LivestockVictoria delays tougher poultry cage rules by a year because of bird flu
The new welfare standards, part of a national plan to phase out conventional cages by 2036, now start in mid-2027, while caged-egg farmers vow to fight the phase-out.
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LivestockNebraska study tests pooled fresh semen to raise heifer pregnancy rates
Early results from a three-year University of Nebraska project show pregnancies up almost 11% in heifers bred with fresh semen pooled from three bulls.
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Two FFAR-funded studies point to less antibiotic use in beef cattle
Kansas State models show group treatment for respiratory disease did not pay in 72% of groups, and Texas Tech links liver abscesses to rumen health, not genetics.
EnvironmentDairy farmers help heal Queensland's Mary River, once among its most degraded
Pile fields, fenced banks and effluent reuse on farms now keep an estimated 27,000 tonnes of fine sediment a year from reaching the southern Great Barrier Reef.
LivestockImmigration raids in Kansas beef towns cut slaughter and delay thousands of cattle
Fed-cattle slaughter fell nearly 16% on Thursday as ICE operations in Dodge City, Garden City and Liberal kept packing-plant workers away, cattle groups say.
LivestockNearly 24,900 Irish farmers apply for the €28m Beef Welfare Scheme
Applications rose 1.4% on 2025; the scheme pays suckler farmers per calf for meal feeding around weaning, vaccination and parasite or forage testing.
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Camera and AI in the sorting chute flag pig tail biting before it spreads
WEDA's PigTail, a silver DLG Innovation Award winner at EuroTier 2026, photographs each pig's tail as it passes and alerts farmers to new injuries.
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Pirgachha anthrax: 3 confirmed after sick cow slaughtered, all local cattle vaccinated
Eleven people in Pirgachha, Rangpur, developed anthrax symptoms after a sick cow was slaughtered and its meat shared and sold; IEDCR tests confirmed three cases, and the livestock office has vaccinated all cattle in the area.
EnvironmentIreland extends the slurry spreading deadline by a week after the drought
Farmers who register with the department may spread slurry until 7 October, with the closed period starting on 8 October and zero tolerance after that.
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Mobile phones put egg prices across Bangladesh in every poultry farmer's hand
Mobile phones and the internet now let layer farmers in Tangail and traders up to Dhaka's wholesale markets compare egg prices across the country; traders say prices follow supply and demand.
LivestockDairy herds rich in butterfat and protein earn up to $474 more per cow, CoBank finds
A CoBank Knowledge Exchange report finds herds in the top 10% for milk components earn $101 to $352 more per cow a year at average US production.
Market ManagementGround beef prices fell only 2% after the US widened its lean beef import quota
American Farm Bureau economists tracked 41 grocery stores in 22 states and found the average price of 80% lean ground beef slipped from $7.29 to $7.13 a pound.
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FAO starts nationwide drive to vaccinate 9.8 million animals in war-hit Sudan
The 2026–2027 campaign covers all 18 states and 1.2 million livestock-owning households, after the conflict destroyed Sudan's only veterinary vaccine laboratory.