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Helping cows cope with cold stress

Cold stress increases a cow’s energy requirement and can pull down her body condition.  Thin cows can result in weak calves being born in the spring and/or poor breed up. Winter storms have already swept across the Plains, giving indications this could be a long, cold winter for cows already thin due to summer drought […]

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U.S., Chinese officials meet after first cultivated meat approval

FDA’s recent approval of cultivated chicken from Upside Foods set a positive tone for the adoption of cultivated meat and other innovative food in global markets. One month after the FDA’s approval, the AgFood Future Center of Excellence (AGF) and the Agriculture Food Partnership (AFP) co-organized an online event where, for the first time, regulatory […]

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Farm Progress America, January 2, 2023

Max Armstrong reports on an annual report looking at pesticide residues of foods for 2021 from USDA. The testing program tested more than 10,000 samples more than 90% were fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. The program also looked at corn for grain and butter and over 99% of samples tested had residues below tolerances […]

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Future still unclear for showgrounds

Despite more than six months passing since The Land reported the NSW Government was compulsory acquiring the grounds of the second longest running show society in NSW, the future of the Penrith Showgrounds is still up in the air. Click to check the original article.

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