The new livestock identification program recently launched by the federal government should not place a significant burden on producers in Pennsylvania or the East, according to an expert in Penn State's ...

Biology - Other

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are developing strategies to help livestock producers control stable flies, the most damaging arthropod pests of cattle in the United States.

Biology - Other

Jan 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

An Australian technology company is close to commercialising the world's first fully automated system for mustering and managing cattle in the rangelands.

Biology - Other

Dec 20, 2012 not rated yet 0

While consumers will see increases in the prices of meat, eggs and dairy products as a result of this year's drought, they won't see its effects nearly as much as farmers, according to an agricultural economist ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Aug 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

Some of the key safety nets that benefit crop farmers dealing with this year’s scorching drought won’t help livestock producers who have been saddled with high feed costs and growing uncertainty, ...

Biology - Other

Aug 09, 2012 not rated yet 0

The Obama administration opened up protected US land to help farmers and ranchers hit by severe drought Monday, and encouraged crop insurance companies to forgo charging interest for a month.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 23, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 7

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.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

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 ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 21, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

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.

Biology - Other

Feb 20, 2012 4.6 / 5 (14) 27

A more cost-effective, longer-lasting selenium supplement for livestock may soon be available, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 16, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 0

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.

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 28, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(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 ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Jan 10, 2011 not rated yet 0

Homeowners tired of watering, fertilizing and mowing grass have a new low-maintenance lawn option -- peanuts.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 29, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- At about the time Foghorn Leghorn appeared on the Looney Toons drawing board in 1946, he began disappearing from America's dinner tables.

Biology - Other

Apr 24, 2009 4 / 5 (3) 0

(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.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 10, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0