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Policy Perspectives: Patrick Wade Discusses NASDA’s Rural Development Policies and NASS Data

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Q&A In a recent interview, NASDA Director of Public Policy Patrick Wade talks about NASDAs work on agricultural labor, pesticide rules, and rural development. For Rural Development & Financial Security, this means we support policies that work to strengthen rural economies of all backgrounds.

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Letter Supporting Rural Veterinary Workforce Act

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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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Throw Some Shade: Protecting Livestock from Heat Stress

ATTRA

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. Check out this webinar to learn more about solar grazing.

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Harmful Algal Blooms in Farm Ponds: Risks to Humans, Livestock, and Pets

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By Tammy Barnes , NCAT Agricultural Specialist Now, as we enter the hot, dry summer months, is the time to watch livestock water sources for quality. Do not let livestock loiter in ponds because they contaminate it with manure. How to Protect Livestock from Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Providing Water to Livestock in Frigid Weather

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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. Livestock waterer made from a 55-gallon barrel.

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Letter Opposing Spartz Amendment on “Checkoff” Programs

NASDA

4368, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Letter RE: Coalition Urges Opposition to Spartz Amendment (Submitted #113; Rules Print #76) to H.R.

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The Causes of Soil Compaction on Grazing Lands

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By Justin Morris In an earlier blog , we discussed what compaction is and how it negatively affects plants, soils, livestock, and even economics. Hoof impact can also cause compaction very quickly when livestock walk on wet soil either during or immediately following a rain or irrigation event. Coincidence? I don’t think so.