The UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have announced £9m (US$11.43m) funding for phase two of the endemic livestock disease initiative.
The product, developed by University of Alberta, is 'the first of its kind' to have widespread benefits for cows, such as reducing inflammation that causes lameness and preventing reproductive health issues.
The National Industrial Hemp Council (NIHC) has written to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking it act quickly to approve hemp seed meal as a feed ingredient.
Viserion Milling, a newly formed subsidiary of Viserion International, is to acquire Western Milling, a diversified California-based agribusiness, from Kruse Western, Inc.
A dairy cattle diet containing rapeseed cake has the potential to reduce enteric methane emissions and simultaneously improve milk production along with its nutritional composition, find researchers.
A study has found that chromium yeast (CY) improved the antioxidant capacity in dairy cows experiencing heat stress, and it promoted the immune function in such animals.