Food Politics

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For starters, the irony : A climate-change conference in an oil-rich state The head of the conference publicly states “ there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels.” COP-28, the UN’s climate change conference is happening in Dubai, right now. I’m trying to make sense of it.

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NASDA

JUNE 6, 2024

Sincerely, Blayne Arthur President, NASDA Secretary Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry Charles Hatcher, D.V.M. Director, Public Policy (571) 447-5324 RJ.Karney@nasda.org Sender: NASDA President Blayne Arthur NASDA Animal Agriculture Committee Chair Charles Hatcher, D.V.M.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The dairy checkoff has launched the Dairy Conservation Navigator , an online resource hub designed to provide farm advisors, stakeholders and conservation professionals with science-based information on sustainable farming practices and technologies.

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AgriLife Today

AUGUST 30, 2024

Veterinary diagnostician to continue service to animal agriculture in new role The post Thompson named Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Canyon resident director appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 6, 2023

“He said, ‘I’ll help you with school, but my one stipulation is that you cannot take any animal science classes. Be a poet, do whatever, just no animal science.’ It had been such a bad run of finances that he said to just get out,” says Wahl.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 4, 2024

AGCO Corporation , a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, celebrated the grand opening of the AGCO Technician Training Center at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The National Institute for Animal Agriculture will host the 13th Annual Antibiotics Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia from November 7-9, 2023. Kylie Konyn, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who is majoring in dairy science, has earned the 2023-24 Loper scholarship. Advancing Animal Agriculture.”

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Sincerely, National Organizations American Veterinary Medical Association American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition American Animal Hospital Association American Association of Avian Pathologists American Association of Bovine Practitioners American Association of Equine Practitioners American Association of (..)

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Agwired

JUNE 18, 2024

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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Agwired

JANUARY 2, 2024

Over 500 international animal ag tech leaders will engage in business critical discussions on implementing climate-smart farming practices, extracting the most value from animals through PLF platforms, and investigating the right funding models for innovators in the meat and dairy sectors. Poultry & Egg Harold E.

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Agwired

MARCH 4, 2024

The Animal Agriculture Alliance announced the opening of registration for its 2024 Stakeholders Summit, themed “Ready, Set, Solve! Advancing Animal Agriculture.” The technology was designed by researchers in Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Department of Animal Sciences.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Without NPPC’s leadership and science-based voice in these discussions, by 2030, the UN could have implemented a 30 percent global on-farm reduction in antimicrobials, as well as limits on the use of certain antibiotics in animal agriculture. According to the U.S. The leader in intelligent nutrition, Novus International, Inc. ,

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

15 and winning teams will be recognized at the American Dairy Science Association’s annual meeting in June. The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2023 College Aggies Online (CAO) program kicks off on September 11. The competition seeks innovative dairy product concepts and is open to undergraduate and graduate students in the U.S.

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Agwired

JANUARY 16, 2024

The third class participating in the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders has been selected and will convene for their first session in Chicago in February 2024. No registration necessary! It’s open to members and non-members.

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Agwired

AUGUST 21, 2023

Established in 2007, the scholarship recognizes outstanding graduate students pursuing careers in meat science and animal agriculture. The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2023 College Aggies Online (CAO) program kicks off on September 11, beginning with a dairy theme during week one. Farr Scholarship program.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Part of the problem is that we can only test for about 70 of these 14,000,” said Kyla Bennett, director of Science Policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), in a recent Food & Water Watch webinar. “So, A report from FoodPrint says that agricultural land across the country could be compromised.

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Food Tank

JULY 19, 2024

When his agriculture professors taught about conventional hog production, he would ask questions like, “What about letting these animals get outside a little bit?” These big universities, the agricultural departments are pretty much paid off by Big Agriculture,” says Roberts.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

Agricultural engineers must be skilled in soil science, physics and chemistry as well as computer modeling techniques. Agricultural Scientists and Researchers If science was your best subject in school and you have a passion for agriculture, a career as an agricultural scientist or researcher might be right for you.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The documentary includes interviews with experts in agriculture and environmental science, farmers and others to look at the complex and often surprising ways in which cattle impact our world and Lyons says they hope that combined with the website WorldWithoutCows.com it will have an impact.

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Agwired

JUNE 24, 2024

The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) has released the white paper from the 13th Annual Antibiotics Symposium – Thriving in a Changing Landscape.

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Agwired

JANUARY 17, 2024

His expertise working with both primary producers and industry leaders in the animal protein value chain combined with his agricultural data analysis experience will complement the world-class animal protein team.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Beisly holds a Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Missouri.

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Agwired

JULY 24, 2023

After a yearlong search, Purdue Animal Sciences has selected Hattie Duncan to lead its livestock judging team as well as the department’s newly formed livestock judging program. Duncan is a Wingate, Indiana, native who was raised on a Hereford cattle farm. Brady Janzen, a partner of Riverview, LLP in Morris, Minn.,

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Agwired

JULY 29, 2024

an animal health company that aims to improve the success rates of embryo transfer (ET) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) for cattle producers, announces a partnership with SMART Reproduction earning the team a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant. EmGenisys, Inc. ,

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Civil Eats

MAY 22, 2024

However, the overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture is one activity that has driven the development of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In fact, across agriculture, more ionophores are given to animals than any other antibiotic. In the U.S.,

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Agwired

APRIL 8, 2024

These scholarships are merit-based and open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at an accredited university who are majoring in animal, meat, poultry, or food sciences; enrolled in a culinary arts program; or are interested in pursuing a career in the meat industry. Simplot Animal Sciences announced Samuel G.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences awarded Nicolas DiLorenzo one of two grants totaling $10 million to reduce livestock methane emissions. DiLorenzo’s grant is for $5 million and focuses on reducing the amount of methane cows produce.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Dr. Karcher is an associate professor of animal sciences at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and an adjunct associate professor of animal sciences at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Darrin Karcher as the recipient of the annual Dr. Charles Beard Research Excellence Award.

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Agwired

JUNE 7, 2024

Rodney Johnson has been named associate dean for research and director of the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His appointment will begin on June 16, 2024, pending approval by the Board of Trustees.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

universities with Poultry Science departments and 20 other institutions with industry-related programs. consumers have shifted away from margarine and reduced fat dairy foods over the last decade as nutritional science surrounding saturated fats has evolved.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Experimental lines of field corn developed by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists will usher in new commercial hybrids offering high-methionine grain.

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Agwired

MARCH 18, 2024

The farmer-funded National Dairy Council (NDC) organized the meeting, titled “Undercover Nutrition: A Symposium Decrypting Food and Dairy Matrix Science,” in Washington D.C., In response to growing domestic and international demand, Phibro Animal Health Corporation is expanding its manufacturing facility to support Animate.

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Agwired

JUNE 3, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences Hunger Solutions Institute (HSI) through a program named Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Projects. Representative Pete Aguilar (CA-33) was in attendance. The Add Milk! program is made possible by a $3 million cooperative agreement between the U.S.

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Agwired

AUGUST 14, 2023

Wei Liao, a professor in MSU’s Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and the director of MSU’s Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Center, led a demonstration workshop July 19 showcasing the novel research linking dairy operations to the auto industry.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2024

Concentrated animal agriculture is high in emissions because of things such as improper manure management and land used to grow feed. The United Nations, the Science Based Targets Initiative , and others are reaching a shared, science-backed understanding of what “net zero” can mean in the corporate world.

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Agwired

JANUARY 7, 2025

This year’s topic will be “Effectively Communicating Sound Science and the Value of Animal Agriculture to Society.” This program introduces attendees to a group of outstanding students from international and domestic agriculture colleges and universities.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Some of these stories are familiar now, but Easter finds the details that make them come alive and unpacks the science with the panache of a storyteller. Culinary history, science, and ingredient notes enrich the reading, but the real joy of this book rests in the cooking.

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