Kiwi tech company receives $8m boost to help farmers manage animals remotely
Kiwi agritech start-up Halter has raised $8 million from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Data Collective, a cash injection its founder says could change the face of dairy farming.
Two Florida Dairy Workers Sentenced for Animal Abuse
Two workers from a Florida dairy have been sentenced to 20 days in jail following an undercover video investigation by an animal rights group.
Tests show beef sector so far free of serious disease affecting dairy animals
New Zealand’s $3 billion beef export sector seems to be free so far of the serious new cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
Despair for devastated farmers facing grim task of shooting burned animals
Victorian farmers are counting the cost of devastating grassfires that swept across large parts of the state’s southwest at the weekend, destroying 18 farmhouses, dozens of shearing sheds, haystacks and outbuildings, and killing hundreds of cattle and sheep.
3 new arrests in investigation into dairy farm animal abuse
The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people from McArthur Dairy Farm after the animal rights group, Animal Recovery Mission, released what it called “shocking video” of animal abuse at a third dairy farm in Okeechobee County.
By: Gary Detman
Source: cbs12
Link: http://cbs12.com/news/local/third-dairy-farm-in-okeechobee-facing-animal-abuse-accusations
Dairy strategy prioritises environment, animal welfare
The dairy sector has unveiled a new strategy which looks at the future of farming in New Zealand and ways to improve it over the next decade.
By: Adriana Weber
Source: Radio New Zealand
Link: https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/country/344460/dairy-strategy-prioritises-environment-animal-welfare
Calves taken, cows made pregnant for milk: Animal welfare protest targets dairy industry
Newborn calves being taken from their mothers and cows being impregnated so they produce milk are part of the dairy industry too few Kiwis know about, SAFE says.
By: Tess Nichol
Source: NZ Herald
Link: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11943587
Penn State Animal Science Students Participate in Dairy Challenge
Six students joined 119 students in innovative, three-day educational competition, working in mixed-university teams.
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Source: Penn State Extension
Link: http://animalscience.psu.edu/news/2017/penn-state-animal-science-students-participate-in-dairy-challenge
Dairy industry must evidence high standards of animal welfare
There is a growing need for greater transparency in the results of animal welfare schemes across the global dairy sector, the World Dairy Summit has been told.
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Source: South West Farmer
Link: http://www.southwestfarmer.co.uk/news/15635910.Dairy_industry_must_evidence_high_standards_of_animal_welfare/
Could the EU’s giant stocks of milk powder end up as animal feed
The EU’s giant stocks of skimmed milk powder (SMP) may end up as animal feed as the Commission continues to explore all options for its disposal, Commissioner Phil Hogan said yesterday.
By: Ciaran Moran
Source: Independent