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Weekly livestock news: November 16, 2020
Grant will help producers reduce livestock–predator conflict A federal grant will help producers come up with new ways to...
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Weekly livestock news: November 9, 2020
Scientists propose tax on meat and livestock to help avert future pandemics Policymakers should consider levying taxes on livestock...
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Project aims to make rural practices more sustainable
A network of Texas A&M veterinarians wants to help make rural veterinary practices sustainable. The group of Texas A&M...
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National study will look at U.S. cattle health management
An upcoming study will assess current trends in cattle health management practices on U.S. feedlots. From March through August...
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More than $7 billion approved so far in USDA’s new pandemic aid
More than $7 billion in payments were approved in the first month of applications under the new USDA coronavirus...
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Livestock conventions rescheduled
Two more livestock industry events have been postponed due to the pandemic. The Midwest Poultry Federation has moved its...
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Weekly livestock news: November 2, 2020
Global initiative launched to tackle African swine fever The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Organisation for...
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Federal court upholds California’s cage-free law
A federal appeals court in California denied a meat industry group’s challenge to the state’s new cage-free law, although...
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Project aims to control the 6 million feral pigs in the U.S.
USDA is accepting applications through November 5 for project grants that would help producers and landowners trap and control...
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Weekly livestock news: October 26, 2020
Packing plants risk COVID resurgence, public health experts say Public health experts are concerned about a possible resurgence of...
