…century. In 1907, President Teddy Roosevelt and the American Bison Society began this effort by shipping 15 animals by train from the Bronx Zoo to Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge….
Farm Camp
…brings baby animals and thus more work. When school gets out, farms across the country use this as an opportunity to turn their fields into an experiential classroom. Here are…
Agri View: Robot Tractors and Agriculture
…their position, determine speed, and avoid people, animals and other objects. Tractica said that most autonomous tractors navigate using lasers that bounce signals off mobile transponders located around the field….
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…range sciences, community development, political science, entomology, soil science, and agricultural economics. “Our goal is to reduce tillage in organic systems. The ideal system would probably be where both grazing…
Agri View: Driverless Tractors
…vehicles, they are programmed to independently observe their position, decide speed and avoid obstacles such as people, animals or objects in the field, while performing their task. The various driverless…
North American Producers Committed
…“In addition to the sensibilities that farmers have toward their animals, producers look also to animal behavior scientists and veterinary practitioners for guidance on housing and nutrition, which is reflected…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…agriculture production suited for this land – and indeed needed to maintain this land – is livestock grazing. If beef imports from the Mexican rainforest are permitted, they will drive…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…billion or 0.9 percent) decline in crop receipts. The expected drop in 2016 cash receipts is led by declines in nearly all major animal/product categories (including dairy, meat animals, and…
Animal Nutrition, Growth Grants
…of the AFRI Foundational Program, which supports basic and applied research. Research areas include studying how animals use the nutrients in their feed; improving the use of traditional feed; exploring…
Funding for Veterinary Loan Repayment
…and Agriculture (NIFA). Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy “Veterinarians are critical to America’s food safety and security, as well as to the health and well-being of both animals and humans” said Dr….
Local Food Market
…organic? No. But some vendors might have organic certification and others might follow organic practices, such as minimizing the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides, and raising animals humanely and…
Pork Producers Support ‘CARB’ Recommendations
…able to use antibiotics important for human medicine for promoting growth in animals, and they will be required to obtain a veterinary prescription for other uses of those same antibiotics…
Agri View: Farm-Raised
…violet, and flouroquinolones, were detected. Nitrofurans, malachite green, and gentian violet have been shown to cause cancer with long-term exposure in lab animals. The use of fluoroquinolones in food animals…
Agri View: Pigweed Research
…thousands of years in Mexico, South America, the Caribbean, Africa, India, and China. The plant can be toxic to livestock animals due to the presence of nitrates in the leaves….