Synlait Milk forecasts higher earnings despite drop in annual profit
19:23 | 28/09/2020
New Zealand’s Synlait Milk reported a 9 percent drop in annual profit on 28 September, but forecasts strong underlying core earnings for 2021 based on its core infant and lactoferrin business.
Marfrig executive pledges to reduce direct emissions by over 40 percent by 2035
20:52 | 23/09/2020
A top executive with Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods, the world’s top hamburger producer, says the company expects to achieve a 43 percent reduction in direct emissions by 2035.
CME update: cattle futures sag ahead of monthly USDA report
20:50 | 23/09/2020
CME live and feeder cattle futures fell on 22 September in anticipation of Friday’s Cattle on Feed report from the USDA.
Results from domestication study could enhance livestock development
20:37 | 22/09/2020
Study shows that the genetic makeup of water buffalo and cattle responded to breeding for human domestication in similar ways.
New company to reduce cows’ methane using feed additive made from the seaweed
20:36 | 22/09/2020
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO announced the formation of a new company to take a methane-busting seaweed to market, with $13 million secured from five investors.
Crying over plant-based milk: neither science nor history favors a dairy monopoly
20:38 | 20/09/2020
Soy milk. Almond milk. Rice milk. To some dairy farmers these products are like a red rag to a bull.
Chance of La Niña forming increases in Australia
20:36 | 20/09/2020
The Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) latest climate outlook is forecasting a wetter-than-average spring for most of the eastern mainland, in part due to La Niña conditions developing over the Pacific Ocean.
Experts discuss risk factors and treatment options for pre-weaning pneumonia
21:57 | 16/09/2020
When talking to ranchers about cattle health concerns in the summer, fly control and pinkeye will often come to mind, but one condition that can lead to calf death is pre-weaning pneumonia.
Fall Season is a Good Time to Manage Some Pasture Weeds
21:54 | 16/09/2020
Fall is the best time to control some of North Dakota’s most notorious weeds in pastures and other grasslands, according to North Dakota State University Extension specialists.
EU farming unions stress the need to meet both climate commitments and food production goals
21:08 | 14/09/2020
After the EU's Environmental Climate Law vote, Copa and Cogeca underline the importance of approaching climate adaptation and greenhouse gas reduction in a way that doesn't threaten food production.
