A recent article on thehorse.com highlighted a study led by Melody de Laat, PhD, from Queensland University of Technology, in Australia, where researchers sought to investigate specific mechanisms of obesity in horses.

Colleagues, help us again this year at Midwest! We will have great participation by our students in competitions in Omaha on Monday so we need lots of help.

The ASAS Awards Program is set up to honor the most significant contributions of our members to Animal Science, Animal Agriculture and to ASAS. The National Awards are one of our favorite programs in the office, because the awards honor our history, celebrate our membership and help us to glimpse the future.

The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Branch of ADSA and the Midwestern Section of ASAS is fast approaching. Join us in Omaha, Nebraska on March 12 – 14, 2018.

In a December 2017 study published in the Journal of Animal Science, researchers investigated how dietary fiber (DF) supplemented feed affected sow reproductive performance. It was hypothesized that DF supplementation starting from two weeks before farrowing (including transition) would reduce piglet mortality.

Don't forget to get your abstracts submitted! Deadline to submit an abstract is Monday, March 26, 2018.

Read more on "Reforming Animal Research Regulations: Workshop Recommendations to Reduce Regulatory Burden."

Read more on how eliminating animal agriculture in the US would impact food production and greenhouse gases.

Our D.C. representative, Lowell Randel provides the latest policy news coming out of Washington D.C.

California dairy farmers are needing additional revenues and are asking for an increase in milk prices.

Learn more about the new NIH genome editing research program.

Learn more about the new technologies and products to be presented at the International Production and Processing Expo.

Learn about the economic impacts of lameness in feedlot cattle.

Learn about the new swine inspection system recently announced by the USDA.

Learn about self-destructing GMO's.

Nominate colleagues for WSASAS awards, Western Section ASAS Awards Nominations are due 11:59 PM (CST) on Monday, January 22, 2018.

Learn about feeding alternative forage species and supplement types on growing beef heifers.

Update: Transitioning journal to a new platform.

In Memory: Dr. Timothy H. Blosser, former Professor and Chair of the Washington State University Department of Dairy Sciences

Preview of the new Extension Horses website, geared to provide the public with research-based information.