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Canada’s Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Survey – Closes May 3
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) has initiated a revision to the 2013 beef cattle Code of Practice using the process established by the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC). Once…
Read More US requires bird flu tests for dairy cattle moving between states
The U.S. government will require dairy cattle moving between states to be tested for bird flu starting on Monday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Wednesday, as federal officials ramp…
Read More The National Beef Sustainability Assessment & Strategy
The first National Beef Sustainability Assessment, known as the NBSA, was published in 2016 (based on 2014 data) and provided a baseline for evaluating progress in environmental, social and economic…
Read More Several factors favour bovine influenza A detection on dairy versus beef farms
Recent detection in the United States of a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in dairy cattle is the first instance of this strain in bovines. The World Organization for…
Read More Researchers examine forage growth and grazing pressure
Dr. Bart Lardner is well known in the beef industry across the western Prairies for his work on beef cattle management and forage production. At the end of January, he provided…
Read More Domestic birds confirmed as hosts for bovine influenza A virus
Domestic birds that live in and around barns have been confirmed as the avian hosts of an outbreak on dairy farms in the United States of highly pathogenic avian influenza.…
Read More Take care of first-calf beef cows after calving
Despite some market volatility, the good value of all cattle is holding for the time being. That’s a good thing because last year, many cow-calf operators bred more replacement heifers…
Read More Three documentaries capture farm life on the grasslands
It’s not often a movie director arrives in a community and the ideas for the upcoming film come from the community and not the director. After director Scott Parker met…
Read More Indonesian professor unravels resurgence of FMD outbreak after 32 years
Dr. Aris Haryanto, a distinguished educator at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, delivered an inaugural lecture titled “Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Ruminants…
Read More Beef sector braces for bird flu
The strain of bird flu infecting U.S. dairy herds could become a problem for the beef sector, but it may not have the same effects as it did in the…
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