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Monday, May 20, 2013
MSD Animal Health Announce New Vaccinator RangeGLOBAL - MSD Animal Health has launched a new range of high quality, reliable vaccination equipment to help sheep and cattle producers administer its portfolio of leading farm animal vaccines as effectively, cleanly and safely as possible....
House Ag Committee Approves Farm BillUS - The House Agriculture Committee has approved the Farm Bill, including significant savings and reforms. ...
Philippines Exports Corn Feed Silage to South KoreaPHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture in partnership with corn industry groups recently sent an initial shipment of 24 metric tons (MT) of corn feed silage for cattle to Busan, South Korea. ...
Foot and Mouth Detection Improved Through Cell Line DiscoveryUS - Agriculture Research Service Scientists have developed a new cell line that rapidly and accurately detects the foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus. ...
Government Initiated Milk Quality Investigation ECUADOR – Government food safety groups have begun a milk quality investigation after 17,000 litres of milk failed to meet quality standard INEN 9 in Guayaquil last week....
Exercise Caution Over Anaplasmosis When Restocking HerdsUS - With cattle producers restocking herds in certain parts of Texas following drought, experts are urging ranchers to be mindful of bovine anaplasmosis, an infectious disease that can be transmitted among cattle by blood....
Friday, May 17, 2013
Dry Period Heat Stress Affects Calves TooHeat Stress not only affects lactating and gestating heifers but can compromise calf development through lower birth weights and reduced immunity, researchers have discovered....
Effluent Pond Design Course Progressing Slurry StorageNEW ZEALAND – Designers and contractors are being kept abreast of slurry storage options by an effluent pond building course that is rapidly gathering momentum....
MLA: Weekly Cattle SummaryAUSTRALIA - This report is a collection of weekly cattle price summaries from each Australian territory by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA)....
Beef and Dairy Cattle Receive More Funding Per HeadSPAIN – The Spanish Federation of Select Livestock (FEAGAS) has announced headage payment increases for cattle grown to produce premium beef and milk sold under ‘Denominación de Origen’ labelling....
Official Laboratories To Issue Dicyandiamide Certification on PowderSRI LANKA - Companies importing milk powder must obtain official laboratory certification to prove their products are free of dicyandiamide (DCD), the Health Ministry has announced. ...
'Steady as She Goes' Budget Gets ApprovalNEW ZEALAND - The government farm financing package 'Budget 2013' has been welcomed by Federated Farmers of New Zealand who have called it a 'steady as she goes affair'....
Anantapur Fodder Crisis Means Slaughter of Pregnant CowsINDIA – Government fodder schemes to help sustain starving cattle during the summer heat have not materialised resulting in pregnant cattle being sent for slaughter in Karnataka....
February Figures Show Another 3000 TB CullingsUK – Another 6,000 cattle have been slaughtered due to tuberculosis so far in 2013, new Defra figures have shown....
NFU President: Challenge MPs on CAPUK - NFU President Peter Kendall has stressed there are five key points farmers should raise with their MPs to ensure English farmers are not disadvantaged against their colleagues in Europe – or in neighbouring parts of the UK. ...
Philippines Agriculture, Fisheries Grows 3.3 Per Cent in Q1 2013PHILIPPINE - The Philippine agriculture industry grew by 3.3 per cent in the first three months of 2013, as all four subsectors — crops, fishery, poultry and livestock — posted respective increases, grossing a total of P352.5 billion at current prices....
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Drought-Hit Farmers Given National Parks LifelineAUSTRALIA - Proposed changes to legislation allowing temporary grazing on selected properties and National Parks until the end of the year may save the lives of more than 25,000 cattle affected by severe drought in the western reaches of the state....
OIE: New FMD Outbreak Results in Quarantine MeasuresKAZAKHSTAN – Quarantine measures have been imposed in the east of the country following the confirmation of a foot and mouth disease outbreak in the village of Akshoka....
Farmers Must Invest and Register CattleUKRAINE – Farmers wondering whether to tag and register cattle have been told by State Veterinary Services that the cost is less than $33 a head. ...
Positive Discussion on Key CAP Reform IssuesIRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has welcomed what he described as a positive and useful discussion with his Member State colleagues on three elements of the CAP reform package on which there are clearly divergent...
Indigenous Communities to Get FMD HelpBRAZIL – Indigenous farmers in the Roraima region are to benefit from a foot and mouth vaccination scheme worth £253,000....
NFU Outlines Farm Bill Priorities for House Committee on AgricultureUS - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson sent a letter to members of the US House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, outlining priorities, such as funding programmes, research and farmer protection, ahead of the scheduled 2013...
OIE Reports Another FMD Outbreak in XinjiangCHINA - The Chinese veterinary authorities have reported another outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Xinjiang affecting cattle populations....
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Producer Groups Oppose Supply Management After Quota RemovalEUROPE – European Parliament negotiators have been urged to reconsider proposals that could see milk supply management continuing post 2015....
Farmers Urge House Negotiators to Leave Supply Management AloneUS - Wisconsin’s Dairy Business Association (DBA) has written to House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders, urging them to support margin insurance for dairy farmers without tying it to a supply management programme....
Respond to Poor Spring Temperatures With Appropriate Fertiliser PlanUK - The abnormally low soil temperatures earlier in the year have not only affected grass growth, but have also led to a poorer than anticipated response to nitrogen (N), making it essential to for farmers to review their nutrient management plans, according...
Survey Suggests Rural Economy 'Spiralling Towards Recession'UK - Rising unemployment, shrinking profits and plummeting confidence in countryside businesses has thrown the rural economy to the brink of a further recession, according to a new survey by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and Smiths Gore....
NFU Outlines Farm Bill Priorities for SenateUS - Ahead of Tuesday’s scheduled markup, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry highlighting NFU’s official stance on amendments to the 2013 Farm Bill....
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