The Environmental Protection Agency has violated the personal privacy of tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers, according to a unanimous ruling issued by the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In late 2015, a U.S. district court dismissed the American Farm Bureau Federation and...
Requirements are designed to be simpler for end user to understand. Published on: Sep 9, 2016 USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations for veterinary biologics labeling and packaging to make the requirements more consistent with current science...
U.S. beef exports have recovered to pre-2003 levels. In FY 2015, U.S. beef exports totaled $5.8 billion (0.8 million tons) to 112 countries. Following the discovery of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in December 2003, U.S. beef and beef product exports fell. Since 2003,...
WCAX.com reports: "Overwhelmingly, America wants us to join the 63 other nations who label their food," said Gov. Peter Shumlin, D-Vermont. Vermont's first-in-the-nation GMO labeling law took effect Friday. Lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, joined the crowd, celebrating. "The...
With all the moisture floating in the air after all the rains, it is important to keep vigil on your feedstuffs. This article is very good.Grains and roughages have varying "shelf lives" depending on how they were...
Well you may think that this one is a stretch to put on my blog, but it does pertain to cattle - just dairy! Nevertheless I thought many of you may have heard about this yet. The article came out a couple of days ago in several media sources; this article is from...
If the rain had not hampered many producers, much more hay would have already been harvested in southern Illinois but the next week's weather should be optimal to cut and bale hay. Producers know that quality goes down as hay matures, but they also know that yield goes up with hay maturity. In...
The Food and Drug Administration revised its rule on annual reporting requirements for drug sponsors of all antimicrobials sold or distributed for use in animals intended for human consumption or food-producing animals. Companies are now required to provide estimates of sales broken down by major...
