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Letter Dear Secretary Vilsack, We appreciate the ongoing efforts of your agency to respond to the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle, especially the opportunity to regularly meet with you and your team to share information and concerns. We implore the agency to release guidance and financial support to dairy cattle auction barns and markets.
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Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced new actions to reduce burdens on the U.S. New data from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is beginning to shed light on the impact of beef and dairy crossbred cattle on the beef supply chain. The National Cattlemens Beef Association (NCBA) thanked the U.S.
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billion pounds of food waste of which more than 75% was recycled into organic, nutrient-rich animal feed or made into customized formulations to address specific dietary concerns of cattle. The report also notes the company collected 1.7 According to US EPA calculations, converting 1.3
Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The largest cattle industry event of the year will be held in the heart of Music City, home of honky-tonks, history and hearty food. Attend a Stockmanship & Stewardship event this year to experience premier cattle industry education.
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Department of Agricultures Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP). food and agricultural products. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the second round of states coming on board as part of its National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS) that was launched Dec.
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Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association announced registration for the 2024 Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo taking place March 22-24, 2024 in downtown Fort Worth opened Jan. AgTech Insight is delighted to support the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit on March 18-19, 2024.
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The National Institute for AnimalAgriculture (NIAA) will begin accepting nominations for the fourth Cohort of the Advanced Training for AnimalAgriculture Leaders. Members of the program work together on applied-learning, small-group capstone projects, which will incorporate topics of interest in animalagriculture.
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Dairy Forage Research Center in partnership with UW–Madison CALS, the new facility and its associated buildings will house robotic milking systems, chambers for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, an advanced animal nutrition unit and state-of-the-art laboratories for agronomy and dairy science, as well as offices and a visitor center.
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where over 170 attendees gathered to hear the latest ingredient, weather and market forecasts and discuss the ways this unique industry segment factors into cattle producers’ sustainability objectives. agriculture and global food and renewable energy systems. EPA and the universities will host the conference Nov.
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