LivestockThe Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program has 147 tentative awards worth $57,424,130, pending congressional allotment, to help independent processors expand and give ranchers more local outlets.
LivestockWestern Cape animal health director Dr Noluvuyo Magadla says broken cold chains, stressed animals, forgotten boosters and missing records undo more vaccination programmes than faulty products.
LivestockUSDA confirmed New World screwworm in a hunter-harvested elk in Pecos County, Texas, as New Mexico reported a new cattle case and weekly US detections rose to six.
LivestockUSDA counted 11.372 million cattle on feed on 1 October and 1.777 million placements in September, well below trade estimates, with little sign yet of herd rebuilding.
LivestockUSDA's Foreign Agricultural Service forecasts India's 2027 beginning inventory of cattle and buffalo at 307 million head, as strong carabeef demand raises slaughter and farmers replace low-yielding animals.
In Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, about 450 people in two villages were given rabies vaccine as a precaution after eating food made with milk from a cow that died after a suspected dog bite; the deputy chief medical officer says boiling milk destroys the virus.
LivestockAustralian beef shipped to the United States has overtaken estimated domestic use for perhaps the first time, driven by a 70-year low in the US cattle herd, though MLA cautions that the domestic figure is only a proxy.
LivestockFrom 26 October the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service will publish an extra regional cash cattle report pooling Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas, as negotiated cash trade has fallen below 18 percent of purchases.
AgrotechSam Fryer's A$12,000 thermal drone replaced a helicopter and two bike riders, finds hidden cattle and dingoes, and by his estimate returned 110% in year one.
OpinionIn a column for Beef Central, scientists Pablo Manzano, Enrike Maree and Peer Ederer of the Dublin Declaration argue that removing cattle and other grazers lets plant fuel pile up, and that managed grazing belongs among the tools against wildfire.
LivestockCanadian ranchers are using dart guns to treat cattle that cannot easily be handled, but vets and Manitoba Agriculture say the practice needs training, suitable drugs and a protocol agreed with a veterinarian.
LivestockIreland's agriculture department has confirmed further bluetongue cases, bringing the total to 28 herds in 11 counties, 26 of them cattle and two sheep, with Wexford hardest hit; farmers and vets are urged to report suspect cases.
LivestockAgriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins urged states to review their wolf management policies and work with USDA on predation, including lethal removal where state or federal wildlife authorities request it and the law allows.
