Meat consumption among Americans has increased. USDA says total consumption of red meat, poultry, fish and shellfish rose nearly 8% in the most recent four-year period.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the decline suggests efforts by the agency to reduce improper use of the drugs are paying off.
Tough conditions in the dairy industry are prompting U.S. dairy farmers to rely increasingly on genetics to improve their profit margins, according to a new research report from CoBank. Farmers have a number of genetic tools at their disposal including sexed semen, genomic testing, in vitro fertilization, and management software technology...