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The campaign for “bird-friendly beef”

04.11.2022
Lynne Curry
Five things to know about the SCOTUS challenge to California’s ban on extreme farm animal confinement
03.29.2022
by Marina Bolotnikova
A common swine drug, banned in Canada, Australia, and the EU, is now under review by the FDA
03.15.2022
by Lela Nargi
“A pretty big sea change”: EPA says it will consider endangered species when approving new pesticides—with or without the threat of lawsuits
02.28.2022
by Johnathan Hettinger
Avian flu poses a billion-dollar threat to the poultry industry. Tracking wild waterfowl may be part of the solution.
09.29.2021
by Jessica Fu
African swine fever has reached the Western Hemisphere for the first time in 40 years. USDA hopes to prevent it from moving any further
09.02.2021
by H. Claire Brown
As climate change ramps up heat, farmers struggle to keep animals cool
09.01.2021
by Dana Cronin
FDA will require veterinary oversight for all animal antibiotics important to human medicine
08.23.2021
by David Hyun
For dairy cows, where there’s smoke, there’s less milk
08.18.2021
by Kylie Mohr / High Country News
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