The University of Melbourne, together with Regional Development Victoria, has opened a new upgraded Dookie Robotic Dairy facility. The new facility features robotic milking capabilites, milking shed as well as feeding systems with a ...
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If you're not ready for a higher cattle market for a while, you better settle in and get ready for it, because it's going to continue for "multiple years" into the future, one expert says. Record beef prices at the consumer meat case ...
Tags: Beef Herd, cattle market
Woolworths has announced new long-term milk supply contracts Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced two new 10-year milk contracts across Australia that it says "will give dairy farmers and processors more certainty to ...
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H&M launches its new Conscious and Conscious Exclusive collections. With two new materials, organic leather from the Swedish leather supplier Tärnsjö, and organic silk, the collections show what can be done in more sustainable ...
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The Michigan Dairy Ambassadors Program provides youth who are passionate about the dairy industry a unique leadership opportunity by offering trainings in agriculture advocacy and public relations. For many youth, what starts as a love ...
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Even the best medicine has side effects. For years, dairy producers have been selectively breeding their herds to encourage milk production. New insights have confirmed, though, that such efforts to satisfy society's demand for milk, cheese ...
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Ray Archuleta says the earth is sick. It is in this condition, he says, in large measure due to our disregard of natural principles in our approach to agriculture. Archuleta is a conservation agronomist with the Natural Resource ...
Tags: increase soil function, no-till, lower soil temperatures
Scientists at the University of Auckland, New Zealand have developed a wearable electromagnetic energy harvester that could take vibrational kinetic energy generated by the wearer and convert it into usable electricity for medical devices. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Instruments, Meters
Many people are wondering why 8.7 million pounds of meat processed by Rancho Feeding Corporation in Petaluma,CA,were recalled and the slaughterhouse subsequently closed. Could it be an inspector shortage?An inspector-veterinarian ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published eight warning letters last week that were issued to food manufacturers and processors mainly in February. Reyskens Dairy in Custer, OH, and Ed Vander Woude Dairy in San Jacinto, CA, received ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published nine warning letters it issued to food manufacturers and processors at the end of January and the start of February. Orth Farms of Eaton, NY, B & E Dairy of Barstow, CA, and Hillegass ...
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Maryland’s Department of Legislative Services says that making raw milk sales legal through individual cow-share or herd-share schemes could increase sporadic or isolated cases of illnesses from unpasteurized milk from almost none ...
Editor’s note: This article written by Christopher Peak originally appeared in the Point Reyes Light. Food Safety News does not endorse any individual food producer on cleanliness or safety. We also do not consider antibiotics or ...
Tags: Beef, Recall, BN Ranch, Rancho Feeding Corporation
UPDATE: After three and one-half hours of public hearing Thursday, Senate Bill 1337 was sent to the floor of the Idaho House of Representatives by the Agriculture Affairs Committee with a "do pass" recommendation. The quick-moving ...
Tags: ag-gag, Idaho, Mercy for Animals, SB 1337
Organic farmers in California face unique issues in this devastating drought, leading some to bow out … or sell cows for hamburger meat San Joaquin Valley organic dairy farmer Tony Azevedo's business has dried up—literally. ...
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