Government/Regulatory/Consumer
Milk Source
(9/2/2010)
The Milk Source dairies in northeast Wisconsin have released a YouTube video that discusses how they care for their cows, along with their place in helping feed a world-wide community and their environmental stewardship.
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Milking procedures for maximum milk quality (video)
(8/19/2010)
This video demonstrates several dairy milking procedures to minimize mastitis and lower somatic cell counts in milk to improve milk quality.
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Choose to Choose (video)
(8/13/2010)
Watch video now.
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USDA Report on Bulk Tank Milk Somatic Cell Counts
(8/10/2010)
USDA monitors milk quality using bulk tank milk SCC (BTSCC) data provided by four of the nation’s 10 Federal Milk Marketing Orders, which account for nearly half of the nation’s milk supply.
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Welcome remarks from Capitol Hill antibiotics briefing (video)
(7/30/2010)
View welcome remarks by Ron Phillips, vice president of legislative and public affairs, Animal Health Institute.
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Program helps livestock animals combat summer heat (video)
(7/21/2010)
A program at Virginia-Maryland Regional Veterinary College gives livestock animals a chance to cool off and combat the summer heat by letting them graze on greener pastures, among other measures.
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AVMA resources on livestock antimicrobials
(7/20/2010)
Healthy animals make healthy food, and veterinarians are on the frontlines when it comes to keeping our nation's food supply safe. Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance are hot issues in the news right now, and there's a lot of confusion and misinformation in the media and on the Internet.
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Confined Livestock Better For the Planet
(7/15/2010)
Stanford University recently startled the world with its conclusion that conventional high-yield farming is far better for the planet than low-yield farming.
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HBO's 'Temple Grandin' nominated for 15 Emmy awards
(7/9/2010)
Temple Grandin, the HBO movie which paints a picture of Grandin’s perseverance and determination while struggling with the isolating challenges of autism, has been nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Best Made for Television Movie, Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Claire Danes), Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (David Strathairn), and Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Julie Ormond and Catherine O’Hara).
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AABP/AVC Respond to FDA on Guidance
(7/7/2010)
The American Association of Bovine Practitioners and the Academy of Veterinary Consultants welcome the opportunity to collaborate with the FDA-CVM on the principles identified in the draft guidance titled“The Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food-Producing Animals.”
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FDA antimicrobial draft guidance
(6/29/2010)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued draft guidance intended to help reduce the development of resistance to medically important antimicrobial drugs used in food-producing animals.
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Q&A on FDA's antimicrobial draft document
(6/29/2010)
Questions and Answers on FDA's Draft Guidance on the Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food-Producing Animals.
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Check out this really cool video!
(6/18/2010)
It reminds us of the immediate task at hand, and that is feeding a hungry world.
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Your veterinary accreditation is expiring on August 2!
(5/6/2010)
Veterinarians who want to keep their veterinary accreditation will need to elect to participate in the newly revised National Veterinary Accreditation Program (NVAP) before August 2.
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'In Defense of Farming' campaign scores big
(4/30/2010)
What do you get when you cross Michael Pollan speaking about his book 'In Defense of Food' (which was required reading for incoming University of Wisconsin Madison freshman) and Wisconsin farmers who are not going to stand for it? You get a whole sea of green.
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Preventing terrorism in the food industry
(4/30/2010)
Agriculture and our food supply is not immune from terrorism, however, the good news is that the potential remains lower than one might think.
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Three issues that threaten agriculture
(4/30/2010)
The Honorable Asa Hutchinson, former congressman and former undersecretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, identified some threats to agriculture.
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The human cost of animal rights
(4/30/2010)
Make no mistake, animal agriculture is under a terrible assault by animal rightists.
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Information is power
(4/30/2010)
“Information is power. Correct information makes you powerful. Information gives you intelligence. The correct information makes you intelligent. Unfortunately we have a lot of unintelligent people out there when it comes to animal agriculture.” This was the opening statement by, the Honorable David Scott, U.S. House of Representatives.
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Guess what I learned in computer class today
(3/31/2010)
You would think that in 8th grade computer class you would learn to type faster and with more accuracy. I had hoped to learn about hardware and software, programming and internet usage. However, as I recently discovered, someone with a major agenda is using keyboarding curriculum to send out an error filled message to over 25 thousand junior high kids about U.S. meat production and its affect on the rest of the world.
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Wisconsin fights raw milk bill
(3/17/2010)
Louis Pasteur would roll over in his grave if he knew that sophisticated, supposedly educated modern Americans were ignoring a decades old practice he developed to keep food safe and were instead embracing a potentially dangerous raw food. But that’s just what some consumers and even dairy farmers are pushing for, in this case, the legalization of the sale for consumption of raw milk and raw milk products.
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Raw milk’s popularity means foodborne illness
(3/17/2010)
Like the attraction to games of chance, consumers have to push the safety envelope and ignore what has been scientifically proven to keep them safe, and instead embrace the unscientifically proven benefits and risk the very real dangers of consuming raw milk products.
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Hurd responds to CBS antibiotic allegations, Part II
(2/12/2010)
ISU Associate Professor and Former USDA Deputy Undersecretary, Food Safety, responds to Part II of a CBS news segment on antibiotics.
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Hurd responds to CBS antibiotic allegations
(2/11/2010)
ISU Associate Professor and Former USDA Deputy Undersecretary, Food Safety, Responds to CBS News Segment on Antibiotics.
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Become a master of beef advocacy
(1/28/2010)
NCBA offers the Masters of Beef Advocacy program to the beef industry. It is a self-directed, online educational program that teaches consumer messages on modern beef production.
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