FMD NEWS: More Chinese Cattle Hit By FMD
GLOBAL - Keep up-to-date with Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks across the world.

Preventing Spoilage In Cheese
UK - Late-blowing in cheese is a significant problem, especially in the manufacture of hard or semi-hard cheeses. Spoilage and loss of product contributes to wastage in the food chain and decreases efficiency.

Rift Valley Fever Threatens Botswana
BOTSWANA - Back in June, there was an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Botswana's goat, sheep and cattle populations.

FDA Seeks Order Against Michigan Dairy
US - The US Department of Justice, on behalf of the US Food and Drug Administration, has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against Scenic View Dairy of Hamilton, Michigan, its president, and three of its managers alleging that they sold dairy...

Competing To Be The Top Dairy Farmer
IRELAND - Eleven dairy farms in eight counties and representing eight co-ops have been shortlisted for a visit by the national judging panel in the 2010 National Dairy Council Quality Milk Awards – the competition which sets out to identify and reward...

Wet, Muddy Conditions Can Lead To Lameness
US - Muddy, wet conditions produce lameness in dairy herds that can lead to production losses, lower fertility, and greater culling rates.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Study: Agri-Food Industry’s View on Animal Cloning
IRELAND - The sale of food from cloned animals and their offspring is legal in the USA. The US Food and Drug Administration in 2008 stated that such products were indistinguishable from those of non-cloned animals.

Lameness In Ruminants Addressed In NZ
NEW ZEALAND - The 16th Symposium and 8th Conference on lameness in ruminants will be held in New Zealand between 28th February and 3rd March 2011.

No Bull - The Importance Of Free TB Testing
NEW ZEALAND - The Animal Health Board (AHB) is reminding farmers to ensure service bulls are tested for bovine tuberculosis (TB) before they arrive on the farm. The AHB provides a TB test at no cost to the farmer for all bulls aged over 12 months that...

Standard For Sustainable Cattle Production Systems
GENERAL - The Standard for Sustainable Cattle Production Systems, a tool that will help cattle farmers implement good environmental, social and animal-welfare practices and enable them to voluntarily apply for the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal of...

Make Good Breeding Decisions This Autumn
UK - Use the Profitable Lifetime Index (PLI) to support your semen buying decisions for autumn and you'll be well on the way to improving the poorest traits in your herd and increasing your profits, says DairyCo geneticist Marco Winters.

Cattle Producers Rally Against GIPSA Rule
COLORADO, US - Beef and pork producers rallied against USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) proposed federal rule on the buying and selling of livestock at a public meeting held in Fort Collins, Colorado, on 27 August....

Lowering The Cost Of Hot Water On Dairy Farms
IRELAND - A new energy research project at the Teagasc Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, aims to reduce the Irish dairy farmers’ electricity consumption and hence their carbon footprint.

International Workshop On Dairy Science
PAKISTAN - An international workshop on dairy science will be held in Peshawar, Pakistan on 18th-20th October. The workshop will look at developing a hub of dairy enterprises in three flood affected regions of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province through partnership...

U of I Dairy Courses Offer Opportunities
US - Solid academic research, real-world experiences, and interaction with dairy professionals are three reasons why Ernie Crouzer chose to obtain an accredited dairy certificate from the University of Illinois.

2010 Western Canadian Grazing Conference
CANADA - The 2010 edition of the Western Canadian Grazing Conference will be held December 1-2, 2010, in Vermilion.

Canadian Cattle Back In Columbia
CANADA - After ten years of trade restrictions, Canadian breeding cattle are back in Columbia.

Govt Needs Positive Outcome of Nitrates Review
IRELAND - Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) President John Bryan has said that the outcome of the nitrates review has the potential to make or break the Government’s Food Harvest 2020 growth strategy for the agri-food sector, which is essential to national...

CAST Publishes Sustainability Report
US - The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has published the proceedings of its symposium on sustaining animal agriculture.