GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tomatoes represent a $1.9 billion-a-year crop planted on 330,000 acres across 18 states, but diseases such as bacterial spot can threaten them. A University of Florida scientist has been awarded a $5.8 million federal grant to study how to mitigate this disease. “Bacterial spot of tomato is a major challenge to commercial […]

TUCKER, Ga. — USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the University of Georgia in which researchers investigated the cause and prevention of false layer syndrome. The research was made possible in part by an endowing Foundation gift from Cargill and is part of the Association’s Comprehensive Research […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER), Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (ANAC) and United Soybean Board (USB) have joined with the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) to launch a research project that will evaluate several methods for cleaning and disinfecting feed mills following a potential African swine fever (ASF) outbreak. […]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Research conducted in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences suggests that some Holstein dairy cattle, particularly those with white coat coloration, naturally fend off the horn fly, a parasitic insect known to cause stress and disease in grazing cattle. The findings eventually could help organic producers whose livestock must be pasture-raised and must […]