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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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

‘Urgent’ work to bring additional BTV vaccines into UK amid outbreak

Vaccination remains the “most effective tool available” to help protect susceptible livestock against bluetongue virus (BTV). Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has issued...

Infection Control in Veterinary Medicine: First Do No Harm, Including to Yourself

In this VETgirl blog, Dr. Katherine Brannick discusses infection control, framing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as the last line of defense. Dr. Brannick introduces a risk-ba...

Unreleased CSIRO report proposed a hybrid livestock gene bank model

A CSIRO report completed four years ago recommended Australia establish a livestock gene bank as insurance against the impact of exotic disease incursions or natural disasters.

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.

DAFM: Irish bluetongue vaccine supply secure amid UK case surge

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) foresees no difficulties with vaccine supply for the bluetongue virus (BTV). A DAFM spokesperson said that to date, the de...

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

Guarding livestock: The urgent case for bluetongue vaccination this season

As the livestock sector across the UK and Ireland navigates the 2026 season, bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) continues to present a critical and evolving threat to farm product...

Poultry sector growth plan risks UK national security, campaigners warn

Government’s food security push is said to rely on animal feed imports with vulnerability to supply chain shocksThe government’s planned poultry sector growth plan is a risk to nat...

Ministry to enhance safety at laboratories studying pathogens