Weekly livestock news for December 2: poultry exports to China, cage-free laws, hay quality
FSIS announces 172 poultry plants cleared to export to China The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
Standing horse scanner passes safety test
The University of California at Davis completed the first phase of validation of the MILE-PET, a positron emission tomography...
University of Tennessee researches invasive tick
The University of Tennessee has received a $150,000 grant to help researchers map the spread of the invasive Asian...
Weekly livestock news for November 25: USDA moves, immigration, and antibiotics
Perdue reaffirms decision to move USDA research offices Following a recent tour of the new space, Agriculture Secretary Sonny...
Officials conduct African swine fever preparedness exercise
Officials from throughout the United States gathered recently for an exercise to help them prepare for a potential domestic...
China lifts ban on U.S. poultry
China has lifted an almost 5-year-old ban on U.S. poultry. The ban went into effect in January 2015, when...
Weekly livestock news for November 18: farm aid, drones, and ASF
USDA announces $800M in hurricane aid, next round of trade aid expected in weeks Agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue announced...
Weekly livestock news for November 11: new FDA head, herd health, and chronic wasting disease
Trump nominates MD Anderson chief medical executive for top FDA post President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Stephen Hahn to...
Researchers use GIS data to track livestock disease in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania researchers are using navigational technology to help the state’s producers track diseases that could affect their herds. An...
African swine fever could kill quarter of the world’s pigs, officials say
About one-fourth of the world’s pigs could die from African swine fever, according to a global animal health leader....
