Livestock

Secrets of soil-enriching pulses could transform future of sustainable agriculture

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Pulses, the edible dry seeds of legume plants, are staple foods in the diets of both people and livestock around the world.

Key Points: 
  • Pulses, the edible dry seeds of legume plants, are staple foods in the diets of both people and livestock around the world.
  • High in protein, carbohydrates, dietary fibres, vitamins and minerals, pulses play a fundamental role in nutritious healthy diets.
  • Pulses can also be stored for extended periods without affecting their nutritional content.

The magic inside root nodules

  • Some 100 million years ago, legumes developed the natural ability to house beneficial bacteria inside dedicated structures called root nodules.
  • With that knowledge, we hope to find ways to increase the efficiency of nitrogen fixation inside the root nodules and maximise the growth and yield of legume crops.

Beneficial bacteria

  • My research group is investigating how legumes can engage with beneficial bacteria and avoid disease-causing microbes.
  • While bacteria like the rhizobia in these root nodules help plants source nutrients, other soil microbes including bacteria and fungi could cause disease and prevent plants from converting as much nitrogen.
  • So the plant must have a defence mechanism that keeps disease-causing microbes at bay.
  • This may also prevent it from fully engaging with beneficial bacteria.


Sebastian Schornack receives funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations. He is also listed as an inventor on a patent filed by the University of Cambridge on a gene that seems to limit nitrogen fixation.

Animal Wound Care Market Worth $2.0 Billion | MarketsandMarkets™.

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

The animal wound care market is further segmented based on the product, animal type, end-user, and region.

Key Points: 
  • The animal wound care market is further segmented based on the product, animal type, end-user, and region.
  • The animal wound care market for foam dressing is experiencing significant growth due to several key factors that highlight the efficacy and versatility of foam-based wound care solutions.
  • Animal Wound Care Market Dynamics:
    Key Market Players of Animal Wound Care Industry:
    The global animal wound care market is consolidated in nature, with the top players, namely, Elanco Animal Health (US), 3M Company (US), Medtronic PLC (Ireland), B. Braun Melsungen AG (Germany), Virbac (France), accounting for a larger share of the market.
  • A breakdown of the primary participants (supply-side) for the animal wound care market referred to for this report is provided below:
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Animal Wound Care Market Worth $2.0 Billion | MarketsandMarkets™.

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

The animal wound care market is further segmented based on the product, animal type, end-user, and region.

Key Points: 
  • The animal wound care market is further segmented based on the product, animal type, end-user, and region.
  • The animal wound care market for foam dressing is experiencing significant growth due to several key factors that highlight the efficacy and versatility of foam-based wound care solutions.
  • Animal Wound Care Market Dynamics:
    Key Market Players of Animal Wound Care Industry:
    The global animal wound care market is consolidated in nature, with the top players, namely, Elanco Animal Health (US), 3M Company (US), Medtronic PLC (Ireland), B. Braun Melsungen AG (Germany), Virbac (France), accounting for a larger share of the market.
  • A breakdown of the primary participants (supply-side) for the animal wound care market referred to for this report is provided below:
    Get 10% Free Customization on this Report: https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/requestCustomizationNew.asp?id=253831778
    Animal Wound Care Market - Key Benefits of Buying the Report:
    The report will help the market leaders/new entrants in this market with information on the closest approximations of the revenue numbers for the overall animal wound care market and the subsegments.

Global Veterinary Rapid Test Kits Outlook Report 2023-2028: Market to Surge at 8.53% CAGR, Propelled by Advancements in Point of Care Testing and Expanding Pet Ownership - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

The "Veterinary Rapid Test Kits Market - Global Outlook & Forecast 2023-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Veterinary Rapid Test Kits Market - Global Outlook & Forecast 2023-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The veterinary rapid test kits market is exhibiting considerable growth, with projections to expand at a compelling CAGR of 8.53% between 2022 and 2028.
  • The veterinary rapid test kits market is a testament to the advancing frontiers in animal health diagnostics.
  • Rapidly soaring pet ownership rates are catalyzing the demand for veterinary rapid test kits.

Cargill Purchases Two Meat Plants From Long-time Partner Ahold Delhaize USA

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Cargill has purchased case-ready meat plants in North Kingstown, R.I., and Camp Hill, Penn.

Key Points: 
  • Cargill has purchased case-ready meat plants in North Kingstown, R.I., and Camp Hill, Penn.
  • from Infinity Meat Solutions, subsidiaries of Ahold Delhaize USA .
  • Cargill will continue to service Ahold Delhaize USA brands in the Northeast, while expanding its case-ready production and distribution capabilities from the two plants to additional retailers.
  • “With this investment, we look forward to our continued partnership with Ahold Delhaize USA companies while bringing additional high-quality case-ready products to new retail customers,” said Hans Kabat, president of Cargill’s North American Protein business.

Augmented Intelligence for Disaster Response: Beeline Kazakhstan Mobilises AI to Fight Forest Fires

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Orman-AI reports the outbreak of fires by automatically detecting the first signs of smoke and enables rapid action to stop the proliferation of forest fires.

Key Points: 
  • Orman-AI reports the outbreak of fires by automatically detecting the first signs of smoke and enables rapid action to stop the proliferation of forest fires.
  • “Detection of fires through augmented intelligence is a pragmatic approach, and this could be extended to agricultural and other community applications,” comments Evgeniy Nastradin, the CEO of Beeline Kazakhstan.
  • Orman-AI has been launched through a partnership between Beeline Kazakhstan and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management of the Akimat of the Kostanay Region.
  • Last year, Beeline’s information technologies subsidiary QazCode launched BeeBert AI module, training AI in Kazakh language for customer experience applications.

Madagascar: giant tortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out

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Monday, February 5, 2024

A six-year-old project to return giant tortoises to the wild in Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years.

Key Points: 
  • A six-year-old project to return giant tortoises to the wild in Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years.
  • The first group of Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since.

What is the Aldabra giant tortoise and why is it important?

  • The Aldabra giant is the second-largest species of land tortoise in the world, after the Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra).
  • This tortoise evolved from ancestors of Aldabrachelys abrupta, one of two giant tortoises that inhabited Madagascar for 15 million years.
  • The reintroduction of the Aldabra giant is the first time giant tortoises have been released in Madagascar since the 1500s.

How difficult was it to reintroduce this tortoise to Madagascar?

  • I am an ecologist and conservation biologist working in Madagascar and I modelled the impact the tortoise could have on vegetation.
  • The first group of 12 giant tortoises, five males and seven females, arrived and were fitted with transponders before being released.
  • Through natural breeding, this project aims to have 500 wild giant tortoises in Anjajavy Reserve by 2030 and about 2,000 by 2040.

Why is it important to bring the tortoise back?

  • Our research predicts that reintroducing the Aldabra giant tortoise will limit such fires in the future.
  • Without the tortoise helping seeds to germinate for the past 600 years, endemic trees have not reproduced as fast as they could have.
  • We believe that reintroducing the tortoise will speed up the growth of forest and woodland considerably.
  • But between 1700 and 1840, all Mascarene giant tortoise species were driven to extinction by humans.


Grant Joseph does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

FSIS Highlights 2023 Accomplishments in Protecting Public Health and Strengthening the Food Supply Chain

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced its key achievements in 2023 that protected public health through food safety and strengthened the food supply chain.

Key Points: 
  • Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced its key achievements in 2023 that protected public health through food safety and strengthened the food supply chain.
  • The goal was to increase access to regulatory information and best practices to maintain and enhance food safety and strengthen the food supply chain.
  • In partnership with USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, FSIS incorporated culturally appropriate food safety information in boxes delivered through the Food Distribution Program in Tribal communities.
  • FSIS protected public health by conducting ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of 161 million head of livestock and 9.8 billion poultry carcasses.

CH4 Global Makes First Commercial Delivery of Its Methane-Reducing Cattle Feed Supplement

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240131606694/en/
    CH4 Global CEO Steve Meller, left, delivers the first commercial shipment of the company's Methane Tamer (TM) cattle feed supplement to CirPro Australia CEO Reg Smyth, right, and Heath Tiller, center, owner of the HB Rural feedlot in Warnertown, South Australia.
  • The supplement is formulated using Asparagopsis seaweed, which can reduce enteric methane emissions from cattle by up to 90%.
  • The delivery of the first commercial quantities of Methane Tamer™ supplement to CirPro Australia, a cattle processor, came as CH4 Global started construction in Louth Bay, South Australia, of what will be the world’s first commercial-scale facility for growing Asparagopsis seaweed.
  • The latest CH4 Global milestones come as global leaders step up efforts to curb methane emissions.

Yellowstone-Inspired Dog Treat Line To Unleash In 2024 From LFG Product Solutions

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The influence of Yellowstone, TV's #1 show, reaches beyond the screen as LFG Product Solutions teams up with Paramount Consumer Products to introduce Dutton Ranch Dog Treat Co. to the pet aisle. Following the trailblazing success of Yellowstone-inspired products in various sectors from cologne to coffee, this collaboration promises a wild and authentic canine experience inspired by the iconic TV series.

Key Points: 
  • New Yellowstone-Dutton Ranch Dog Treat Co. dog treats to hit stores nationwide in 2024.
  • LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The influence of Yellowstone, TV's #1 show, reaches beyond the screen as LFG Product Solutions teams up with Paramount Consumer Products to introduce Dutton Ranch Dog Treat Co. to the pet aisle.
  • The inaugural offerings from Dutton Ranch Dog Treat Co. will break new ground in the pet aisle.
  • Dutton Ranch Dog Treat Co. has exciting plans for future expansions, including baked treats, long-lasting chews, and a tantalizing line of bison treats.