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- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
European farmers are celebrating a huge win as the European Union banned Brazilian beef and poultry as of Sept. 3. The move was taken due to a lack of assurances concerning health and welfare regulations. The European Commission cited the main concerns were regarding Brazil’s compliance with…
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- David Lalman Oklahoma State University
Weeks of extreme heat and limited rainfall can change cattle ponds quickly. Water levels decline, while cattle often spend more time standing in ponds to cool themselves. Hoof action stirs sediment, and more manure and urine are deposited directly into a smaller volume of water. The result m…
- Héctor Alejandro Arzate Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
Editor’s note: Data centers are increasingly becoming an agricultural issue. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, “Demand for data centers – large, secure facilities that house computers and servers used to store, process and manage vast amounts of digital data – is accelerating…
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
During the past few years the European Commission has pushed several radical policy suggestions in order to cut harmful emissions levels by reducing livestock numbers across the EU. The target was that Europe become “Net Zero” by 2050 by any means possible – even if it meant threatening the …
- Bridgette Mason, Edward Hopkins, Amanda Latham and Steve Vavrus Wisconsin State Climatology Office
August delivered quite the finale to the summer season, with sharp contrasts from hot days to cool nights, heavy rainfall to worsening drought, and impacts ranging from early corn harvest to harmful algal blooms.
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
We have all heard of people with vast fortunes who in old age became philanthropists. As the view of eternity becomes clear with age, being rich as Croesus starts to look like a liability, so they began giving money away – mostly to causes they favor.
- Marianne Stein University of Illinois
Agriculture is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Each year vehicles, machinery, environmental hazards and other incidents cause thousands of injuries and hundreds of fatalities. A thorough understanding of the main risks is key to preventing accidents and promoting …
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- Marianne Stein University of Illinois
Kathryn Polkoff, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumna, entrepreneur and scientist, is on a mission to solve the problem of methane emissions from cattle – a major contributor to global warming – and create more sustainable livestock production.
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- AgriSafe
Join AgriSafe to celebrate National Farm and Safety Week 2026. They will be hosting 11 live webinars Sept. 21-25. Choose the 11-course bundle to register for all the webinars or select only the webinars of most interest. There is something for everyone. Visit learning.agrisafe.org for more i…
- Elizabeth L. Cline Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
Standing under an eastern hemlock tree near a thicket of lizard’s tail in her backyard — a tick’s dream — Casey Hamaker had flashbacks to the day she first contracted alpha-gal syndrome. It’s a mysterious illness spreading rapidly across the United States.
- Johann M Cherian and Gregor Stuart Hunter Reuters
Artificial-intelligence-linked stocks have plunged worldwide after leaders of the biggest artificial-intelligence companies warned of risks from rapid development. It's the starkest threat yet to the billions of dollars being poured into the industry that have driven world markets to record highs.
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- Fred Hall Iowa State University
As producers prepare for silage harvest, remember that corn silage harvest is one of the most fast‑paced high‑stakes periods on a dairy farm, and the decisions made in the next few weeks will shape feed quality for the entire year. Four factors -- cut length, moisture, packing density and pi…
- Geitner Simmons University of Nebraska
Each calf, like each human, begins as an embryo. But important questions remain about the complex factors that shape bovine fertility and development during the earliest stages of life. Bit by bit, Jennifer Wood and her Husker colleagues in the department of animal science at the University …
- Cattle Chat Kansas State University
As the grazing season winds down toward fall, Kansas State University veterinarians say cattle producers may want to consider the practice of “creep feeding” to sustain growth in calves.
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- Ryan Sterry University of Wisconsin
Reproduction is key to profitability in beef cow-calf operations. When cows fail to conceive and calve on a yearly basis, producers lose both potential calf sales and the resources invested in maintaining that cow. Reproductive failure remains the leading cause of early culling in beef herds.
- Bill Halfman and Adam Hartfiel UW-Madison
When pasture is in short supply due to lack of rainfall, early weaning is an option that can help stretch what pasture is available and keep animals in good condition.
- Jan Suszkiw USDA ARS
American scientific ingenuity in the form of sterile fly releases helped eliminate New World screwworm from the country in the 1960s. Now, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service researchers are combining that ingenuity with next-generation tools to counter new resurge…
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