Cow bedding affects food safety
WOOSTER, Ohio - Whether dairy farmers choose sand or sawdust as bedding for their cows has never been considered a food-safety issue.
CWD case sobering for national wildlife sector
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Scientists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences expected chronic wasting disease (CWD) to show up in deer in the Northeast eventually, but they didn't anticipate that it would appear on Pennsylvania's northern doorstep this spring after being discovered in a deer that was fed to 350 people.
Farm-consumer, animal-human links are growing issue for animal agriculture
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Attendees to the National Institute for Animal Agriculture's symposium, Protecting the Global Food Supply: Growing Concerns for Emerging Zoonotic Diseases, were left with a key message: We must strengthen animal and human health together.
Hope, challenge await cattle industry
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Killing ornamental weeds takes a plan
COLUMBUS - Effective weed control in the garden or landscape involves more than just laying down mulch, applying herbicides, or using a combination of both methods.
Ohio farmers receive awards for conservation stewardship
COLUMBUS - Seven farmers who have implemented conservation and resource stewardship management practices received this year's Environmental Stewardship Awards.
Soybean rust fungicides don’t do well in ‘mixed’ company
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Farmers can control Asian soybean rust and soybean aphid by spraying fungicides and insecticides from the same tank mix.
Watch what you pitch over the fence
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Some house plants and shrubs contain toxins in the leaves, stems or flowers and can be poisonous to pets and livestock.
Wind-blown dust particles can carry E. coli bacteria
WOOSTER, Ohio - Under laboratory conditions, sawdust bedding not only yielded higher counts of E. coli O157:H7 than sand bedding; it also harbored the pathogen longer.
Canadian hogs aren’t hurting U.S. farmers
WASHINGTON - The U.S. International Trade Commission determined April 6 the U.S. hog industry is not injured by live swine imports from Canada - even though the U.S. Department of Commerce determined the hogs are sold in the United States at less than fair value.
