TheDairySite Newsletter - 29 June 2012
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Welcome to this week's newsletterEditorial: Compulsory Electronic Tagging of Cattle Goes Live in NZThis Sunday, 1 July, the mandatory National Animal Identification and Tracing
(Nait) scheme for cattle in New Zealand will be implemented. Deer will follow in March 2013.
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We have 4 new features this week: Individual Factors Associated with L- and H-Type BSE in France In what they believe is the first study of atypical cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in France, researchers based in Lyon found that the cases were detected in animals much older than for the classical form of the disease. There was a significant geographical cluster in central France for one of the atypical forms although this may have been due to the BSE testing scheme in place. High Feed Prices, Low Milk Prices - What Can You Do? Current economic conditions are causing intense frustration throughout the dairy industry, writes Bob James, Extension Dairy Scientist, Virginia University. Managing Personnel for Milking Parlours on Large Herds This factsheet from the University of Arizona looks at the importance of labour in the parlour. Keeping Cows Cool, Where do I Start? Heat stress occurs when a dairy cow’s heat load is greater than her capacity to lose heat. Heat stress effects include: increased respiration rate, increased water intake, increased sweating, decrease in dry matter intake, slower rate of feed passage, blood flow to internal organs, milk production and poor reproductive performance, writes JF Smith, JP Harner and MJ Brouk from Kansas University. ![]()
» USDA GAIN: Agricultural Biotechnology - Slovakia Annual » USDA Dairy Products Sales - 27 June 2012 » UK Milk Prices and Composition of Milk - Review of May 2012 » USDA Agricultural Prices - June 2012
Exploiting Natural Defences of Farm Animals to Control Infectious Diseases NETHERLANDS - Pfizer announced the launch of a new Public-Private partnership research program, ALTANT - ASIA in collaboration with leading scientists in the Netherlands, seeking to develop alternative strategies to protect farm animals from infectious disease by minimising the likelihood of inducing antibiotic resistance. MSD Presents Results of Vaccine Against Schmallenberg Virus NETHERLANDS - MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the United States and Canada) announces the successful development of a candidate vaccine against the Schmallenberg virus. Immediately after the first cases appeared at the end of 2011, MSD Animal Health started the emergency development program.
» Energy Costs Savings of Spray Drying Dairy Products
» Trading Among Farmers Get Go Ahead » Mandatory Electronic Cattle ID Goes Live ![]()
» Welfare Campaign for Dairy Cattle Launched » Auditors Organic Report - a Model for EU Regulation? » Arla Says Yes to Mergers
» Badger Cull Heard in Court » Growth for Scottish Dairy Sector » NFUS Board Set for Supermarket Sweep » Milk Buyers Warned Against Price Cuts » Wiseman Price Cut Stuns Dairy Producers ![]()
» New Era for Dairy Genomics » Senate Calls for New Agricultural Body » Dairy Australia Increases R&D Funding » Milk Processor Bans Permeate in Milk » Managing Phosphorus on Grassland » Carbon Tax will Increase Farm Costs by A$3.2 billion
» Crucial Dairy Policy Reforms Welcomed in Farm Bill » CME: Total on Feed Supplies Up from a Year Ago » Warm Weather Brings Disease Risk » Antimicrobials that Destroy Bacteria, Solve Resistance » CME: Crop Condition Ratings Not as Bad as Expected » Weekly Roberts Market Report » $140 Million Settlement Agreed in Dean Antitrust Case » CME: Livestock and Poultry Reports to be Released » Controlling Insects, Rodents for Healthy Livestock » New CFO and CAFO Rules Mean Operational Changes » Industry Discourages Superfund Manure Regulation » Organic Compounds Eliminate Disease Pathogens » CME: Corn Balance Sheet Could be Minimal/Negative ![]()
» Delayed Silage Harvest Will Cost Farmers » Sustainability Development Programme for Irish Food » Value of Irish Agriculture Rises
» Commissioner Calls for Sustainable Agriculture » No Farmers, No Food, No Future » EU Signs Trade Agreement with Colombia, Peru » EU-Viet Nam in Free Trade Negotiations
» Egypt Reports FMD Outbreaks
» FMD NEWS: FAO and OIE Unveil Global Strategy » FAO and OIE Unveil Global Strategy for FMD Control
» World-Class Dairy Institute Launch in China
» Disease Eradication Project Model for Nation
» Chile Launches Livestock Insurance Scheme That's all for this week! Ed. |
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