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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Meat plant workers eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in Arkansas, United States
Asa Hutchinson, Governor of Arkansas, United States, said workers based in poultry plants and other food manufacturing facilities in the state are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, the Associated Press reported.
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Alltech presents award to Kansas State University's 'young leader' in agricultural communications
Katelyn Harbert, a senior in agricultural communications and journalism and global food systems leadership at Kansas State University (US), was announced as the recipient of the 2020 Livestock Publications Council (LPC) Forrest Bassford Stu ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Tyson Foods workers will replace federal inspectors at its Kansas beef plant
Tyson Foods said it has been granted a US government waiver to replace more than a dozen federal inspectors at its Kansas beef plant with its own employees, Reuters reported.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Egg production in US state Arkansas rises 10% in August
The state of Arkansas in the US produced a total of 335 million eggs in August, up 10% year-on-year, while eggs produced per 100 layers increased 1% year-on-year to 2,102, Magnolia Reporter reported.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Renovations of Kansas State University's Livestock Services boast better safety, new technology
The Livestock Services' handling and treatment area in the Kansas State University Veterinary Health Center has recently undergone significant renovations and is now open to animal patients.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Cattle facial recognition database being developed at Kansas State University
Kansas State University researchers are using artificial intelligence to build a facial recognition technology database for the cattle industry, which could identify livestock with desired traits and increase biosecurity for the cattle indu ...
Monday, September 21, 2020
Another Arkansas, US plant banned from exporting poultry to China
China has banned imports from a US poultry plant following COVID-19 cases reported at the facility -- the second such action by the Chinese government since June.
Friday, August 21, 2020
Kansas State University to research controlling respiratory disease in young swine
Kansas State (K-State) University received a US$500,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to find ways to control swine reproductive viral agents and swine resp ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Cargill becomes founding partner of animal health innovation campus in Kansas
Global innovation platform and accelerator Plug and Play has announced that Cargill will be a founding partner for establishing its first accelerator programme focused on animal health and agriculture technology in the Kansas City Animal He ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Tyson Foods wants to lift ban on exports to China from its Arkansas poultry plant
Dean Banks, Tyson Foods president said they hope to discuss with China about lifting a ban on exports to the country imposed on its Arkansas poultry plant, where workers were detected to have COVID-19, Reuters reported.
Thursday, July 23, 2020
US' Kansas reports VSV in cattle
Two confirmed cattle ranches in Montgomery County, Kansas in the US have animals with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), the USDA has reported.
Friday, July 17, 2020
Kansas State University working with South Korean company on ASF vaccine
Kansas State University (K-State) is working together with its innovation partners and MEDIAN Diagnostics (MDx), a South Korean veterinary medicine company to develop an African swine fever (ASF) vaccine, K-State reported.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Kansas State University updates swine nutrition guide
Kansas State University swine specialists have updated their popular nutrition guide with the latest recommendations for nursery pigs, sows and finishing pigs.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Merck Animal Health announces US$100 million investment in Kansas, US operations
Merck Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, the United States, has announced an investment of US$100 million in facility expansion and enhancement efforts at its US manufacturing site in DeSoto, Kansas.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Tyson Foods releases COVID-19 test results at Northwest Arkansas, US facilities
Tyson Foods, Inc. announced on June 19 the results of facility-wide testing for COVID-19 at its locations in Benton and Washington Counties, US, where nearly 95% of team members who tested positive for the virus did not show any symptoms an ...

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