Sustainable Practices

March - January 2025

Bird flu is mutating, but antivirals still work

Herd Management Sustainable Practices Antibiotic resistance

3 March 2025

3 minute read

Researchers at Texas Biomed identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain. Good news: approved antivirals are still effective.

Symposium on genetic selection as effective methane mitigation tool in livestock: a recap of a successful day

Genetics and Reproduction Genomics Herd Management

4 February 2025

3 minute read

Genetic selection is a reliable, cost-effective, accumulative and permanent methane mitigation tool, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

Antimicrobial resistant bacteria found in organic and conventional dairy farms

Herd Management Sustainable Practices Antibiotic resistance

4 February 2025

1 minute read

A two year survey of dairy farms in Canterbury has revealed a number of isolates resistant to multiple antibiotics.

Most consumers are unfamiliar or only slightly familiar with regenerative agriculture

Herd Management Sustainable Practices Equipment and Innovation

27 January 2025

5 minute read

Survey also finds increasing importance of food affordability since August 2022

Feeding grazing cattle seaweed cuts methane emissions by almost 40%

Herd Management Feed and Nutrition Sustainable Practices

20 January 2025

3 minute read

Findings offer solution for more climate-friendly cattle farming

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