Bird flu found in dairy cows in Texas and Kansas
The USDA announced Monday that unpasteurized milk samples from sick cattle at two dairy farms in Kansas and one in Texas, as well as an oropharyngeal swab from another dairy in Texas, tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
Pennsylvania dairies put the notion of climate-smart milk to the test
The U.S. dairy industry aims to go greenhouse gas neutral by 2050. As part of a new project to evaluate the most promising strategies to reduce dairies’ greenhouse gas emissions, scientists will install emissions sensors at several Pennsylvania dairy farms this spring and summer.
TODAY’S QUICK HITS
EU shelves climate program: A major European Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature was indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how farmers’ protests sweeping the continent influence politics ahead of the June EU parliamentary elections. (Associated Press)
Prop 12 effect: A USDA analysis attributes the rise of pork prices in California — 20 percent on average since July 1, 2023 — to the onset of the state’s new animal welfare law, which was fully implemented in January of this year. (DTN/Progressive Farmer)
Farmers get AI office help: A Romanian state agency for rural investments is using artificial intelligence to help farmers apply for European Union funds, it said on Monday, a first in one of the EU’s least developed digital economies. (Reuters)
The state of municipal composting: If composting is a big win for cities—taking waste out of landfills, producing fertilizer, and engaging citizens in the recycling process—why doesn’t everyone do it? (Modern Farmer)
