop It! Animal care starts with you,” a proactive demonstration of agriculture’s commitment to farm animal care.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced March 21 that the USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, has confirmed bovine tuberculosis in the lymph nodes of a Saginaw County dairy cow identified during slaughter surveillance.
Willis Programs, a specialty business unit of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has introduced a customized insurance solution for dairy operations. DairyProtector is designed for dairy farms with cows producing raw milk for bulk sales.
Pittsburgh officials are using a $50,000 urban redevelopment grant to create a "dairy district'' around a historic family-owned business; Colteryahn Dairy has been in business for 126 years.
Officials are decreasing the water supply this year because of dry winter conditions. The Bureau of Reclamation said that agricultural contractors on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley will receive a water allocation of 20 percent of requested deliveries, a 5 percent decrease from the allocation announced last month.
Last week, passage of legislation averted a government shutdown that could have severely affected the beef industry. The House approved a $984 billion package that includes a provision directing $55 million toward the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
My great-great-grandfather fought for the Confederacy.
I realize that’s not a popular thing to confess. It’s easy to throw our past into the dustbin of history if it clashes with modern taste and propriety.
But for Durham Hall Smith there’s a legacy reaffirming what unites our country rather than what divided it.
Your February article by Heather Smith Thomas (“The three P’s in a calving 911”) quoted veterinarian Robert Callan, who says a prolapsed uteruses is a one-time event.
That’s the first time I’ve heard this. In over 50 years in the business, I’ve been told to cull those cows and their offspring, and that a prolapsed uterus is from a genetic defect in the muscle tone of the animal. —Ed from Wyoming
