Livestock Animal ID System

Use this checklist to plan for an effective animal ID system during a storm.
Use this checklist to plan for an effective animal ID system during a storm.
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'We Have To Go Through It'
'We Have To Go Through It'

The livestock industry needs a comprehensive, cohesive plan to address H5N1. Producers, their employees and veterinarians need clear answers and support from U.S. agricultural leadership, moving forward.

USDA Now Requiring Mandatory Testing and Reporting of HPAI in Dairy Cattle as New Data Suggests Virus Outbreak is More Widespread
USDA Now Requiring Mandatory Testing and Reporting of HPAI in Dairy Cattle as New Data Suggests Virus Outbreak is More Widespread

USDA is now ordering all dairy cattle must be tested prior to interstate travel as a way to help stop the spread of HPAI H5N1. This comes a day after FDA confirmed virus genetic material was found in retail milk samples.

Wisconsin Farmer Combines His Two Loves Together—Education and Dairy
Wisconsin Farmer Combines His Two Loves Together—Education and Dairy

Patrick Christian life calling was away from the family farm, or so he thought. Eventually, he married his two loves together—education and dairy—and has used that to help push his family’s dairy farm forward.

Mistrial Declared in Arizona Rancher’s Murder Trial
Mistrial Declared in Arizona Rancher’s Murder Trial

A lone juror stood between rancher George Kelly and innocent. “It is what it is, and it will be what it will be. Let me go home, okay?”

USDA Shares Recent H5N1 Avian Flu Sequences
USDA Shares Recent H5N1 Avian Flu Sequences

APHIS announced it has shared 239 genetic sequences of the H5N1 avian flu virus which will help scientists look for new clues about the spread of the virus.

New York Farm Hosts Vanessa Bayer for ‘Dairy Diaries’
New York Farm Hosts Vanessa Bayer for ‘Dairy Diaries’

Actress Vanessa Bayer heads to Beck Farms, a fourth-generation dairy in upstate New York and will be featured on “Dairy Diaries” that premieres on April 22 exclusively on the Roku Channel in the U.S.