Water Cuts Threaten Rice Field Bird Habitat

Taylor HillmanEnvironment, Water

…food and prevent disease triggered by habitat overcrowding. Winter-flooded rice and corn fields can provide more than 50 percent of the food migrating waterfowl need, experts said. Stakeholder discussions with…

Tight U.S. Supply Boosts Sales of Specialty Eggs

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…the state’s 2002-2003 outbreak of exotic Newcastle disease, when the price of specialty eggs was less than or comparable to their conventional counterparts. “There’s definitely a point where consumers will…

Citrus Industry This Week: Citrus Expo Seminar Reports

Tacy CalliesCitrus

Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes more reports from the recent Citrus Expo seminars. Topics include growers replanting, psyllids and nutrition, disease weapons and nursery technology….

New West Nile Virus Detection in Horses

Taylor HillmanGeneral

A dangerous disease, west Nile virus, has returned to California this summer. The disease has been detected in four horses – two in Riverside County, one in Tehama County, and…

Japanese Journalists Get Look at U.S. Beef Industry

Taylor HillmanGeneral

Photo Courtesy: Beef Checkoff To gain insight into the U.S. beef industry and learn more about prevention of animal disease and foodborne illnesses, a team of Japanese technical journalists recently…