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National Biosecurity Week: AirAgri launches purpose-built farm biosecurity service

An Australian agtech company has launched what it believes is the world’s first purpose-built farm safety and biosecurity service delivered through WhatsApp and capable of operatin...

Biosecurity at EuroTier 2026: key to healthy herds and effective disease prevention

10 to 13 November 2026 in Hanover, Germany – Guiding theme “Intelligence in Animal Farming” – DLG Expert Stage: Biosecurity and Feed Safety – addressing current challenges and inno...

Agricultural biosecurity scientist joins Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Grunwald joins plant pathology department with aim to conduct diagnostic, disease surveillance research The post Agricultural biosecurity scientist joins Texas A&M AgriLife Res...

From Farm Signal to Supply Chain Shield: Preharvest Biosurveillance in a National Biosurveillance Ecosystem

Food safety begins in the field, the barn, and the watershed, not at the processing plant. The concept of preharvest biosurveillance—the systematic, continuous monitoring and manag...

New Zealand moves to require bird flu biosecurity plans for poultry farms

New Zealand is set to tighten farm-level preparedness for highly pathogenic avian influenza, with regulations that would require commercial poultry operators to develop and impleme...

Poultry Industry Steps Up Defences Following First H5 Bird Flu Detection

MPI has been working closely with the poultry industry to strengthen on-farm biosecurity and resilience.

Country Life: What NZ can learn from a US farmer who coped with H5N1

A US poultry farmer and educator shares her experience of an H5N1 outbreak, the loss of 148,000 birds, and biosecurity lessons she believes every farmer should know.

Flyttr to build first U.S. pest biosecurity platform

Located in San Antonio, platform will provide capacity to respond to pest threats, with screwworm as first target.

From Border Security to Biosecurity: Drones Join the Fight Against New World Screwworm

USDA has conducted more than 1,000 drone surveillance flights in Texas, while the Department of Homeland Security brings border surveillance capabilities and personnel into the fed...

USPOULTRY Seminar to tackle emerging live production, welfare and biosecurity challenges

The 2026 USPOULTRY Live Production, Welfare and Biosecurity Seminar will equip poultry professionals with practical tools and insights to address evolving challenges in live produc...

Over 1,100 farmers apply for badger biosecurity scheme

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that over 1,100 applications have been submitted for the On-Farm Badger Biosecurity Scheme. The scheme, part...

CBP supports federal response to New World screwworm threat

Border agency helping facilitate timely movement of sterile flies, training frontline personnel and sharing critical information.

Engagement opens for £1.2bn Harlow biosecurity campus

The UK Health Security Agency has opened engagement for the development of a new £1.2bn purpose-built national health security and biosecurity campus in Harlow.

America’s Cyclospora Outbreak Foreshadows a Biosecurity Nightmare

America’s largest cyclospora outbreak on record has exposed deep vulnerabilities in the nation’s ability to detect and contain biological threats, raising urgent alarms about biose...

Bird flu lockdowns threaten NZ’s free-range egg industry

As H5N1 reaches NZ shores, egg and poultry meat farmers confront the legal and ethical reality of shutting outdoor flocks inside sealed barns

Protecting welfare, productivity and performance in flocks this autumn

As autumn approaches, many of us are reviewing flock health plans and considering how best to protect sheep from external parasites to enhance productivity and welfare. The Irish g...

Our Most Dangerous Labs Have a Problem No One Wants to Fix

A worker at a US government lab got bitten by a monkey carrying a deadly virus, and it turned out nobody knew what to do about it. Around the same time, someone from the same lab t...

Wildlife sanctuaries well prepared for bird flu

Zealandia in Wellington and Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari in Waikato both say they have long been planning for the arrival of bird flu.

Bird flu pressure exposes a fault line in Australia’s free-range egg sector

Australia’s free-range egg sector is facing fresh scrutiny as authorities and industry weigh how to protect poultry from H5 avian influenza without misleading consumers about produ...

Ministry to enhance safety at laboratories studying pathogens

Bird flu: What happens when the virus reaches your supermarket trolley?

New Zealand has a plan to fight bird flu on farms - but no modelling for what a major outbreak could mean for consumers. Nadine Roberts investigates what happened overseas and what...

Genetic immunity to avian influenza: new FFAR–Iowa State–CSIRO project

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues to pose a structural threat to the U.S. poultry industry, causing billions of dollars in economic losses, production disruptions...

Integrated Pest Management Market Strategic Moves Transforming Sustain

Integrated Pest Management is becoming an increasingly important approach for controlling agricultural, structural, and public-health pests while reducing unnecessary dependence on...

DAERA boosts security for staff after Tyrone cattle cull

The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) has welcomed action taken by Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to protect staff following the Ty...