The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will begin collecting samples of ground beef from grocery stores to test for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). The sampling will take place in states where HPAI has been detected in dairy cattle, USDA said. Some dairy cattle enter the supply chain as…
The Nebraska Auctioneers Association has announced the 2024 Auctioneer of the Year - Dean Dallman, Franklin, NE Dean graduated from Reisch World Wide College of Auctioneering at Mason City, Iowa, in 1976, and then embarked on a lifelong career as an auctioneer. He auctioned for K & S Auctions in…
Weather brought much rain What caused Chicago wheat to drop? Crop progress report To early to call planting delay? Lower cattle on a Monday
Crop Progress as of April 28th: from Water Street SolutionsCorn Planted 27%; 12% last week; 22% on averageCorn Emerged 7%; 3% last week; 4% on averageSoybeans Planted 18%; 8% last week; 10% on averageWinter Wheat Headed 30%; 17% last week; 21% on averageWinter Wheat Condition 49% G/E; 50% G/E last…
MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University researcher has new support to battle one of the biggest global threats to pigs and swine production, which is a $57-billion-dollar industry in the U.S. The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, or FFAR, recently awarded a $1 million Seeding Solutions Grant to Waithaka Mwangi, immunology professor…
ROSEMONT, Ill. – A checkoff-led pilot in Cincinnati schools that offered lactose-free chocolate milk increased consumption and reached students who weren’t drinking milk because of real or perceived lactose intolerance. National Dairy Council (NDC) and American Dairy Association Mideast worked with Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) to offer the country’s first single-serve…
Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., a first-generation college student, heart surgeon and longtime college administrator who for the last decade has led the University of Nebraska Medical Center through a period of record growth, was confirmed Friday as NU’s ninth president by the Board of Regents. Dr. Gold, who also serves as the…
College is a life-changing experience for many people, but Jaiden Boomsma’s life changed well before she arrived on the campus of South Dakota State University (SDSU). Seven years ago this month, when Jaiden was 15, she lost her little brother Jaxon in a tractor runover on their grandparents’ farm. Soon…
PARSIPPANY, N.J. & TEANECK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS) and Phibro Animal Health Corporation (Nasdaq: PAHC) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement where Phibro Animal Health will acquire Zoetis’ medicated feed additive (MFA) product portfolio, certain water soluble products and related assets for $350 million, subject to customary closing adjustments.…
Lincoln, Nebraska — François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s minister of innovation, science and industry, will deliver a May 3 address at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, speaking on “U.S.-Canada Trade and Geopolitics.” Champagne’s presentation, which is free and open to the public, is 1 to 2 p.m. in the Nebraska Union’s Swanson Auditorium.…
