ATTRA

JUNE 11, 2024

By Nina Prater, NCAT Agriculture Specialist As the summer heat ramps up around the country, it’s a good time to make sure we livestock producers are protecting our animals from heat stress. In this blog, I’ll briefly cover a few ways we can keep our livestock safe in the heat. Photo: Lee Rinehart, NCAT And we can’t forget poultry!

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Western FarmPress

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Kansas Digest: HPAI risk to Kansas flocks; K-State livestock-judging champs; and new dairy product professor comes to K-State.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Bienvenue brings 30 years of experience in the pork and poultry industries to Canada Beef. Canada Beef and the Canadian Beef Check-off Agency have announced that Eric Bienvenue will join the team as incoming president effective Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Read More

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

His first batch of livestock included 25 chickens he processed for his family. He shows poultry farmers how to build feeders, shelters, feed storage containers, transports and coolers at an affordable price. At Vital Mission Farm, Siewicki planted various fruit trees around the farm with space for livestock to graze on the grasses.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The private member’s bill that aimed to prohibit any concessions to Canada’s supply managed dairy, poultry, and egg markets in future trade talks has been derailed by an amendment passed at the Senate’s foreign affairs and international trade committee.

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Food Politics

JUNE 19, 2024

The CDC says: “Mammals can be infected with H5N1 bird flu viruses when they eat infected birds, poultry, or other animals and/or if they are exposed to environments contaminated with virus. Resources USDA’s home page for bird flu in livestock. 101 herds of dairy cattle. The FDA says (as it always has ): do not drink raw milk.

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Jayson Lusk

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Here’s the abstract: “ Evidence regarding whether consumers view plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs) as substitutes or complements to animal-based meat is limited; however, the ultimate effect of increased demand for plant-based meats on poultry and livestock production depends on this relationship.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 25, 2024

This highly anticipated rule offers important clarification to longstanding USDA interpretations of competitive injury under the P&S Act, which is intended to protect livestock and poultry growers from unfair practices ,” said Billy Hackett, NSAC Policy Specialist. “

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Addressing this week’s Egg and Poultry Industry Conference in Newport, south Wales, NFU president Minette Batters said there had not been the same focus on […] The post Broiler supply chain needs investigating too, say leaders appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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ATTRA

JANUARY 16, 2024

By Linda Coffey, Margo Hale, and Dave Scott, NCAT Livestock Specialists With many parts of the country currently experiencing bitter temperatures, we’re re-posting this blog from March 2021 to offer potential livestock watering strategies for your farm during severe cold snaps. Her farm includes cattle, goats, poultry, and hogs.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

USDA also announces new efforts to support crop and livestock producers.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Livestock health and wellness can directly impact the productivity, yields, product quality, and overall safety of livestock and the community served by your farm. 6 Key Livestock Wellness Management Practices Measure & monitor the overall wellness of your herd/flock/etc. safe and well.

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Western FarmPress

JULY 15, 2024

Emergency regulations apply to dairy cattle, poultry, swine.

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Food Politics

DECEMBER 2, 2024

USDA’s Dereliction in Containing Bird Flu Could Cause Calamitous Pandemic (Part 1) An inherent conflict of interest – USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries – prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease. READ MORE The government’s inaction has allowed H5N1 to spread with remarkably little attention.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

MARCH 6, 2024

While USDA’s new livestock and poultry market final rule aims to address discrimination and promote competition, critics argue it could lead to excessive regulation and higher consumer prices.

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 22, 2023

See more: Campaign for better food labelling to protect UK farmers Pork, poultry and eggs […] The post Defra drops plans for mandatory animal welfare labelling appeared first on Farmers Weekly Under the plans, new rules would have required food products to be categorised in different tiers, depending upon method of production.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Recent discoveries of avian flu in poultry, cattle and swine prompt USDA to step up testing, public awareness.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Pennsylvania Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence has $450,000 available for projects related to poultry, swine, sheep, and goat production in the Commonwealth. Proposals must be submitted by March 21, 2024.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Ownership of small livestock species, but not aggregate livestock, is associated with an increased risk of anemia among children in Ethiopia: A propensity score matching analysis. Poultry was associated with lower anemia risk, sheep and goats with higher risk. Cheese is moderately good for you.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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).

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Civil Eats

APRIL 1, 2024

While some of Transfarmation’s farmers have laid a lot of groundwork, the path between feeding livestock and misting mushroom substrate was always bound to be muddy. The post From Livestock to Lion’s Mane, the Latest From the Transfarmation Project appeared first on Civil Eats. I see that as my role.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The final rule outlines more consistent standards for six key areas: outdoor space requirements for organic poultry, indoor and outdoor living conditions for livestock, poultry stocking density, preventative care practices, physical alterations and euthanasia, and transport, handling, and slaughter.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 27, 2024

USDA’s Organic Integrity Learning Center has a new course available on the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) final rule , published in November 2023.

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AgriLife Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

From Texas to the Outback, Texas youth experience a world of agricultural education Recently, 35 elite Texas 4-H livestock, equine and poultry ambassadors in Texas 4-H Youth Livestock and Agriculture, TYLA, traveled to Australia to explore agriculture on a more global scale.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 12, 2024

The American Veterinary Medical Association published a disaster preparedness guide that helps small farms be ready to safeguard their horses, poultry, and other farm animals in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.

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ProAg

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Senators Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) have introduced legislation to spur further research into livestock consolidation. The Livestock Consolidation Research Act would direct USDA to study the impact of consolidation on farmers and producers. Read more on livestock industry consolidation research here.

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ATTRA

JUNE 19, 2024

The Livestock Conservancy offers microgrants ranging from $500 to $2,000 for residents and organizations of the U.S. who are actively working with livestock and poultry breeds listed on the Conservation Priority List. Applications must be postmarked before August 15, 2024.

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ATTRA

JUNE 25, 2024

USDA announced a new Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposed rule that would tackle longstanding challenges around interpretations of unfairness and competitive injury for the livestock, meat, and poultry sectors.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – At today’s National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2024 Annual Meeting , the Animal Agriculture Policy Committee hosted a panel focusing on recent outbreaks of H5 influenza in poultry and dairy populations and its impacts on “secure” plans for the livestock sector.

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ATTRA

MARCH 8, 2024

Individuals (including farmers), businesses, agricultural cooperatives, nonprofits, educational institutions, local units of government, or tribal governments that intend to be or are engaged with livestock slaughter or processing are eligible for the MPEM Grant.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Running a livestock operation? Whether it's a cattle ranch, a dairy goat farm, a chicken poultry business, or anything in between, can be a complex and demanding task. This all-in-one platform is designed to help you efficiently manage every facet of your livestock business, regardless of the types of animals you raise.

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ATTRA

APRIL 9, 2024

Indiana Department of Agriculture (ISDA) began accepting applications April 1, 2024, for the Indiana Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program , a $15 million revolving loan program that assists small and very small Indiana meat and poultry packers and processors with access to affordable capital for meat expansion projects.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The Protecting Livestock Grant Program , also referred to as the Protect Grant, offers one-time competitive grants of up to $10,000 and requires a 50% match. While all types of livestock operations are eligible to apply, priority consideration will be given to those who produce cervids, poultry and ratites.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 21, 2024

While cultivated meat may hold promise for producing more humane and socially sustainable protein, it may also help solve some of the negative environmental impacts of industrial livestock production. And according to a report on human appropriation of land and food, poultry has a feed efficiency rate of 13 percent, pork 8.8

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Examples of these investments are the Meat and Poultry Programs (MP programs), such as the Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG), Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) and Intermediary Lending Program (MPILP) which have helped smaller plants scale up or prepare themselves for federal inspection utilizing different sized grants and loans.

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NASDA

JUNE 15, 2023

Dozens of countries have already approved these feed ingredients and those farmers and ranchers are safely using these products, yielding results that improve animal production and well-being, diminish pre-harvest food safety concerns, and boost sustainability opportunities for dairy, livestock and poultry farmers. Kalmbach Feeds Inc.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 2, 2023

But as any poultry farmer knows, ducklings don’t stay small for long. Finally, as people returned to work after the lockdown restrictions eased, entire flocks of poultry were given up to shelters. But the pandemic impulse purchases didn’t stop with poultry. The most common animals surrendered to farm sanctuaries are poultry.

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