News tagged with livestock producers
Dung beetle diversity affects Florida livestock producers
Dung beetles are important to healthy cattle pasture ecosystems as they provide for nutrient recycling, removal of waste products from the soil surface and assist in the reduction of pestiferous flies.
Mar 06, 2012 |
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MRSA in livestock acquired drug resistance on the farm, now infects humans
Researchers have discovered that a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria that humans contract from livestock was originally a human strain, but it developed resistance to antibiotics once i ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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First test-tube hamburger ready this fall: researchers
The world's first "test-tube" meat, a hamburger made from a cow's stem cells, will be produced this fall, Dutch scientist Mark Post told a major science conference on Sunday.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Natural selenium coproduct good for sheep
A more cost-effective, longer-lasting selenium supplement for livestock may soon be available, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist.
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Antibiotics in swine feed encourage gene exchange
A study to be published in the online journal mBio on November 29 shows that adding antibiotics to swine feed causes microorganisms in the guts of these animals to start sharing genes that could spread antibiotic resistance.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Germany lifts dioxin-related bans on 3,050 farms
(AP) -- Livestock feed producers must face stricter controls and Germany and other EU nations must have better, more centralized dioxin monitoring, German officials proposed Monday after high dioxin levels ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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UF releases ornamental peanut plants for use as lawn, groundcover
Homeowners tired of watering, fertilizing and mowing grass have a new low-maintenance lawn option -- peanuts.
Jun 29, 2010 |
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A chicken coup: Group seeks to protect rare breeds
(AP) -- At about the time Foghorn Leghorn appeared on the Looney Toons drawing board in 1946, he began disappearing from America's dinner tables.
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico
(AP) -- A clean water expert at Auburn University hopes a new project that enlists middle and high school students will help reduce farm runoff that is a growing pollution threat to the Gulf of Mexico.
Apr 10, 2009 |
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