The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) issued a final scientific report to the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) to inform the development of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs). The DGAC advised HHS and USDA to continue to recommend that Americans consume three servings of dairy per day and that dairy products …
New Tech Provides Non-Invasive In-Ovo Sexing
Say hello to Cheggy, the first non-invasive in-ovo technology of its kind to determine the sex of a chick before hatching. In a groundbreaking development for the United States egg industry, an Iowa hatchery has become the first site to offer an automated in-ovo sex determining solution in the nation. An identical machine is also operational at a hatchery in …
Animal Ag News 12/9
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the start of its National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS), which builds on measures taken by USDA and federal and state partners since the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in dairy cattle was first detected in March 2024. Today, USDA is issuing a …
ALB is All About Climate Smart Sheep
This month, 150 sheep producers around the country will be selected to participate in the American Lamb Board (ALB) Climate Smart Sheep program starting in 2025. ALB Chairman Jeff Ebert of Kansas says producers enrolled in the program will be paid up to $7,000 to develop and implement Climate Smart Sheep management practices and measure and report emissions and life …
Animal Ag News 12/2
Targeted livestock grazing is a successful and cost-efficient method to manage cheatgrass in the U.S. western Great Plains when timed to coincide with cheatgrass growth rather than based solely on the time of year, according to a recent study published by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL). The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) issued a …
Animal Ag News 11/25
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is pleased to announce that Lara Moody, the Institute for Feed Education and Research’s (IFEEDER) executive director, has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF). Livestock Publications Council (LPC) annually inducts one of its distinguished leaders into the Hall of Fame. This honor is reserved for those …
Animal Ag News 11/19
McDonald’s USA and supplier Lopez Foods, have joined Syngenta North America in a collaboration that aims to increase feed efficiency and help reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released per pound of meat produced, as part of efforts to improve the sustainability of beef production. Enogen® corn is an in-seed innovation available exclusively from Syngenta, that has been shown …
NCBA Pleased with Election Results, Hopeful for Farm Bill
The 2024 election turned out well for the nation’s cattle producers, according to National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane. “Whether it be a president that we’ve worked with before, whether it be the defeat of radical animal rights action around the country, a tremendous election cycle, and I think now eyes turn to what can …
Animal Ag News 11/11
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) will accept nominations and applications for the fourth Cohort of the Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders through November 17. The leadership program blends in-person and virtual working sessions to focus on four areas of development: critical thinking, leadership development, connecting and relating skills, and operational excellence. Members of the program work together …
ALMDA Asks USDA to Delay Animal Disease Traceability Rule
The American Livestock Markets and Dealers Association (ALMDA) has formally requested that USDA-APHIS delay the implementation or enforcement of the final rule on Use of Electronic Identification Eartags as Official Identification in Cattle and Bison (ADT Rule), scheduled to become effective today, November 5. In a letter to USDA-APHIS, ALMDA requested that the implementation or enforcement of the ADT Rule …