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Letter to USDA Regarding H5N1 Outbreak in Dairy Cattle

NASDA

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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Opinion: Farm Forward’s Investigation Into Alexandre Farms and the Greenwashing of Large-scale Dairy

Modern Farmer

Many labels that guarantee humane treatment of farm animals (e.g., If this is the case of animal welfare labeling, consumers are right to be concerned that it is likely true of “green” labeling as well, particularly for the dairy industry, which is one of the most environmentally intensive industries on Earth.

Farming 104
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The FDA Is Still Not Tracking How Farms Use Antibiotics

Civil Eats

Researchers see the potential overuse of those antibiotics in agriculture as a key driver of antibiotic resistance—but they’ve often struggled to access basic information about how many animals are receiving the drugs, for what purpose, and for how long. Now, the deadline is approaching. The data is at the feed mills.

Farming 124
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Letter Supporting Rural Veterinary Workforce Act

NASDA

Passage of the bill will also help each state address its needs for public practice veterinarians (food safety, public health, epidemiology, pathology, molecular diagnostics, virology, toxicology, immunology, bacteriology, serology, foreign animal disease preparedness, and livestock infectious diseases).

Ruralism 130
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WILD SCIENCE FICTION

The Lunatic Farmer

This means that by 2030, modern food products will be higher quality and cost less than half as much to produce as the animal-derived products they replace. The impact of this disruption on industrial animal farming will be profound. will have fallen by 50 percent and the cattle farming industry will be all but bankrupt.

Science 79
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Leather Companies Can Play a Critical Role in Stopping Deforestation

Food Tank

Credible traceability of cattle back to the farm of origin ensures that companies know where the animal has come from and how it was produced, including with practices that are more responsible and do not contribute to deforestation, conversion, or illegality. Traceability and transparency are core to this vision.

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What’s in a Name? Food Labels, Explained

Modern Farmer

Some of the terms used on food labels are official certifications, enforced by the USDA or a nonprofit entity, and the presence of the certification means that the farming operation has been verified in some way for compliance. Farms must provide proof to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service of free-range conditions.

Food 99