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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Group proposes changes to New Zealand's code of welfare for dairy cattle
New Zealand's National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) is recommending revisions to the dairy cattle welfare code, including a minimum standard and code of best practise, Stuff New Zealand reported.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
New Zealand close to eradicating cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis
New Zealand is close to eradicating the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis from its herd of 10 million cattle, after a four-year effort that cost hundreds of millions of dollars and killed over 175,000 cows in the country, Associated Press rep ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Australia's slaughter numbers of female beef cattle hit record lowest
Australia's female beef cattle slaughter numbers have hit the lowest point in decades, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics recently releasing its livestock statistics for the first quarter of 2022.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Canada's cattle, calf numbers down 0.5% in January
Canada's cattle inventories continued to contract at the start of 2022.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Elanco & DSM announce alliance in US for Bovaer feed additive for cattle
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated and Royal DSM have created a strategic alliance connecting both companies to address the mitigation of climate change's impact by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from farming.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Improving productivity of India's cattle through sex-sorted semen and embryo transfer
Dairy farmers in some Indian states, like Maharashtra, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand, can procure sex-sorted semen straws at a heavily subsidised price of ₹81 (US$1.05) per straw against a market value of ₹1,200 (US$15. ...
Monday, May 2, 2022
Satellites able to detect methane from cattle burps in California state, US
Satellites have detected methane emissions from cattle burps at a farm in California state, US, the first time emissions from livestock could be measured from space, Reuters reported.
Friday, April 29, 2022
US cattle ranchers say beef pricing bill fails to bring more competition to beef industry
US cattle ranchers said a new beef pricing bill (S. 4030), which aims to bring more competition to the beef industry, does not do enough for smaller ranchers to compete against the major players, Bloomberg Government reported.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Elanco and DSM announce alliance in US for Bovaer® feed additive for cattle
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated and Royal DSM have created a strategic alliance connecting both companies to address the mitigation of climate change's impact by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from farming.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Research offers novel approach to controlling Africa's East Coast fever in cattle
Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya and the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have discovered a genetic marker that can predict accurately if an individual cattle can sur ...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
New Zealand agri-tech startup's cattle smart tags set for large scale trials
New Zealand-based agri-tech startup ProTag's cattle smart tags are set for large scale trials later this year following a NZD 1 million investment to fast track the development of the smart ear tag sensors, which could revolutionise the cou ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Increased UK beef production in March 2022 thanks to higher cattle slaughter
Data from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs showed the country's beef production in March 2022 reached 79,500 tonnes, 9% higher compared to February 2021 and 1% more year-on-year, the UK Agriculture and Horticulture ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Canadian university researchers get funding to create drought-tolerant crops, mitigate cattle heat stress
Two researchers from Canada's University of Saskatchewan (USask) have been awarded $322,000 in total by a federal agency for developing drought and salinity-tolerant forage crops and reducing heat stress in dairy cattle.
Monday, April 11, 2022
Cattle breeding centre in development to boost beef self-sufficiency in Sabah, Malaysia
Sawit Kinabalu Group is developing an integrated cattle breeding centre in Sabah, Malaysia, with an expectation that the facility would increase the Malaysian state's self-sufficiency level for beef in the next four years.
Monday, April 11, 2022
Rwanda to boost cattle production with artificial insemination center
Rwanda is setting up a national artificial insemination (AI) center which is expected to help increase the country's cattle production in terms of milk and beef yields.

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