G20 Challenged to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
19:50 | 07/09/2016
GLOBAL - A paper challenging global business leaders to recognise the complexity of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) challenge in humans and animals and the role of agriculture, has been circulated at the G20 Summit, which took place at Hangzhou, Zhejiang in China on 4 and 5 September.
India Invests to Increase Livestock Production
22:26 | 06/09/2016
INDIA - In order to increase livestock and fishery production in the country while providing livelihood opportunities to farmers, India has earmarked over 1000 crore (10 billion) rupees to fund different projects under various programmes run by the union government, writes Basudev Mahapatra.
Farmgate Milk Prices Lifting Globally
22:22 | 06/09/2016
GLOBAL - A growing number of major New Zealand and EU dairy companies are increasing their farmgate milk prices, following improvement in dairy’s global supply and demand balance, UK levy board AHDB Dairy has reported.
Union Calls for Cross-Party Bovine TB Debate
22:54 | 05/09/2016
WALES, UK - The Farmers’ Union of Wales has called for a cross party debate at the Welsh Assembly for elected members to discuss the urgent need for a change to the current Bovine TB eradication programme.
Scientists Create Edible Food Packaging Made from Milk Proteins
20:55 | 02/09/2016
US - Plastic food packaging is unsustainable, creates a lot of non-biodegradable waste, and is not that good at preventing spoilage, but scientists may have found a new solution in the form of milk proteins.
EU Releases Details of Dairy Aid Package
20:53 | 02/09/2016
EU - The precise details of the €500 million aid package for the dairy and other livestock sectors announced by Commissioner Phil Hogan in July have been finalised this week in agreement with Member State experts.
More Cows Give Birth at Full Moon
22:32 | 01/09/2016
JAPAN - A popular belief that there is a higher number of births around the full moon has been shown to be true for dairy cows by a group of University of Tokyo researchers.
New Bluetongue Test to Help India's Poor Improve Livestock Productivity
22:29 | 01/09/2016
INDIA - Researchers at the UK's Pirbright Institute have developed field tests for Indian strains of bluetongue virus (BTV) that are reliable, rapid and simple to use.
Australian Exporters Welcome Resumption of Japan Live Cattle Trade
20:10 | 31/08/2016
AUSTRALIA - Japanese authorities announced last week the reopening of the $14.6 million trade in feeder and breeder cattle from Australia, following agreement on improved export certification processes for all consignments.
Cows in Glass Boxes Help Scientists Reduce Methane Emissions
20:08 | 31/08/2016
FINLAND - A recent study using cows in glass boxes to measure their emissions found that methane emissions can be linked to genotypes, which may allow scientists to speed up the breeding of more climate-friendly cows.
