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For 155 days, authorities, family, and volunteers have searched fervently for Iowa livestock hauler, David Schultz, who went missing on November 21. On Wednesday afternoon, his body was found in a Sac County field, near where his semi-tractor trailer loaded with hogs was discovered over five months ago in the…

Snuggled amidst the Blue Mountains of Nilgiri Hills, the quaint town of Ooty lures its visitors to witness nature’s picture-perfect beauty. The stunning mountain range derives its name from the blue haze of the rarest of the rare Kurinji flowers, which blooms once every 12 years.  Standing tall at 2,637…

In the wake of the 2024 Cesar Chavez Day celebrations, the United Farm Workers advocacy organization had successfully acquired representation permissions for around 640 farm workers for Wonderful Nurseries in California. Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez, two giants in the farm worker rights movement of the late 1960s and early…

Anyone applying agricultural pesticides (certified applicator or not) needs to be aware of changes coming to pesticide labels across the United States. In an effort to address concerns related to the impact of pesticides on threatened or endangered species and in response to ongoing litigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…

Today, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service unveiled a Federal Order introducing measures to protect the livestock industry against highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza.  The Federal Order may be viewed here and is effective on Monday, April 29, 2024. Its highlights include: Mandatory testing for interstate movement of dairy…