Featured

Industry study examines role of krill in non-salmonid aquafeeds

Despite the relatively higher cost, krill could play a niche role in diets for multiple farmed fish species, researcher says.

Wild fishery productivity down for first time since 2018

Although fluctuations in productivity are common, aquafeed industry leaders say the report signals a need for more sustainable fishery management.

Animal Feed Manufacturers

Feeds from new Philippines mill will be based on local ingredients

Locally grown corn and copra will be the main raw materials for a new feed mill scheduled to open by the end of the year.

Philippines Magnified Map

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

What to do if you suspect New World screwworm on your farm

Due to the current outbreak of New World screwworm (NWS) in Central America and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is preparing for a domestic response in case NWS is discovered in the U.S.

New World Screwworm

Feed Ingredients

Legalization of hemp 'very difficult' in dairy cow diets, researcher says

Study finds CBD in milk from newly lactating cows weeks after the animals appeared to clear the cannabinoids from their system.

Dairy Cattle Eating

African Swine Fever

Researchers see promise in mRNA vaccines for ASF

While more conventional ASF vaccines are increasingly available, researchers say developing an mRNA vaccine could come with additional benefits.

Dairy cooperatives settle milk price-fixing lawsuit

Cooperatives Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers will pay a combined US$34.4 million to resolve a class action price-fixing lawsuit.

Raw Milk Tank Farm

Regulatory Updates

Save Our Bacon Act aims to counteract Proposition 12

Introduced by Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson on July 23, the Save Our Bacon Act “would alleviate this overregulation by prohibiting state and local governments from interfering with the production of livestock in other states.”

African Swine Fever

Study: US needs stricter controls to contain ASF

Current rules would likely fail to control a hypothetical outbreak in the U.S., research concludes.

African Swine Fever Virus

Avian Influenza

Let-it-spread approach to HPAI 'dangerous and unethical,' researchers say

Allowing HPAI to run rampant in pursuit of herd immunity could devastate the industry and damage rural economies, researchers from Johns Hopkins University say.

Business & Markets

Canadian producers urge government to grow country’s agriculture sector

A group of Canadian agriculture organizations have sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney asking the government to “treat agriculture and agrifood as a strategically important sector” and to implement a four-part strategy outlined in the letter.

Alternative Protein

First-of-its-kind fungal protein plant underway in Brazil

The project will receive subsidies to support shrimp and salmon producers in Brazil and neighboring countries like Ecuador and Chile.

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