A competitive review is on for proposals vying for funding in a $1-million research program to enhance U.S. prevention, preparedness and response capabilities for Japanese encephalitis virus, an emerging disease risk.

Recent changes to foreign worker rules from the Government of Canada are having a disproportionate impact on the rural Canadian economy, claim the Canadian meat industry. They are calling on the government to reconsider.

USDA creates online decision tools to help livestock producers with determining qualified losses of animals and feed due to natural disasters.

There have been 469 tornadoes, 3,475 severe wind events and 1,640 severe hail events reported in the U.S. during the month of May. Meterologists say to expect more as the country transitions to a La Niña.

Professor Dan Shike was appointed interim head for the Department of Animal Sciences (ANSC), part of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

The Swine Health Information Center-funded Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project (MSHMP) noted an increase in occurrence of a novel PRRSV variant in December 2023 and January 2024.