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The time-tested relationship between the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has been built on collaboration in a shared mission of expanding agriculture exports.
The “bright spot” that FAS sees in the form of increased red meat exports and jobs creation is an important measurement of success, according to FAS Administrator Suzanne Heinen. “FAS and USMEF have a strong partnership, and a partnership that works,” said Heinen in her address to USMEF’s membership recently at the organization’s board of directors meeting in New Orleans.
A voluntary, standardized testing method for aflatoxin is bringing consistency to the Texas grain industry, according to officials.Until recently, grain elevators had no uniform method for sampling and testing corn for aflatoxin and no certainty the results were accurate, officials said.
That’s a problem for the Texas grain industry, said Glen Jones, director of research, education and policy development for Texas Farm Bureau.
The beef checkoff hosted a steak immersion and educational event at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, California, to help educate decision makers from more than 30 major U.S. foodservice operators, major retail chains and the top U.S. packers.
Because rising food prices and reduced beef supply are causing foodservice operators to rethink their menus, the event aimed to inform operators on the versatility and selling power of beef.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced yesterday that the world’s first molecular foot-and-mouth (FMD) vaccine has been granted conditional license for use in cattle by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB).
Developed at DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), this is the first licensed FMD vaccine that can be manufactured on the U.S. mainland. “The important capability of this vaccine compared with other foot-and-mouth disease vaccines that have been developed in the past is that it can be manufactured on the mainland in the United States because it does not contain live FMD virus,” said PIADC Director Dr. Larry Barrett.
Nankervis Enterprises recently introduced the NVD System to enhance channel and pond sediment control in feedlots. It is designed to deposit sludge/manure in conveyance channels before it reaches the ponds.
Animal scientist Temple Grandin likes to have all the facts at hand before she speaks up.
Having taken some time to study the controversy over lean, finely-trimmed beef, she recently spoke with The Washington Post in support of LFTB.
Grandin told the Post, "It should be on the market. It should be labeled. We should not be throwing away that much beef.”
Woodstream Corporation, a global manufacturer of animal control products including FiShock, Zareba and ElectroBraid brand of electronic containment systems that provide safe, economical alternatives to barbed wire fencing, now offers a Sectional Copper Ground Rod Kit that is easy to install and transport. Conventional grounding rods are usually six to eight feet long, making them difficult to transport and install.
Novartis Animal Health released a new app designed specifically for U.S. cattle veterinarians and producers.
The Novartis Cattle Vaccine Literature Library app provides fast and convenient access to over 50 product brochures, technical bulletins, journal articles and other reference tools that focus on cattle health management.
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