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Drug-resistant bacteria found in raw milk from North Texas dairy farm
edairynews | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture NewsA recall has been issued on raw milk sold by North Texas distributor K-Bar Dairy over worries that some of the products contain a drug-resistant bacteria linked to fever, swelling, fatigue and other symptoms. The small, family-operated dairy farm is in Wise County, about 40 miles northwest of Fort Worth and 60 miles northwest of Dallas. It produces around 120 gallons per day of raw milk, a type of milk that has not been pasteurized to kill harmful microorganisms.A person who drank raw milk from K-Bar was hospitalized with symptoms of fever, joint pain and fatigue.
Will rural Iowa wither as big ag becomes bigger, squeezing out farms in the middle?
Des Moines Register | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture NewsOn a sweltering morning, John Gilbert bottle-feeds calves with a small, converted bucket, while his 3-year-old granddaughter struggles to hold a wriggling kitten.
South Dakota cattle groups weigh in on tracking rules
Missouri Farmer Today | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture NewsWhen federal meat inspectors found bovine tuberculosis in South Dakota cattle earlier this year, the official ear tag paired with that animal helped pinpoint the Harding County herd where the cattle had originated. From there, state animal health officials went to work testing neighboring herds that might have been exposed in an effort to contain the disease that South Dakota had been rid of since 2009.
HSUS pushing for farm bill animal welfare title
Brownfield Ag News | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal NewsIgnore the following at your own peril: The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) is working its tail off to get an animal “welfare” title into the 2018 Farm Bill. You’ve been warned.
Fear on the farm: what will America eat when Trump throws out migrant labor?
Pacific Standard | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal, Food News"A lot of people in this country think of immigrants based on what they hear on television or read in the news or Internet," Wood says. "We want people to know that, every day, they eat or drink something an immigrant helps produce: wine, or a glass of milk, or cheese, or the hotel bed they sleep in."In 2013, Wood's family hired Pedro, a short, mustachioed man of 47 with a thick head of black hair. He has been in the U.S. for 13 years, leaving behind a large family in Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico coast, where he raised cows.
Trump to seek NAFTA fix for southeastern produce growers
Politico | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal NewsThe Trump administration plans to come to the bargaining table during this week's opening round of NAFTA talks with a proposal aimed at protecting U.S. produce farmers from cheaper Mexican imports, POLITICO has learned. The plan would essentially make it easier for growers of fruits and vegetables to allege that Mexico is selling produce in the U.S. at below-market prices by allowing American producers in a given region to band together to bring an anti-dumping case backed by seasonal data, said Joel Nelsen, head of the USDA advisory committee that crafted the recommendation.U.S.
Can we feed the world with farmed fish?
NPR | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture, Food NewsFor years, scientists and activists have sounded the alarm that humans' appetite for seafood is outpacing what fishermen can sustainably catch. But new research suggests there is space on the open ocean for farming essentially all the seafood humans can eat.
Reports of dicamba damage continue to spread nationally
St Louis Post Dispatch | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture NewsScientists tracking reported dicamba damage released new data Monday that show the controversial weedkiller’s suspected footprint widening significantly, as numbers of investigations and estimated acres of soybeans injured spiral ever higher, especially across the Midwest.
Anti-Zoo HSUS Exec Infiltrates Zoo Community
Humane Watch | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture, Rural NewsWe wrote recently about Humane Society of the United States CEO Wayne Pacelle speaking at next month’s annual meeting of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. But Pacelle’s invitation by executive director Dan Ashe has created significant concern among AZA members. Pacelle is on record saying he envisions a future without pets—”I don’t want to see another cat or dog born.” He and his followers are also no friends of those who keep animals in “prisons.” Also troubling for the AZA is its tin ear regarding other invited speakers.
A summary of the Animal Rights Conference 2017
Tri State Livestock News | Posted onAugust 17, 2017 in Agriculture, Rural NewsThe Animal Agriculture Alliance released a report today detailing observations from the Animal Rights National Conference, held August 3-6 in Alexandria, Virginia. The event was hosted by the Farm Animal Rights Movement and sponsored by Compassion Over Killing, Mercy for Animals, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and The Humane League, along with other animal rights activist groups. Activists in attendance were encouraged to be as extreme as necessary to advance their goals. "Breaking the law can often be a good thing to do," said Zach Groff, Animal Liberation Collective.