April 18, 2019
Implementing biosecurity on a poultry operation can prevent the introduction and spread of infectious diseases, including Avian Influenza. Poultry biosecurity resources were released in December 2018 now have a full complement of resources in Spanish. …
April 18, 2019
The Senate Agriculture Committee kicked off an effort to reauthorize child nutrition programs and hopes to pass a bill later this year. At an April 10 hearing, Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) said, “There is a …
April 18, 2019
The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled the 2017 Census of Agriculture, providing a wealth of new data on production agriculture in the United States. Since the last census in 2012, both the number of farms …
April 18, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration issued a revised question-and-answer guidance document on the agency’s Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD). The VFD, which went into effect in 2015, governs the use of animal drugs in or on …
April 18, 2019
Cases of reported virulent Newcastle Disease (vND) have been declining since USDA announced the availability of $45 million to combat the spread of the disease. On April 1, the first Arizona case was confirmed in …
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