Latest News From Animal Welfare

Animal-welfare activists are saying Utah legislators enacted a law to prevent filming of agricultural operations to silence them.

The alleged abuse, recorded by a Mercy for Animals undercover activist, occurred with downer cows.

Cow comfort,environmental sustainability key reasons family selected.

Portions of South Dakota have unfortunately already experienced the first blizzard of the season. Here's what you can do now to get ready for the snow and cold.

A closer look at Digi-Star’s Moisture Tracker and Puli-Sistem’s 4Motion Teat Scrubber.

Dollars and Sense contributors share how they manage cow comfort on their farms.

Dollars and Sense contributors share how they manage cow comfort on their farms.

Dollars and Sense contributors share how they manage cow comfort on their farms.

Dollars and Sense contributors share how they manage cow comfort on their farms.

‘In our analysis, 120% was the optimal stocking rate in terms of maximum profit per stall.’ –Albert De Vries, University of Florida.

Necropsies help define the cause of death and inform producers about the types of problems that occur on the farm.

Facility evaluation makes such daily production possible.

Dollars and Sense contributors share how they manage cow comfort on their farms.

A simulation study shows an FMD outbreak could be contained with a rapid, widespread vaccination effort.

To date, no dairy farms have been forced to evacuate, though some cattle have been moved to higher ground.

Feeding and management programs for dairy cows the first 2 to 4 weeks after calving have a direct and long-term impact on their health, milk production, and reproductive performance.

New self-catching pen created in response to animal welfare concerns and gives farmers alternative pens for sow housing units.

The use of soybean meal in diets fed to weanling pigs is limited due to intolerance but there are other ingredients available to producers as well.

Grants up to $5,000 are available to farmers in the Animal Welfare Approved program.

In 2007 Smithfield Foods decided to convert to group housing for pregnant sows on all company-owned U.S. farms based on input from its customers. This video shows how that system works.

Ergot produces a toxin that reduces blood flow in humans, cattle, sheep, swine and horses.

Dean Foods is providing $50,000 to fund Dairyland Initiative access for all dairy farmers.

The case was remanded back to the local court to more accurately calculate the estimated $700,000 loss.

Milk culture can be used as a tool to improve your knowledge of the bacteria causing mastitis on your farm. Learn about it at an upcoming workshop.

The unique milking liner is also designed to operate at high speed for fast milkout.

The overall checklist used to evaluate farms has been streamlined from 77 questions to 48.

Increasing dry matter intake benefits the dairy cow and contributes to greater dairy profitability.

Agri-Mectin Plus Clorsulon offers the advantages of ivermectin 1%, plus clorsulon to expand treatment and control of liver flukes in cattle.

Shade lowers the temperature inside calf hutches, as well as calf body temperature and respiration rates.

California’s dairy cows surviving triple-digit temperatures; gradual cooling trend forecast for this weekend.

You can't control the weather, but you can make management changes to improve calf comfort and performance as the mercury rises.

On-farm milk culture is a tool that can help you reduce the amount of antibiotics being used, decrease costs associated with clinical mastitis, and increase milk quality and profitability.

This tool will help determine whether heifers are on track to calve at the right size and age, eliminating the delay that comes with not measuring heifer performance until first calving.

Mechanical screening and grinding of bones from finished mortality compost may be a future consideration.

Farm did not have customer list, so public health alert issued.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of misconceptions and outright misrepresentations about why and how antibiotics are used.

Training module focuses on humane cow movement.

Mastitis is the most common and costly infectious disease of dairy cattle worldwide and is most frequently bacterial in origin.

Updated protocols optimize breeding performance.

Effectively managing udder health on dairy farms requires a good record keeping system and routine monitoring of somatic cell count (SCC) data.

Michigan dairy uses it to monitor health, transition period and reproduction.

In summer, the calf’s maintenance energy requirement is elevated— similar to the effects of cold stress.

Analyses conducted since Jan.1 has shown the numbers of mycotoxins present are increasing.

'No plant' Federal crop insurance rules aren't helping the situation in southeast Minnesota.

The challenge is that FMD is easily spread farm to farm and animal to animal.

Made with a low-reactive, water-soluble adjuvant, PULMO-GUARD PH-M is easy on animals.

Being able to rapidly detect the virus during outbreaks would allow researchers to quickly develop the appropriate vaccine.

The mobile app features an easy to use heat stress calculator for inputting the current temperature and humidity readings.

Why animal welfare is such a hot-button issue.