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Halter Brings Virtual Fencing Technology to U.S.

Agwired

The world’s leading virtual fence company has brought its technology to U.S. Founded in New Zealand, Halter has become the world’s leading virtual fence company in revenue and volume of collars sold and is positioned to deliver its technology to the U.S. cattle ranchers.” ranchers and dairy farmers. Halter’s U.S.

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Denali Changes10 Billion Pounds of Organic Matter into Fertilizer

Agwired

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

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Bird Flu May Be Driven By This Overlooked Factor

Civil Eats

As federal officials grapple with how to contain the highly contagious strain of avian flu that has infected chickens, turkeys, and dairy cattle on farms across the U.S., a number of scientists are pointing to one factor that could be driving the spread of its virus and its spillover from wild birds to farm animals. million dairy cows.

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Animal Ag News 12/9

Agwired

Department of Agricultures (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the start of its National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS) , which builds on measures taken by USDA and federal and state partners since the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in dairy cattle was first detected in March 2024.

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Animal Ag News 4/1

Agwired

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. According to new report from CoBanks Knowledge Exchange , the historic pace of change in U.S.

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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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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.

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