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The U.S. has detected screwworm in Texas cattle, but the country’s biggest sterile-fly facility will not deliver meaningful output until late 2027. That delay raises risks for the cattle herd, beef prices and producer costs.

Azerbaijan says it wants milk output to rise by 11 percent and beef output by 21 percent by 2030 under a wider farm development program that also includes new farms, collection points and pasture restoration.

India's feed industry says a sharp rise in soybean meal prices is lifting production costs for poultry, aquaculture and livestock and is becoming a wider farm-economy risk.

Australian beekeepers want faster access to Norroa, a biopesticide that makes varroa mites infertile, as resistance to existing treatments spreads across several states.

PPB Technology’s Cybertongue platform can measure protease activity in raw milk in about three minutes, helping processors redirect vulnerable batches into more suitable products and reduce losses.

Texas has confirmed New World screwworm in a calf for the first time since 1966. Federal and state authorities are using quarantine, wound management and mass sterile fly releases to protect the largest cattle producing state in the US.

British dairy farmers say farmgate prices have dropped below production costs again. The sector fears further losses among family farms even though total milk output is still being supported by larger operations.

An open-access Nature Communications paper finds that H5N1 can establish robust mammary-gland infection in dairy cows at a very low dose, while still showing notable barriers to transmission.

Indonesia’s quarantine agency has deployed special task forces on major livestock routes ahead of Eid al-Adha 2026 as cattle, goat and sheep movements surge.

A shortage of bagged bovine colostrum during calving season is forcing Alberta producers to share supplies and raising concern about calf losses and beef prices.

Nigeria is pushing a shift toward sedentary livestock production, arguing that long-distance migration for pasture and water is becoming less viable under land pressure and climate stress.

The UK has updated its African and classical swine fever control strategy with more flexible restriction zones, stronger surveillance and movement rules designed to protect welfare and trade.

Australian cattle company Heytesbury is buying 11 purpose-built livestock vessels and Livestock Express from Dutch group Vroon in a major live export transaction.

Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has trained 100 small dairy farmers in Oyo State. Officials say the programme is meant to lift local milk output, strengthen the dairy value chain and reduce import dependence.

Australia has sharply increased beef shipments to the United States as U.S. prices reach record levels and the American herd keeps shrinking. For Australian cattle producers, that demand is helping offset dry conditions and heavy turn-off.

Researchers found infectious H5N1 in air, cows’ breath and wastewater on infected California dairy farms, pointing to more transmission routes than raw milk alone.

New Brunswick has extended equine veterinary services to March 2027, but farmers still face a broader restructuring of veterinary and laboratory support.

An Australian-supported dairy programme is helping West Java farms recover from Indonesia’s 2022 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. The work combines feed improvement, milk quality, herd health and farmer training.

A Tennessee project is trying to show that solar generation and cattle grazing can share the same land without sacrificing agriculture. The developer says the model could preserve pasture use while creating a second income stream for landowners.

The US cattle herd has fallen to 86 million head, its smallest in more than 75 years, while drought and pasture stress continue to limit herd rebuilding.

Boehringer Ingelheim says LENZELTA is being launched in several EU countries from April 2026. The company positions the vaccine as a new prevention tool against clinical mastitis in dairy cows and heifers.

Australian dairy producers are warning that output could weaken unless higher fuel and fertiliser costs are reflected in milk prices and broader support reaches farms.

Record spring fires in Nebraska have already burned nearly a million acres, damaging pasture, feed and calves and exposing new climate risks for cattle operations.

Jharkhand has moved into the second phase of giant freshwater prawn farming, releasing 2.3 million seeds into nine water bodies as the state tries to replace imports and raise fish-farmer incomes.

Australia’s lamb market is still climbing, with some pens now fetching A$500 a head. Tight supply and strong domestic and export demand are keeping prices elevated even as production costs rise.

ABC Rural says drought in the south and floods in northern Australia have accelerated the spread of feral animals, adding pressure on pasture, water and livestock systems in South Australia.

NPR reports that alpha-gal syndrome linked to lone star tick bites is complicating livestock work, with reactions triggered not only by meat and dairy but sometimes by handling cattle.

Researchers report Aeromonas hydrophila in 20.8% of subclinical mastitis cases from Cairo dairy farms, with high rates of multidrug and extensive drug resistance and multiple virulence genes.

Otorohaea Ltd, a 660ha sheep and beef operation managed by Jon and Fiona Sherlock, won the 2026 Waikato Regional Supreme at the Ballance Farm Environment Awards for combining profitability with environmental outcomes and embracing innovations such as virtual fencing.