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Industry News

Ohio Farming On The Hot Seat? (7-29-10)

Missouri Animal Care Coalition Forums Look at Threats From Animal Rights Movement (7-27-10)

'Lab on a Chip' E. coli Detection (7-23-10)

Many Pig Farmers Angry About Coles Pork Decision (7-22-10)

American Humane Certified Approves FASS Standards (7-21-10)

HSUS Issues Statement on Cages for Hens (7-21-10)

Animal Welfare Now a Global Issue to Consider (7-20-10)

Livestock Haulers Look to Beef Up Animal Safety (7-20-10)

AU: Pork Plans For Life After Sow Stalls (7-19-10)

Are Consumers Willing to Pay for Animal Welfare? (7-15-10)

Illinois Advisory Board’s Responsibilities Expanded (7-14-10)

Should Euthanasia and Pain Management Be Mandatory? (7-14-10)

12 Horses Now Dead from Nevada Roundup; Hearing Set (7-14-10)

No Substantial Quality Difference Between Specialty and Conventionally Produced Eggs, Government Study Shows (7-12-10)

CA Governor Signs Shelled-egg Bill (7-7-10)

New Egg Barn Meets Prop. 2 Rules, Farm Says (7-7-10)

National Dairy FARM Program Materials Now in Spanish (7-7-10)

ABN Exclusive: A Conversation with Gary Conklin - After the Storm (7-6-10)

Beef Stocker Unit Provides Timely Beef Research to Producers (7-6-10)

California’s Proposition 2 to Cover Imported Eggs (7-6-10)

Hog Production YouTube Video: Take 2 (7-6-10)

Kentucky Horse Council Endorses Welfare Code of Practice (7-6-10)

Deny HSUS' Demand (7-2-10)

Ohio Farm Bureau Responds to Criticism (7-1-10)

HSUS Drops Ballot Initiative in Ohio (6-30-10)

Increased Relief for Kentucky Horse Owners on the Way (6-30-10)

Coalition, Including LMA, Opposes Bill That Could Benefit HSUS Activities (6-25-10)

HSUS Says it Has Enough Ohio Signatures (6-24-10)

Proposed Canadian Bill Could Halt U.S. Slaughter Exports (6-22-10)

Extreme Caution Urged in Hiring Practices (6-21-10)

American Humane Approves Enriched Colony Hen Housing As Humane Alternative to Conventional Cages (6-18-10)

Livestock Standards Board Creates Website (6-18-10)

Stockmanship And Stewardship Education Programs (6-15-10)

Beef Cattle Welfare a Front Burner Issue (6-11-10)

Farmers Want to Talk to Consumers about Welfare (6-9-10)

Dairy Animal Care Program Available in Spanish (6-8-10)

Maine Egg Farm Civil Settlement: Turner Egg Farm Pleads Guilto to Animal Cruelty (6-8-10)

Gov. Beshear Signs Nation’s First Legislation Promoting Humane Treatment of Horses, Other Farm Animals (6-7-10)

New Zealand Bans Kosher Slaughter (6-4-10)

Two Vermont Slaughterhouse Workers Charged with Cruelty (6-4-10)

Advocates Working to Get Higher Standards of Care on Ohio Ballot After Conklin Dairy Horror (6-2-10)

Farm Abuse, Extremist’s Call for Violence Reflect Badly on People (6-2-10)

Welfare-Focused Pig Campaign Gets Support (6-2-10)

Make Animal Welfare Job 1 (6-1-10)

Wayne Pacelle Says HSUS Unfairly Portrayed by Animal Agriculture Critics (6-1-10)

Three States Eye Animal Abuser Registries (5-31-10)

Bond at $100K for Ohio Farm Worker in Cruelty Case (5-27-10)

Livestock Board Visit Brings Passion, Ideas (5-27-10)

Graphic Dairy Abuse Video Released in Ohio (5-26-10)

EU Sow Stall Ban from 2012 Confirmed (5-25-10)

Livestock Care Board Shoots for Reform (5-25-10)

Alabama Passes Livestock Care, Handling Bill (5-24-10)

The HumaneWatch 50 Percent Pledge (5-19-10)

Model Animal Welfare Curriculum in the Works (5-19-10)

Ad Campagn Attacks HSUS's Use of Money (5-18-10)

Horse Slaughtering Removed from Ag Bill (5-13-10)

Online Animal Care Training and Certification Now Available for Livestock Auction Market Personnel (5-13-10)

Training Key To Safety During Livestock Emergencies (5-11-10)

Eggs: What We Buy, Pay, Want (5-10-10)

HSUS Newsletter to Kids Raises Red Flag (5-10-10)

APHIS Will Name Animal Welfare Act Violators (5-7-10)

Jolley: An Animal Welfare Seizure Done The Right Way (5-7-10)

Some Talking Points On Horse Slaughter (5-7-10)

Vermont Slaughterhouse Cleanup Bill Stalls (5-5-10)

Audit of Egg Farm Reveals Very Few Problems (5-3-10)

HSUS Ballot Measure Signatures Submitted (5-3-10)

Agriculture Loses Legendary Animal Wellbeing Scientist (4-27-10)

A Historic Day for Ohio’s Livestock Industry (4-27-10)

USDA Releases Major Report on Agricultural Transportation (4-27-10)

E.U. Push on Animal Welfare May Open New Trade Front With U.S. (4-26-10)

Florida Senate Votes Unanimously to Strengthen Horse-Slaughter Laws (4-26-10)

Grandin Makes TIME’s Influential List (4-26-10)

Purdue Researcher Develops Peaceful Chickens to Reduce ‘Cannibalism’ in Factory Farm Pens (4-26-10)

Wyoming Faces Heat Over New Horse Slaughter Law (4-24-10)

‘Truth About HSUS’ Video Created by Missouri Animal Care Coalition (4-21-10)

Protecting Pigs, Cultivating Consumers (4-20-10)

Animal Health Campaigners Welcome Delay of ‘Battery Farm’ Dairy (4-13-10)

McDonald’s Board Opposes Cage-Free Eggs for U.S. (4-13-10)

Producers Encouraged to Participate in FARM (4-13-10)

CSUF Speaker Backs Video at Livestock Operation (4-12-10)

CCF Places HSUS Expose Ad In USA Today (4-9-10)

HSUS Now Ranked Lower Than PETA (4-9-10)

Horse Slaughter Bill Moves Forward in Illinois (4-8-10)

Egg-farm Video is Latest in Humane Society's Animal-rights Campaign (4-7-10)

HSUS Brings Message to 4-H’ers (4-7-10)

Governor Announces Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board Appointments (4-6-10)

Updated Animal Welfare Guide Adds Transportation Guidelines (4-6-10)

Slaughter Guidelines Enforcement Called Into Question (4-5-10)

HSUS Wants to Dictate the Rules Before Board Has Had a Chance (4-3-10)

Horse Slaughtering Bill; Ky. Bill Calls for Regional Care Centers (4-2-10)

Court Sides withCalifornia, Animal Welfare Groups on Slaughter Rule (4-1-10)

EU Considering Welfare-based Meat Regs (4-1-10)

Vet Blows Whistle on Slaughter Practices (4-1-10)

State Livestock Care Standards Boards Moving Forward (3-30-10)

New D.C. Animal Group Poses Danger for Ranchers (3-29-10)

Egg Farms' Dilemma: To Comply, Close or Move? (3-24-10)

HSUS: Subway to Use Cage-free Eggs (3-24-10)

Pork Producers Wary of HSUS-backed Bill in Congress (3-24-10)

Temple Grandin Says Animal Welfare Audit Systems Should be Simple, Objective (3-19-10)

10 Things You Must Know About Animal Rights (3-17-10)

“Contemporary Animal Issues” Course a Good Idea (3-15-10)

Dairies Aim for Good Practices; FARM Program Ensures Humane Care (3-13-10)

Reach Out: Mary Kay Wrongly Sponsors HSUS Gala (3-9-10)

California Lawmakers Introduce HSUS-backed Animal Confinement Legislation (3-8-10)

N.H. Considering Licensing Nonveterinarian Livestock Care (3-5-10)

USDA Veterinarian Reveals Slaughterhouse Violations (3-5-10)

Who Will Pay for New Livestock Panel? (3-4-10)

Nationwide Poll: 7 Out of 10 Americans Wrongly Believe the Humane Society of the U.S. is a Pet-Shelter "Umbrella Group" (3-3-10)

HSUS Loses More Support (3-2-10)

First Animal Rights State Caucus Formed (3-1-10)

Senate Tackles Cockfighting, Backs Livestock Board (3-1-10)

NCC Releases Revised Program on Animal Welfare (2-26-10)

HSUS Sued for Racketeering (2-22-10)

Lawmakers Consider an Animal Abuse Registry (2-21-10)

Colorado Bill Filed That Orders Protection for Animals (2-19-10)

Perdue Earns USDA Seal for Proper Poultry Raising (2-18-10)

KY: Equine Board Passes House Ag Committee (2-18-10)

Website Launched To Report On Humane Society Of The U.S.' Activities (2-16-10)

Livestock Bill Will See Action This Week At Indiana Statehouse (2-15-10)

Animal Ag Alliance to Yellow Tail: Please Reconsider (2-12-10)

AVMA State Legislative Updates (2-12-10)

Cargill Extending Video Monitoring from Animal Welfare to Food Safety (2-8-10)

A Chat with Temple Grandin (2-8-10)

Groups Oppose ‘Animal Protection Liaison’ Idea (2-5-10)

Veal Group Adopts State of Ethics, Code of Conduct (2-4-10)

Willet Suspends Worker Shown in 'Nightline' Piece (2-3-10)

AVMA Partners With ARCH For Haiti Earthquake Relief (2-2-10)

Ohio Moves Closer to Naming Livestock Board Members (1-31-10)

Nevada: Horses Die in Roundup (1-29-10)

Laying Hen Production Systems: Welfare and Social Sustainability (1-28-10)

Members of Congress, Celebrities, The HSUS Speak Out Against Horse Slaughter and Highlight Need to Protect Wild Horses (1-27-10)

Nightline Shows 'Disturbing' Scenes at Dairy (1-27-10)

PETA Proposes Robotic Groundhog for Pa. Festival (1-27-10)

Why Does Livestock Legislation Include Horses (Editorial) (1-27-10)

FSIS Issues Instruction on Humane Handling and 28-Hour Law (1-26-10)

Humane Society Wants Farm Bureau Help on Tail Docking Legislation (1-25-10)

American Humane Certifies More Than Two-Thirds of Nation's Cage-Free Eggs (1-21-10)

Latest News on Animal Relief in Haiti: Livestock Top Priority (1-20-10)

Sonic Announces New Animal Welfare Policy (1-20-10)

Beware The HSUS Bait-And-Switch (1-19-10)

HSUS: Another Disaster, Another Payday (1-18-10)

Other States Hope to Lure California Poultry Producers Unhappy About a New Law (1-13-10)

Bill Back Horse Slaughterhouses (1-12-10)

Farmers Fight Back Against Animal Rights Groups (1-12-10)

HSUS Pressures Kroger to Go Cage-free on Eggs (1-11-10)

Temple Grandin Edits New Animal Welfare Book (1-11-10)

United Organizations of the Horse Calls for Boycott of all Celebrities, Organizations Promotion HSUS (1-9-10)

Michelle Obama Featured in PETA Anti-fur Ad (1-6-10)

Unpacking the HSUS Gravy Train (12-30-09)

Tail Docking Pits Sheep Breeders vs. Veterinarians (12-22-09)

FASS Releases the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, Third Edition (12-21-09)

Lawmaker, DVM Blasts Oklahoma State (12-21-09)

Maine Recognized For New Animal Protection Law (12-21-09)

HSUS Campaigns For White House Liaison (12-18-09)

Coop Tour Displays Creative Poultry Digs (12-15-09)

Missouri Working on Livestock Standards Bill (12-14-09)

FSIS Issues New Humane Handling Directive (12-11-09)

Crossbreeding Can Improve Dairy Cow Welfare (12-9-09)

American Humane's CEO Predicts Continued Intensive Animal Agriculture, But With Significant Humane Improvements (12-2-09)

Even Animal Activists Should Be Thanking Farmers (12-2-09)

Cattlemen React to HSUS “Puppy Mill” Proposal (12-1-09)

HSUS Chicken Suit Tossed Out (11-30-09)

Cattlemen Fight Back, Tell Their Story On Billboards (11-21-09)

HSUS Offers Reward in Iowa Pig Suffocation (11-20-09)

Country View Speaks Out About Undercover Video (11-18-09)

New Coalition Promoting Missouri Agriculture (11-18-09)

No Animal Welfare Advantage to Controlled Atmosphere Stunning (11-17-09)

Vilsack: Abuse Shouldn’t Reflect on the Entire System (11-16-09)

National Dairy FARM Program Online (11-13-09)

Another Undercover “Abuse” Video Surfaces (11-11-09)

Lawyer Says HSUS Investigator Provoked Workers (11-10-09)

Feinstain Seeks to End Slaughter of Downed Animals (11-9-09)

AVMA Issues Statement About Importance of Upcoming International Animal Welfare Symposium (11-6-09)

Issue 2 and Beyond (11-5-09)

Ohio Voters Approve Creation of Livestock Care Standards Board (11-4-09)

Are There Welfare Implications to Not Medicating Animals (11-3-09)

Vermont Slaughterhouse Closed for Inhumane Treatment (11-3-09)

PETA Deceives with Downed (10-30-09)

Veal, Cast in a Kinder Light (10-28-09)

Congress Requests GAO Study On Horse Welfare (10-26-09)

Dairy Cows Seized at Stearns County Farm (10-27-09)

UK: FAWC Publishes Landmark Report on Welfare (10-21-09)

Center for Food and Animal Issues Backed by Farm Credit Ohio Farm Bureau (10-20-09)

GAO Directed to Study Horse Welfare Since Slaughter Plants Closed (10-20-09)

Outside Observers Say Animal-Cruelty Videos Extreme at Best, at Worst, Staged (10-20-09)

Some See Animal Welfare Effort on Nebraska's Horizon (10-17-09)

Farmer Fined for Keeping Cow in the Dark (10-15-09)

American Humane® Certified Rolls Out Handling Program (10-14-09)

HSUS Attempts Christian Pubic Relations Stunt (10-14-09)

Philadelphia Eagles Hand Out Animal Welfare Grants (10-13-09)

Governor Signs Michigan Animal Housing Law (10-12-09)

Schwarzenegger Saves Cow Tails, Bans "Tail Docking" (10-12-09)

Canadian Government Invests in Farm Animal Care (10-6-09)

Study Explores Challenges of Cage-free Egg Production (10-6-09)

Jamison Sheds Light on Activists’ Agenda (9-30-09)

Latest PETA Probe Shows Importance of Checking Out Job Applicants (9-30-09)

Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board Opens URL For Voters on Issue 2 (9-28-09)

AVA Says Michigan House Legislation Unfair to Veal Farmers (9-23-09)

National Pasteurized Eggs Expands Product Offering; Launches Food Industry's First Cage-Free Pasteurized Shell Egg (9-23-09)

Ohio Group Plans Pro-ag Rallies (9-23-09)

Michigan House Passes Animal Care Legislation (9-21-09)

California Producer to Build Prop 2 House (9-17-09)

PETA Wants to Turn Va. Prison Into Chicken Museum (9-14-09)

Ohio Cattlemen: HSUS Now Campaigning With Religion (9-9-09)

Hy-Line Media Statement (9-8-09)

Calif. Assembly Approves Bill Banning Docking Cows’ Tails, Will Governor Sign It? (9-4-09)

Group Charges Animal Abuse in Iowa Hatchery (9-1-09)

Agribusinesses, Animal Rights Groups Negotiate on Farm-Animal Legislation (8-30-09)

Beef Cattle Health & Husbandry Experts Team Up To Promote Cattle Well-Being (8-26-09)

PETA To Call Out Smithfield Foods For Copping Out On Gestation Crate Phaseout (8-25-09)

Animal Welfare Debate Takes Center Stage (8-23-09)

Michigan Will Buy a Pig in a Poke if it Makes Farm Policy Through the Ballot Box Instead of the Legislature (8-2-09)

2008

Opening General Session Speakers Tackle Animal Care, Well-Being Issues Head-on (Summer, Animal Agriculture Quarterly)

2007

New Producer-Led Coalition:  National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative (Fall/Winter, Cattle Health Report)

Presentations

Animal Care Committee Session

      Ballot Initiatives: The Ohio experience

      Mike Bumgarner, Ohio Farm Bureaue Federation

      Welfare: The Husbandry-Health Link: The swine perspective

      Dr. James McKean, Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostics and Production Animal Management

      Welfare: The Husbandry-Health Link: A microbiologist's perspective

      Dr. Robin Anderson, USDA/ARS

      Welfare: The Husbandry-Health Link: The poultry perspective

      Dr. Pat Wakenell, Purdue University

      Welfare: The Husbandry-Health Link: The cattle perspective

      Dr. Ann Wilkinson, Pfizer Animal Health

Animal Care Committee Session
    What Face is Currently Seen?  What Are the Stories on the Newspaper's Front Page or Television's Evening News?
      Update on Soring
      Dr. Rachel Cezar, USDA/APHIS/Animal Care
      Recent Factors Impacting Equine Welfare
      Essie Rogers and Ginny Grulke, Kentucky Horse Council
      Ballot Initiatives:  How do these things happen?
      Dr. Gail Golab, American Veterinary Medical Association
      “Humane Officers”:  Who are they?  How are they identified?  What are their rights and responsibilities? (No presentation available)
      Becky Reiter, Boone County and Kentucky Animal Control Boards
    How We Shape the Face of Animal Care in American Agriculture
      Shaping Public Opinion:  How the pork industry does it
      Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork Board
      Shaping Public Opinion:  How the dairy industry does it
      Dr. Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation

Equine Committee Session
    Equine Industry Welfare Initiatives
      NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance
      Peggy Hendershot, National Thoroughbred Racing Association
      Equine Welfare and Safety at USEF
      Beth Taylor, United States Equestrian Federation
      AAEP Welfare Initiatives (No presentation available)
      Sally Baker, American Association of Equine Practitioners
      The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium:  An introduction
      Hallie Roach, Racing Medication and Testing Consortium

Opening General Session
      Animals Past, Animals Future:  The development and direction of the animal protection movement
      Dr. Wes Jamison, University of Florida
      Animal Care:  Diverging ethical perspectives
      Dr. Ray Stricklin, University of Maryland [Audio]
      Remarks About U.S. Animal Agriculture
      Secretary Ed Schafer, U.S. Department of Agriculture [Audio]
      The US Political Arena: On the table, and on the horizon (No Presentation Available)
      Steve Kopperud, Policy Directions, Inc. [Audio]
      Protecting Our Freedom to Operate:  How do we earn and maintain the social license we need to protect our freedom to operate?
      Charlie Arnot, CMA Consulting [Audio]

     Looking in the Mirror
         Equine Industry: 
            Animal Welfare 2007-2008:  A Kentucky perspective
            Dr. Robert Stout, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
            Soring
            Dr. Rachel Cezar, USDA/APHIS Animal Care [Audio]
         Euthanasia
         Dr. Gail C. Golab, American Veterinary Medical Association [Audio]
         The Politics of Issues Like Lamb Taildocking
         Dr. Jeff Goodwin, Colorado State University [Audio]
     Looking in the Future
         Poultry Industry UEP (No Presentation Available)
         Gene Gregory, United Egg Producers
         American Veal:  Excellence in agriculture
         Bryan Scott, American Veal Association
         The Pork Industry:  Shaping our future
         Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork Board

      The National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative
      Dr. Jamie S. Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation [Audio]
      Talking to Consumers about Farm Animal Welfare
      Dr. Bailey Norwood, Oklahoma State University [Audio]
      The Beef Industry's Response to Animal Welfare
      Dr. Bob Smith, VRCS, LLC [Audio]

      Sheep and Goat Welfare Issues:  Being proactive (No Presentation Available)
      Dr. Stan Curtis, University of Illinois [Audio]

      OIE Animal Welfare Perspective
      Dr. Dave Harlan, Cargill [Audio]
      Animal Welfare Research and Policies in Europe:  Potential implications for animal agriculture in the USA
      Dr. Ed Pajor, Purdue University [Audio]
      Animal Welfare and the Scientific Method
      Dr. Suzanne Millman, Iowa State University [Audio]

      European Union:  Consumer driven animal welfare and food safety
      Jostein Dragset, European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General [Audio]
      Farm Animal Care and Auditing:  A 10,000 foot view of the present
      Mike Simpson, Professional Animal Auditors Certification Organization

Animal Care Committee Session

      Mass Depopulations: Techniques, Strategies, and Considerations
      Dr. Kevin Varner, USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Services

      Contemporary Issues in Today’s Welfare
      Dr. Chris Ashworth, Monsanto Choice Genetics

• Animal Care Committee
• Animal Health & International Trade Committee:  Animal Welfare Research

• American Farm Bureau Federation: Conversations on Animal Care
• American Veterinary Medical Association
• Horse Welfare Committee
• National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative
• Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization, Inc.
• United Egg Producers
• USDA/APHIS Animal Welfare