“Blackall is basically Gayndah buffel – if dieback comes, there won’t be anything there,” he said. “I think we’ve got to get on top of it before it gets there, and what we would have considered overgrazing is probably one of the management tools – chew your country down and let it recover, don’t let […]
Last year, with grant funding from the Independent Processor Assistance Program (IPAP), Nebraska awarded 62 livestock producers and meat processors grants that improved and expanded on the state’s meat processing capabilities. The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) announced this week that in 2024, it will award additional IPAP grant funds in the approximate amount of […]
The year started with a lift in lamb prices and that dearer trend appears to be holding up. Click to check the original article.
Here are the big trends emerging from the Victorian weaner sales. Click to check the original article.
Buyers at recent weaner sales are bidding with more confidence of a profit margin. Click to check the original article.
By Michael Hirtzer Severe winter weather is curtailing America’s meat production, with two of the biggest beef packers idling Kansas slaughter plants as blizzard conditions swept through the region this week. Cargill Inc.’s plant in Dodge City, Kansas, suffered a partial power outage, and 50 workers were temporarily stranded at the plant Monday due to […]
In an ongoing battle against foodborne pathogens, researchers have uncovered a promising avenue for enhancing food safety through the exploration of bacterial interactions within the food processing environment. This pivotal research centers on the interplay between Salmonella and environmental biofilms, and has significant implications for the broader field. A groundbreaking study by USDA Agricultural Research […]
On Monday, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Missouri reversed prior decisions on two Iowa state “ag-gag” laws, ruling neither is an unconstitutional restriction of free speech. The first decision issued by the three-judge panel involved a prior ruling in the Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Reynolds. In that case, the […]
By Sydney Vanderhoff, SDSU Extension Often when thinking of grazing dormant winter range, we think of spring-calving cow herds grazing prior to calving. However, let’s switch gears and think about grazing growing calves on winter range. Due to their growth requirements, growing calves need higher-quality nutrition than cows do. As a result, growing calves will […]
The changing weather is having an impact on everything from hibernating dormice to caterpillars and calves. It may only just have been the second warmest year on record (with the mean UK temperature a mere 0.06˚C cooler than 2022 at 9.97˚C), but 2023 was another indicator of an alarming trend — climate change is ‘starting […]
Mike Pearson takes a look at more legal troubles for the world’s four biggest meat packers. The meatpackers include Cargill, Tyson, JBS and National Beef who are accused of beef pricing fixing. The new year started off with a bang for America’s largest meatpackers with four lawsuits making allegations of trying to fix, stabilize, raise […]
WA's record crops are going to get bigger Click to check the original article.