Livestock News

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today praised an announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of an initial $27.1 million purchase for a foot-and-mouth disease vaccine for the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank (NAVVCB). ...

Jul. 8, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

To help fish farmers provide balanced fish feed pellets at a bargain price. Fusmar Machinery, as a professional fish feed machine designer and manufacturer, we have launched a series of fish feed machines with reasonable prices and high quality according to the local market conditions, including fish feed extruder, feed mixer, ...

Jul. 14, 2020

By Zhengzhou Fusmar Machinery Co.,Ltd

The brothers Jack and Mark Renders in Son & Breugel in The Netherlands produce 185,000 regular broilers in five houses. They chose DACS ventilation and controls for their new house, commissioned in September 2019. Easier to operate “The constant breeze of preheated air over the chicks from day one is a major advantage of the DACS ventilation system compared to our ...

Jul. 2, 2020

By DACS A/S

At the moment, the question of whether the cultivation of rapeseed still turns out to be profitable is being intensely discussed in many cropping businesses, but it is precisely the current prospects for oilseed rape that do not look bad at all. In addition to the well-known strengths of rapeseed, such as the effects as a preceding crop, more stable yields and positive price trends are to be ...

Jul. 1, 2020

By Rapool Ring Gmbh

Did you know that June has been called Dairy Month since 1939? This is a great time to recognize and celebrate our dairy farmers that provide a healthy, nutritious product. Minnesota dairy farms produce a lot of milk, ranking number 8 in the nation. Milk is an affordable nutritional source containing nine essential nutrients including protein, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, riboflavin, ...

Jun. 26, 2020

By Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

Every American has a part to play in slowing the spread of the coronavirus. While many are working from home, an important few are working overtime on farms and ranches to make sure grocery store shelves are stocked. From harvesting wheat in Kansas to picking blueberries in Georgia, producers are getting up before the sun every day, while also adapting their operations to keep workers safe. They ...

Jun. 25, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the legislative hearing to review S. 3894, the  ...

Jun. 24, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing on S. 3894, The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020. “Maintaining the health of our planet for future generations is, of course, of paramount importance. So is feeding the billions of people that populate the Earth today and in the years ...

Jun. 24, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee passed the bipartisan U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020 by a voice vote. Click here to read the legislation, summary, and ...

Jun. 24, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

The grass has finally started growing and crops have been planted. Things are starting to get green and grow! Most of the grazing dairies I have spoken with recently have their cows out on pasture. This is such a great time of the year as we see our cows on pasture enjoying the lush grasses! This ...

Jun. 23, 2020

By Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., wrote to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting the extension of existing flexibilities for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) through September 30, 2020, as authorized by the Families First Coronavirus ...

Jun. 22, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

On the latest episode of our Dirt Rich podcast series, Theresa Keaveny calls up Troy Daniell, NRCS State Conservationist. Personally, I really enjoyed listening to their conversation unfold on soil health work in Minnesota, the role livestock play, and land healing and resilience. An ecologist by training and passion, he says “we’ve always got to be in a healing mode, ...

Jun. 16, 2020

By Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

Osborne, KansasOsborne Industries, Inc., manufacturer of ACCU-ARM® portable livestock scales, is pleased to announce the release of a new, cost-saving digital weight display for its 500-lb. capacity weigh scales for small animals like pig, sheep, and goats. The new ...

Jun. 15, 2020

By Osborne Industries, Inc.

Agri-Plastics, Group of Companies, announced today the introduction of the new Buddy Hutch Calf-Rearing System – the most efficient, easy-to-work-with calf rearing solution. This modified Group Hutch works perfectly for paired newborn calves. By pairing calves together, stress is reduced and their overall health and development are improved. Benefits of paired housing ...

Jun. 11, 2020

By Agri-Plastics Mfg

This free to attend, 40 minute webinar which has been designed in partnership with Feed Info, will examine how to adapt feed supply and production strategies to tackle disruptors like COVID-19 and future unforeseen challenges. For stakeholders from the animal nutrition and feed industry, this webcast will provide the insight into different issues that can impact supply and ...

Jun. 10, 2020

By Adifo NV

For the last two months, SFA has been convening a team of 40+ farmers, food advocates, funders, nonprofits, and agency folks, loosely called the Local Producer Resiliency Working Group. Its goal is to identify programs, policies and strategies (local, state, national) to help farmers be successful and resilient in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Jun. 10, 2020

By Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

The USDA has announced Coronavirus Food Assistance Program details. Sign-ups for this program started on May 26 and runs through Aug. 28. There are payments ($16 billion in total) for dairy, livestock, commodity crops, specialty crops and wool. Payments will be prorated at 80 percent upfront and 20 percent later in the year. Organic dairy is expected to be treated, in this context, like any other ...

Jun. 5, 2020

By Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

Agri-Plastics, the Calf Housing Specialists, have been making calf hutches since 1995. The first product the VanBuuren family developed was an outdoor hutch made for one calf. Over the years, Agri-Plastics created a variety of outdoor hutches and expanded its product offering to include a variation that works for indoor barn operations. Introducing the Ultra Flex-Pen: a versatile indoor pen ...

Jun. 1, 2020

By Agri-Plastics Mfg

On May 22, 2020, EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) announced the opening of a 15-day comment period on its proposal to register a new active ingredient and biopesticide product. The biopesticide product, PHC-91398, would contain Ea peptide 91398, the new active ingredient that was derived from naturally occurring ...

May 29, 2020

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Assistance is always important when starting a market farm or attempting to access land. Community help, mentors, partners and expertise are required to successfully get your farm business off the ground, and SFA’s Twin Cities Growers Network is partnering with U. of M. Extension for two upcoming workshops that will explore these topics. ...

May 28, 2020

By Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota