Scientists say malaria-transmitting mosquitoes actively avoid feeding on certain animal species such as chickens, using their sense of smell. The new findings show odors emitted by chickens may provide protection …
Agri View: Duck Eggs
Everett Griner talks about the use and demand for duck eggs increasing in today’s Agri View. Sponsored ContentGut Health for Baby Calves: Why Prebiotics and Probiotics Matter More Than EverAugust …
Fewer People Using Meat Thermometers
Meat thermometers are essential for safe cooking, but few of us actually use them. Gary Crawford has more on the story. Sponsored ContentGut Health for Baby Calves: Why Prebiotics and …
Bearded Chickens
Cathy Isom tells us why some chickens have beards. That story’s ahead on this Land of Ours. Sponsored ContentGut Health for Baby Calves: Why Prebiotics and Probiotics Matter More Than …
Canada Testing PEDv Vaccine
Testing is underway in Canada for a vaccine to protect pigs from Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus, or PEDv. While U.S. made vaccines are available in Canada, the vaccines are only …
Agri View: Table Meat Farming
Everett Griner talks about a farmer raising table meat in today’s Agri View. Sponsored ContentGut Health for Baby Calves: Why Prebiotics and Probiotics Matter More Than EverAugust 5, 2025Purina Podcast: …
USDA Allowing Meat, Egg Products with “No GMO” Label
The Department of Agriculture will begin allowing meat, poultry and egg producers to use labels such as “contains no GMO” or “derived from beef fed no GMO feed.” Sponsored ContentGut …
BPI Dropping Some from “Pink Slime’ Lawsuit
Beef Products Inc. is not dropping its lawsuit filed in 2012 against ABC and journalists Diane Sawyer and Jim Avila, but it has removed a number of defendants from the …
USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Survey Coming Soon
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is reminding hog producers nationwide to keep an eye out for the quarterly Hogs and Pigs Survey in late August. …
U.S. Egg Production up Nine Percent in July
United States egg production totaled 8.5 billion during July, up nine percent from last year. The Department of Agriculture released the monthly U.S. Chicken and Eggs production report Monday (8/22/2016). …
Marketings of Fed Cattle
USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam explains why the latest numbers for fed cattle marketings may not reflect the actual pace of marketing during July. Sponsored ContentGut Health for Baby Calves: …
Canada Records Records Beef Herd Increase
Canada beef producers increased the nation’s overall beef herd by one percent in the last year, the first increase since 2012. Statistics Canada released livestock estimated as of July first, …
U.S. Beef Gaining Market Share in Japan
Beef exporters from the United States continue to increase market share in Japan as they battle with exporters from Australia. Global Meat News reports shipments of U.S. beef to Japan …
Federal Review of Cattle Markets to Last Months
A review of U.S. cattle markets and live cattle futures by the Government Accountability Office will last until at least May of 2017. A spokesman for the GAO says the …