by Doug Mayo | Mar 24, 2017
In the fall of 2016, USDA’s Animal Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of screwworms in the Florida Keys. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) announced on March 18, 2017 that they were winding down their...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 10, 2017
This week’s featured video is a really cool innovation for building or repairing fences, a cordless fence staple gun made by the STOCKade Company in New Zealand. Anyone who has ever built or repaired farm fences will want one of these tools. Unfortunately, the...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 17, 2017
This week’s featured video is actually a series of four videos that showcase high-tech robots for dairy farms. The Lely Corporation has developed several automated robots for specific daily chores on dairies; from automatically milking cows whenever they want...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 13, 2017
Source: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 01/09/2017 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) in a stray dog near...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 16, 2016
Source: FDA CVM Animal Feed Safety System Team As of January 1, 2017, animal producers will not be able to purchase feeds over the counter that contain antimicrobials deemed important for human health. Instead, to buy and use feeds containing those antimicrobials,...
by external | Dec 2, 2016
Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist Prolapses occur occasionally in beef cows. Most prolapses occur around calving time. Two distinct kinds of prolapse exist. Uterine prolapses are most likely to occur during or shortly after...