The Australian government has once again come under fire over live exports after a news report revealed that exported breeding cows and sheep are suffering abuse in the Middle East.
A Scottish MEP has said that unless progress is made on compliance with the ban on partial sow stalls and tethers, he will push for guarantees to ensure retailers only source pork from farms that do meet the higher standards.
Daily supplements of a probiotic blend may improve gut function in performance athletes and help provide a way of reducing gastrointestinal complaints, suggests new research from Austria.
Rosemary extracts can deliver a significant reduction in the formation of hexanal - a marker for oxidation in foods - without the bitter off-flavors associated with other natural antioxidants, tests by natural extract specialist Kalsec have revealed.
The growing season is going to come to an end over the course of the next three days for much of the northern Plains and for a significant part of the Midwest.
A new study seeking to better understand why some people have such a strong aversion to cilantro has identified two genetic variants linked to perception of the herb, the most common of which is a gene involved in sensing smells.
A strategy to maximise the production of rabi crops in the coming rabi season will be chalked out at the National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2012, a two-day event that commences next week.
National Dairy Development Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal is now in the process of looking at technology options for the production of milk protein derived bioactive peptides.
More than 150 scientists and 50 farmers came out this week in support of stricter limits on antibiotics used in animal agriculture as part of a broader effort to tackle the "health crisis" caused by growing antibiotic resistance.
