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FAO, OIE kickstart global initiative to stop the spread of African Swine Fever
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are call on all nations and partners to join forces to keep this deadly pig disease at bay under a new initiative The Global Control of ASF Initiative, launched under the GF-TADs u...Read more -
Drought fears prompt drop in Tanzania beef price
Wholesale beef prices have dropped by around 20 per cent in Tanzania, following poor rainfall in 2015 The price per kilo dropped to less than US$2.40 this week from highs of almost US$3 recorded in January, before fears of a potential drought prompted farmers to rush to sell their cattle. Wholesa...Read more -
Cattle keepers and farmers in Bahr El Ghazal agree on peaceful coexistence
Cattle keepers and farmers in Bahr El Ghazal agree on peaceful coexistence during the tense dry season to minimise the annual conflicts that cattle movements during the dry season tend to generate. With South Sudan’s rainy season coming to an end, the challenges of finding water points and grazin...Read more -
Animal AgTech Innovation Summit Preview What’s Next for Protein Markets with Nutreco Executive
As a sneak-peek to the upcoming Animal AgTech Innovation Summit, I spoke to Dr. Genet about the need for innovation in the protein market, industry bottlenecks and why it’s important for Nutreco and others to participate in programs like this one. Why is innovation needed in the protein market? O...Read more -
Feeding the Future with Beef Cattle – a Sustainable Approach to Responsible Food Production
What does the science say? What is the data telling us? These questions driving conversations around human health and the novel coronavirus are also informing how stakeholders in the feed-to-food chain think about livestock production and sustainability, writes Javier Martín-Tereso, Manager Rumin...Read more -
Type of sugar used to sweeten sheep milk kefir may improve consumer acceptance
The study of human emotions can be used to gauge the sensory acceptance of dairy products. A possible route to increase worldwide consumption of sheep milk kefir may be to improve its sensory acceptance, which can be a determining factor for its inclusion in daily diets. In an article appearing i...Read more -
High Forage Diets 3 Things to Consider
The ambiguous title for this article is because the definition of high forage diets is vague and unique to different people. Technically speaking, a diet that is 50% forage or greater is a high forage diet – which could be considered low to normal for the Northeast part of the US, whereas t...Read more -
Zoonosis Threat Urgent Call for More Effective Wildlife Trade Legislation in Wake of COVID-19
International research team including Göttingen University makes urgent call for more effective wildlife trade legislation. Many diseases, such as COVID-19, have made the jump from animals to people with serious consequences for the human host. An international research team, including researcher...Read more -
Vicious Cycle Climate Change Spreading Infectious Diseases, Which Contribute to Climate Change
Sicker livestock may increase climate woes: More parasites means higher emissions of potent greenhouse gas. Climate change is affecting the spread and severity of infectious diseases around the world — and infectious diseases may in turn be contributing to climate change, according to a new paper...Read more -
Scientists Warn About COVID-19 Transmission to Animals – Including Pets and Livestock
As evidence mounts for the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 infecting various animals, scientists at UCL say a global effort is needed to reduce the risk of the virus later returning to people. In a comment piece for The Lancet Microbe, researchers write that if the virus becomes common in an animal pop...Read more -
Pets, touch and COVID-19 Why our furry friends are lifesavers
Lockdowns, job losses and social isolation have been the hallmarks of 2020 as COVID-19 tightens its grip on the world, not only infecting millions and leaving a mounting death toll, but also denying humans the most basic sense — touch. In the absence of human-to-human contact, in millions o...Read more -
Livestock expansion is a factor in global pandemics
The growth of global livestock farming is a threat to our biodiversity and also increases the health risks to both humans and domesticated animals. The patterns that link them are at the heart of a study published in Biological Conservation by a scientist from the Institute of Evolution Sciences ...Read more -
Meat Prices Go Up in Dar Amid Falling Cattle Supply
Dar es Salaam — Rising demand for meat, compounded by low cattle supplies, has pushed meat prices up in Dar es Salaam, with analysts projecting that a kilogramme of beef will cross the Sh10,000-mark during the festive season. Basically, the commercial city has two types of meat retailers. There a...Read more -
Replacing red meat with plant foods may reduce the risk of heart disease
Substituting whole grains and dairy products for total red meat, and eggs for processed red meat, might also reduce this risk. Substantial evidence suggests that high consumption of red meat, especially processed red meat, such as bacon, hot dogs, sausages and salami, is associated with an increa...Read more -
Opinion – What does the EU’s extended silence on its Farm to Fork strategy mean for farmers and consumers
As EU farmers and farming unions wait for Brussels to publish its impact assessment of the new Farm to Fork policy, Copa and Cogeca Secretary General Pekka Pesonen raises concerns over the policy’s hazy details. “We are the first to examine the prospective impacts of the Strategies in their...Read more -
Global ag trade remains fairly steady, but uncertain through pandemic
Between a global pandemic and politically turbulent climate, livestock industries have eagerly looked toward international policies and trade. Now that 2020 has nearly come to an end, specialists in policy, trade and economics can evaluate trends and offer a future outlook, writes Jaclyn Krymowsk...Read more -
Covid-19′s impact on the global protein markets
While 2020 has been a year of volatility and uncertainty, in its most recent report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) offered a more positive outlook for 2021, projected 5 per cent global economic growth. Brett Stuart, President of Global Agri-Trends, shared his thoughts on this growth, as w...Read more -
China requires imported cold-chain food to undergo nucleic acid test before sale
China’s Administration for Market Regulation now requires imported cold-chain food products to undergo a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 before any products can be sold in China. Reuters reports that China is carrying out sweeping inspections on food importers, supermarkets, e-commerce platforms a...Read more -
What is Mastitis Costing You
In the environment of today’s dairy industry, producers need to evaluate all areas of the farm to control costs and achieve optimum profitability. One way to control costs is by minimizing the rate of disease in your herd. The costliest disease found on dairy farms is mastitis. Mastitis can...Read more -
Unlocking the potential of the Merino Landsheep
Ben du Plessis, president of the Merino Landsheep Breeders’ Society of South Africa, started his Roebella Landsheep stud in 1987 while still at school. His grandfather, Roelf du Plessis, and later his father, Dirk, both ran Merino Landsheep studs. “I started the Roebella stud in 1987 and began fa...Read more -
Stress in cattle
Homeostasis is the tendency of a body to maintain a stable internal environment in response to changes in external conditions. On a very hot day, for example, an animal will instinctively seek to maintain stability by keeping in the shade, drinking more water and eating less. Stress is an externa...Read more -
Profitable small-scale sheep farming
It is perfectly possible to farm sheep profitably on a small piece of land, says Jannie Fourie, National Wool Growers’ Association production advisor. To do this, never exceed the carrying capacity of your land, manage your operation carefully, and keep a record of everything. To run sheep on a v...Read more -
Mycoplasma bovis An emerging global disease
The U.S. National Animal Health Monitoring Service (NAHMS) conducted a recent survey, which estimated during any single year, 20 per cent of 500+ cow herds in the US will have a positive mycoplasma mastitis bulk tank. “This means mycoplasma mastitis is infecting about one-fifth to one-quarter of ...Read more -
More space for climate and cow in dairy barn
Future stables are expected to be more in line with the natural behavior of cows, climate control, limiting emissions, reuse of waste, quality of manure and capital efficiency. That says Paul Galama of Wageningen Livestock Research. Together with colleagues and an international team of scientists...Read more
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