A record number of sandwiches were sold this year at the annual student-run grilled cheese stand during the 2015 World Dairy Expo. The stand is an annual tradition that offers attendees the opportunity to pay one dollar for freshly-made grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate milkshakes. This year’s stand sold more than 28,080 sandwiches during the six-day expo, surpassing the previous … Read More
VT Chickens Help Hatch Evolutionary Discovery
The genetic lines of chickens raised at Virginia Tech University were a critical component in a remarkable research study which has proven that evolution happens 15 times faster than has been previously believed. The study was published recently in Biology Letters, a journal of Royal Society Publishing, and involved Virginia Tech researchers, as well as researchers from the University of … Read More
K-State Research Fires Back at PEDv
Kansas State University researchers are jumping full force into studies of the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus(PEDv), which is said to have a 100 percent mortality rate in piglets less than 7 days old, and is estimated to have killed 8 million pigs in 2014. While European farmers have been dealing with PEDv since the 1970s, the disease first exploded … Read More
Ground Beef Safety Tips from K-State
While ground beef constitutes 42 percent of the beef consumed each year by Americans, several studies have shown an increasing concern among the American public regarding the safety of ground meat. Two food safety and meat science experts from Kansas State University have released helpful information for consumers on the extensive food safety and regulatory measures currently set in place … Read More
UF Launches Online Course on Horses
This fall, the University of Florida (UF) College of Veterinary Medicine has launched a new online undergraduate course focusing on everything horse, ranging from common health issues to topics in the unique industry of equine business. The course is team-taught by UF faculty members from several different departments, featuring pre-recorded lectures and an online discussion module, and aims to engage … Read More
Zoetis Grant to Help Enhance Milk Production Research
Researchers working on enhancing milk production are getting a boost. Zoetis has given a pair of scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz a $150,000 grant to continue research related to mammary gland development. The award is part of the competitive Zoetis Cattle Call research grant program, which supports efforts by North American researchers and veterinarians to improve dairy … Read More
UC-Davis Tops in Ag, Veterinary Sciences
The University of California, Davis, is rated as the top school in the world for teaching and research in agriculture and forestry as well as veterinary sciences. This news release from the university says the information comes from the QS World University Rankings and is the third consecutive year that UC Davis has been ranked first in ag and forestry. … Read More
K-State Offers Dairy Margin Protection Program Webinar
Knowing the ins and outs of the Dairy Margin Protection Program just implemented under the new 2014 Farm Bill is pretty important. That’s why the folks at Kansas State University are presenting a webinar on the subject Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am Central time. Robin Reid, an extension associate with the school will give participants … Read More
Growing the Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop
The Penn State Extension Dairy Team was hard at working making sure everything ran smoothly for the Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop. Two of the team members I spoke with are (l-r) Rebecca White and Virginia Ishler. Virginia says the workshop was born out of conversations about how to do more educational programs for the feed industry. She says they used … Read More
Anderson Joins SDSU Dairy Science Faculty
Jill Anderson joined the Dairy Science Department at South Dakota State University as Assistant Professor in Dairy Production. Anderson received her Bachelor’s in Animal Science from the University of Delaware and her Master’s in Animal Science in dairy cattle nutrition at South Dakota State University under the supervision of Distinguished Professor, David Schingoethe. In 2005, she was appointed as a … Read More