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HOW AGRONOMY NEEDS TO DIFFER FOR DAIRY OPERATIONS
Have you ever considered yourself a dairy agronomist? While all producers who put seed in the ground want to grow the highest-yielding crops, there are nuanced differences that can ultimately affect what goes in the milk tank – and directly impact the bottom line. “Dairy agronomists have a thorou...Read more -
WHAT THE PORK INDUSTRY LEARNED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS DEBACLE
COVID-19 dealt a body blow to the pork industry. The year started with many of the largest pig producers expanding sow numbers to meet global demand opportunities. By April, restaurants were closing, packing plants shutting down, and pigs backing up on farms. Today, producers and other experts in...Read more -
Farm antibiotic sales continue to fall across Europe and United Kingdom
ales of antibiotics for use in farm animals are trending downwards in the UK and multiple EU countries. Farm animal antibiotic sales in Europe have fallen once again, with the UK being among the lowest user of antibiotics overall, according to new figures. Data from the 10th Annual Report from th...Read more -
Namibia’s FMD outbreak spreads
Namibia’s recent foot and mouth disease outbreak has spread from its northern region. According to reporting in Reuters, Namibia’s agriculture ministry announced the spread on 28 October. The disease, which does not affect humans but causes lesions and lameness in cattle and sheep, was first det...Read more -
Breeding a resistant and resilient Sussex stud herd
John Viedge of the Lehana’s Pass Sussex Stud run his animals on the farm Highfield, 10km south of Maclear in the Eastern Cape. The property consists of 2 200ha of very hilly terrain, at an altitude of 1 500m; average rainfall is 700mm with the occasional snowfall. Viedge is the second generation ...Read more -
Namibian livestock industry devastated by prolonged drought
Beef cattle sales in Namibia have fallen 31% so far this year compared with the same period in 2019, despite producer price increases of 2% for slaughter cattle and 39% for weaners. As a result, weaner exports declined 49% between January and August year-on-year, Namibia’s Meat Board reported rec...Read more -
Stability studies of oxytetracycline in methanol solution
Abstract. As one kind of typical tetracycline antibiotics, antibiotic residues of oxytetracycline have been frequently detected in many environmental media. In this study, the stability of oxytetracycline in methanol solution was investigated by high-performance liquid chromatography combined wit...Read more -
Covid-19 creates perfect price forecasting storm
When Covid-19 first surfaced in early 2020, global protein markets were still responding to the pork shortages caused by African Swine Fever (ASF). The crisis has brought even further instability. Brett Stuart, President of Global Agri-Trends, explained Covid-19’s impact on global protein markets...Read more -
Chongqing Fangtong Animal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. made its debut in the 9th China animal husbandry science and Technology Forum
On October 23, 2020, the 9th China animal husbandry science and Technology Forum opened in Rongchang. More than 2000 experts, scholars and entrepreneurs from more than 150 universities, animal husbandry research institutes and more than 300 enterprises gathered in Rongchang to share...Read more -
Ways to capture the marketing value on calves
When putting money in the stock market, there is nothing like the feeling of watching a return on investment grow. The same can be true when cattle producers are financially rewarded at the point of sale for their time and money invested in pre-conditioning calves. But as the experts at the Kansa...Read more -
UK dairy producer numbers down 4.7% on last year
The AHDB’s most recent survey of major milk buyers indicates a drop in UK dairy producers of almost 5% while milk volume per farm goes up. According to the October survey, there were an estimated 8,310 dairy producers in Great Britain. This is a reduction of 410 producers (4.7%) compared wi...Read more -
Dairy farms in The Netherlands will decrease by 33% by 2030
In the next ten years, the number of dairy farms in the Netherlands will decrease by 33%, from 16,000 in 2018 to approximately 10,600 in 2030. The total amount of milk produced will remain the same until 2024 and then increase slightly towards 2030. This is evident from a basic scenario of an exp...Read more -
Brazil recognizes 6 states as free from FMD without vaccination
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) published Normative Instruction No. 52, which recognizes the states of Acre, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Rondônia as free from foot-and-mouth disease. Regions of Amazonas and Mato Grosso were also recognized. To carry out the health statu...Read more -
Researchers discover molecular link between diet and risk of colorectal cancer
An international team of researchers has identified a direct molecular link between meat and dairy diets and the development of antibodies in the blood that increase the chances of developing cancer. This connection may explain the high incidence of cancer among those who consume large amounts of...Read more -
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS WARN OF POSSIBLE COVID-19 RESURGENCE AT FOOD PLANTS THIS FALL
Public health experts are concerned about a possible resurgence of COVID-19 in food production plants this fall. They say more comprehensive testing, physical distancing, and better data reporting are essential to keeping the virus in check, even as meatpackers insist that the worst of the pandem...Read more -
On-farm emissions reduced by proactive slurry management
Livestock farmers are being urged to have a comprehensive understanding of the environmental impact of slurry if the UK’s agricultural sector is going to be anywhere near reaching its net zero emissions target by 2040. Andrew Sincock, commercial director at Agriton UK explains that a proact...Read more -
Digital innovation could help pandemic-proof the UK’s dairy industry
Dairy farmers across the UK could benefit from a new project which aims to make the industry resilient to threats like COVID-19. The project, Smart-ET is funded by EIT Food and will develop digital tools working with farmers and dairy sellers to help them adapt their business models to rapid chan...Read more -
CATTLE GROUP PROPOSES MORE TRANSPARENCY IN MARKET PRICES
As an antidote for the dwindling cash market, the largest U.S. cattle group circulated a plan on Tuesday for meatpackers to voluntarily buy cattle on the spot market to assure fair and open prices, with the threat of mandatory disclosure if the systems fails. The so-called 75 percent plan by the ...Read more -
Fangtong Animal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. completed the 9th Liman pig raising Conference
From October 14 to October 16, 2020, the 9th Liman China pig raising conference and 2020 world pig Expo was held in Chongqing International Expo Center. Under the influence of the epidemic situation, the scale of the conference was still greatly increased. The total number of participants reached...Read more -
Congratulations to the R & D team of innovative animal of Fangtong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. once again awarded the title of “Chongqing talents • innovation and entrepreneurship demonstra...
In order to implement general secretary Xi Jinping’s important discussion on talent work and to observe the spirit of the important speech in Chongqing, and thoroughly implement the action plan of prospering the city through science and education and strengthening the talents market, accor...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 -
AS CORONAVIRUS HOG BACKLOG SHRINKS, FARMERS SHOULD SEE HIGHER PRICES
Hog farmers struggled with a coronavirus-caused backlog of market-ready hogs that peaked at 3.5 million head at the end of May, forcing them to cull some and slow weight gain on others. The backlog remains large, but Purdue economist Jayson Lusk says farmers may see “possibly elevated hog prices”...Read more -
UGANDA REVERSES FOREST DESTRUCTION BY INVITING IN … LOGGERS
KALAGALA, Uganda, Sept 17 (Reuters) – For decades, farmers hungry for land and families needing firewood whittled away at Uganda’s forests, home to endangered gorillas, elephants and chimpanzees. Now the decline has reversed, thanks to a government policy that relies on loggers to hel...Read more -
UPDATE 1-UGANDA SPRAYS LOCUST SWARMS TO PROTECT COFFEE CROP, LIVESTOCK
KAMPALA, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Uganda has started to spray swarms of desert locusts that invaded over the weekend, posing a major threat to livestock and key crops such as coffee, a government official said on Monday. The plague of locusts has already caused extensive damage to pastures and cr...Read more
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