Animal Welfare

Animal Health & Veterinary

Feedlot shade improves daily gain in cattle, study finds

Feed intake remained unchanged while growth performance improved in a recent Australian study of feedlot shade structures.

Cattle Under Shade Tree

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Pork producers disappointed in farm bill failure to address Prop 12

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) said it was disappointed after the release of Senate Democrats’ 2024 Farm Bill text by the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan).

Pigs In Breeding Farm

How Burnbrae Farms aims to overcome activist challenges

Burnbrae Farms CEO Margaret Hudson explains how the company is dealing with an active campaign from an animal activist group.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

FEFAC updates, expands its sustainability ambitions

While the overarching vision remains the same, the European feed federation has created new goals around issues such as biosecurity and biofuels, the group's president says.

Sauder: EATS Act creates significant market turmoil

When it comes to cage-free versus caged hens in egg production, ‘the battle has already been fought.’

Brown And White Eggs In Basket

New Jersey governor signs pig, calf confinement bill

Law prohibits certain enclosures for breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.

Sow And Piglets In Pen

Pain study could impact European male chick cull laws

In ovo sexing technology is advancing.

Brown Eggs With Continents

Swine housing bill passes the New Jersey state senate

Similar to California's housing law, the bill bans gestation crates for pork raised and sold in the state.

Gavel Legal Book Open (1)

Pork industry ‘frustrated,’ ‘disappointed’ by Prop 12 ruling

Industry advocates say Supreme Court opinion allowing California law to stand will increase prices and hurt farmers

Pigs In Breeding Farm

How nutrition, animal husbandry can boost pig immunity [PODCAST]

Erin Bryan, swine nutritionist at Land O’Lakes Purina, talks about how nutrition and animal husbandry can boost a pig’s immune system.

Pigs And Sows Eat In Livestock Of The Farm

China Animal Husbandry Expo (CAHE) 2023

Feeding hemp products high in THC may contaminate milk

Feeding high-THC hemp silage to cows produced unusual behavior and contaminated milk, study says, but lower doses of THC did not have the same effect.

Cultivated Green Marijuana Plant, Cbd Hemp Bud With A Flower, Se

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