Feed Strategy StaffFrom the AuthorBeef CattleResearchers: High-starch diets may reduce Salmonella in beef cattleA study found that high-starch diets can potentially lower Salmonella prevalence in cattle, especially within the lymph nodes – organs that are often embedded in fat trims included in ground beef products.Dairy Cow Health & DiseaseStudy eyes air, wastewater as source of H5N1 transmission on dairy farmsA recent study by researchers from Emory University and their colleagues from California, Colorado, Michigan and Virginia found evidence of the H5N1 virus in the air and wastewater on affected dairy farms.AquacultureBipartisan bill would boost open ocean aquacultureThe Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act of 2025 would create opportunities for the aquaculture industry to grow, the bill's co-sponsors say.Business & MarketsSeaboard pork sales down due to lower hog volumeSeaboard said this was primarily due to availability of hogs and timing of deliveries to the processing plants, which decreased sales.Regulatory UpdatesBipartisan bill would allow states to regulate processing, sale of local meatThe Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act would give individual states the freedom to permit intrastate distribution of custom-slaughtered meat such as beef, pork, goat or lamb to consumers, restaurants, hotels, boarding houses and grocery stores.Animal Health & VeterinaryLegislation would establish standards for ‘downed’ pigsA bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require a joint report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that tracks pathogens associated with nonambulatory, or “downed,” pigs.Regulatory UpdatesBill would exempt livestock haulers from hours-of-service rulesLegislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would permanently exempt livestock, insect and aquatic animal haulers from federal hours-of-service (HOS) regulations.Legal NewsDairy cooperatives settle milk price-fixing lawsuitCooperatives Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers will pay a combined US$34.4 million to resolve a class action price-fixing lawsuit.International TradeAustralia lifts import restrictions on US beefAustralia has agreed to lift import restrictions on beef from the U.S. that have been in effect since a 2003 outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).Company NewsBühler, Agroprodservice begin feed mill construction in UkraineBühler Ukraine has signed a contract with Agroprodservice for the construction of a feed mill to supply pig farmers in the country.Animal Feed ManufacturersABN begins first stage of building new animal nutrition complexBritish manufacturer of pig and poultry feed ABN has announced that the first stage of its new animal nutrition complex is in progress.Feed AdditivesNor-Feed accelerates development as Adisseo subsidiaryTwo and a half years after being acquired by Adisseo, Nor-Feed confirms its focus on breakthrough botanical solutions, in line with Adisseo Group’s global strategy.Page 1 of 94Next Page
