Kansas
Kansas State Veterinarian Dr. Justin Smith outlines a coordinated plan built on surveillance, targeted treatment and movement controls to protect cattle operations while preserving business stability.
It would be easy for them to boast about their success, but this pair proves putting people first is the way to experience a fulfilling career that makes it hard to walk away.
Researchers to present newest studies targeting swine feed efficiency.
Megin Nichols, the CDC’s director in the division of foodborne, waterborne and environmental diseases, explains the ties between human, animal and environmental health.
CDC’s Nichols to discuss connections between animal and human health Oct. 6 at K-State.
Merck unveils its largest economic development project in recent history, which is expected to create more than 200 full-time roles.
The future home of the American Royal moves forward on facility to “create a food and agriculture innovation district that will be unlike any other in the world,” said Kansas Governor Laura Kelly.
A regional analysis of farm income that includes a look at how Kansas farmers are doing indicates livestock receipts are up and crop receipts are down. And, said Jenny Ifft, “where you are in the state matters.”
Congress’s ag committees on Monday received a letter, urging them to prioritize ag research infrastructure in the farm bill. According to a report, universities need a $50 billion ag research infrastructure overhaul.
Activists entering animal facilities under false pretenses are protected in Kansas by ‘free speech’ due to recent Supreme Court rejection.
The Kansas Pork Association, with funding by the National Pork Board, teams up with influencers in their #BaconAmbassador campaign to promote the pork industry and the fan favorite, bacon.
Featuring 18 automated cranes within nearly 20 million cubic feet of space, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Lineage Logistics, LLC announce new, next-generation distribution center in Olathe, Kan.
Tyson officials said Friday night’s fire caused “major damage,” but the company is working “as quickly as possible” to return its Holcomb, Kan., facility to operation.
A “large fire” Friday night (Aug. 9, 2019) closed the Tyson Foods beef facility at Holcomb, Kan., and the company said the plant will be closed indefinitely.
After a fire Friday night that closed its Holcomb, Kan., beef packing facility, Tyson Foods says it will continue to pay employees and utilize other sites in its network to keep the beef supply chain moving.
Monday’s CME cattle futures opened and locked limit lower in reaction to the news Tyson was forced to close its Holcomb, Kan., beef processing facility due to Friday night’s fire.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health (KDA–DAH) is pleased to share that Kansas now has more than one million head of cattle covered by Secure Beef Supply Plans.
Millions of cattle and hogs fatten up at Kansas’ more than 1,750 large-scale livestock feedlots, yet the state regulatory agency entrusted with overseeing those confined feeding operations has no full-time professional environmental engineers at the moment.
Kansas’ war on feral swine is being fought largely on a 40-mile front along the Oklahoma state line.
Kansas environmental regulators have approved a permit for a new hog-feeding complex in Greeley County, a move that will vastly expand Seaboard Foods’ operations in the state and generate wastes that conservationists say are equivalent to a city of 1 million people.
Researchers from the University of Missouri, Kansas State University and Genus plc have successfully bred genetically edited pigs that are resistant to the deadly Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus (TGEV).
Known as “The gateway to the west,” Kansas City conjures up images of barbecue, jazz, the American Royal, Chiefs football and of course, the Kansas City Royals, winners of the 2015 World Series.
The Kansas State University Applied Swine Nutrition Team, this guide serves as a reference for understanding swine nutrition principles and offers recommendations regarding applied nutrition to the swine industry.