Two students from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University have received a highly competitive National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) grant. Savannah Rhodes and Wyatt Hursh were awarded the $50,000 grant to investigate the marketability of their device, which measures health biomarkers in livestock.

With wildfires present in Ontario, and their ability to spread quickly across forests, grasslands and fields, livestock farmers near these natural spaces should be prepared for wildfires and know the steps to minimize risks and losses.

Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) today reported a H5N6 avian flu infection in a 54-year-old woman from Sichuan province on China’s mainland.

Farm Health Guardian merges with NoveTechnologies, improving on-farm pork and poultry biosecurity options.

It’s a reality of livestock farming that animals sometimes die on the farm. When that happens, those animals must be handled and disposed of responsibly and properly – but for decades, there has been little change in the available tools for farmers to do so.

“I learned a lot and today showed me there are things I’m doing right. That feels good.”

She envisions her new job as an opportunity to build relationships with cattle producers, UF/IFAS Extension agents and research faculty.

Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his economic analysis of the beef cattle industry as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner” published electronically by Dr. Peel and Mark Johnson. Today, Dr. Peel talks about the beef cattle markets.

Don’t wait. Get to know your local veterinarian now and establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship if you expect to treat livestock in the future, as over-the-counter livestock antibiotics will soon require a prescription.

Increasing awareness of animal health and welfare, growing demand for high-quality animal feed, and expanding livestock sector contribute to market growth.