LivestockThe UK government and UK Research and Innovation have set out 18 projects worth £54m to prepare for animal disease outbreaks, build next-generation livestock vaccines and tackle antimicrobial resistance on farms.
LivestockThe UK assurance scheme Red Tractor will open a consultation in November on revised pig standards, including a full standard for flexible farrowing systems and stronger biosecurity against African swine fever.
LivestockConstruction has begun on the Ontario Poultry Research Centre in Elora, backed by more than $24 million from the province, to study flock health, welfare, biosecurity, nutrition and production efficiency; it is due by summer 2028.
LivestockGrassfed cattle levy payers will vote on 24 November on lifting the levy from $5 to $6 a head by July 2028, but only if accountability, biosecurity and integrity reforms are in place by July 2027.
LivestockAfter a $7 million investment earlier this year, the NSW Government's new plan drops the old reliance on self-reporting and divides the state into high, medium and low-risk areas for cattle tick.
LivestockThe Department of Agriculture urged strict biosecurity on every site with captive birds; only two cases have been found in Ireland in 2026, while France counted 156 outbreaks last season.
LivestockManitoba veterinarian Blaine Tully describes low-cost sampling methods, from chew ropes to shoe covers and processing fluids, that let farms test hundreds of pigs for PED, influenza and PRRS by PCR and antibody tests.
Strict biosecurity and wide vaccination let livestock take part at Nampo Alfa despite foot-and-mouth concerns, as farmers and industry used the show's first day to press for better coordination with government on animal health.
AgrotechThe Dutch firm's MS Smart Cleaning Robot foams, pressure-washes and disinfects livestock barns in one autonomous pass, finding its way with 3D LiDAR and no manual programming.
LivestockOwners of tick-infested Restricted Places in Queensland's tick-free zone must begin a 26-week treatment programme now or face movement limits until mid-2028, with a 25% acaricide subsidy available.
LivestockA Hereford heifer in Brown County, Minnesota, tested positive for rabies on 8 September after its owner and vets treated it without gloves; nine people were advised to get post-exposure prophylaxis and 13 cows were quarantined.
LivestockMore than 1,000 responses to the first review of Australia's Cattle Transaction Levy in two decades asked for clearer evidence of what the $5 levy delivers, with biosecurity the leading call for new investment.
LivestockThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency found five new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Manitoba poultry on 21-22 September, the province's first since December.
