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Honey bee pollination contributes roughly $15 billion to our agricultural industry each year. But parasites can bring disease to hives, including deformed wing virus (DWV).

Goat grazing as a means for removing invasive species has become an increasingly popular practice among Midwestern landowners. But can grazing goats spread seeds of invasive species through their feces?

A large U.S. multistate Salmonella outbreak in 2018–19 was linked to eating undercooked turkey.

As the dairy industry looks to reduce antibiotic use, dairy farmers have partnered with researchers to look at the common practice of administering antimicrobials to cows with intramammary udder infections at the end of lactation.

Imidacloprid, a pesticide often used on soybeans, is one of seven types of neonicotinoids available to farmers right now, and almost all agricultural seeds are treated with some type of neonicotinoid.