Livestock
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.
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LivestockNew models and a blood test point to less antibiotic use in US beef cattle
FFAR-funded work at Kansas State and Texas Tech found group antibiotic treatment did not pay off in 72% of cattle groups studied, and that a blood test predicts liver abscesses with 80% accuracy.
Crops
FFAR puts $9.3m into 12 studies on getting more from nitrogen and phosphorus
The Efficient Fertilizer Consortium's 2026 awards fund university and government teams in the United States, Canada, Denmark and Israel to test enhanced-efficiency fertilisers, biofertilisers, placement and cover crops across corn, soybean, cotton, irrigated and dryland systems under common field-tr