5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (381+ words) agronews.com Soft fruits bruise easily, lose water fast, and can collapse in storage before they reach consumers This review asks whether melatonin, a natural plant hormone also found in animals, can help slow that decline after harvest The authors…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (282+ words) Surface barrier and water loss Soft fruits spoil quickly because their skin is a thin barrier that must hold back water, bruising, and microbes. In blueberries, 55–69% of water loss has been estimated to occur through the cuticle. Once that barrier…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (312+ words) agronews.com When hatching eggs sit in storage for a long time, they do not stay the same This experiment on chukar partridge eggs tested whether short warm-up periods during storage, known as SPIDES, could soften the damage caused by…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (74+ words) What happened before hatch The first week post hatch Duodenal villi and blood tests Only 7 dph changed microbiota For poultry producers, the practical message is specific: in ovo MOS can nudge the first week of growth and intestinal development, but…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (344+ words) agronews.com Heat stress can quickly rob laying hens of egg mass and upset the body’s balance between oxidation and defense In this study, a chlorogenic acid-rich green coffee bean extract softened several of those losses in hens exposed…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (312+ words) agronews.com Q fever is a zoonotic disease that can move from infected animals to people, and goats are one of the animals often involved A pilot study in southwestern Jeonnam Province, South Korea, checked goat blood samples for signs…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (309+ words) agronews.com Routine sheep husbandry can look quick from the outside, but the pain it causes may last far longer than the job itself This review examines mavacoxib, a selective COX 2 inhibitor, as a possible way to extend pain relief…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (139+ words) USDA is expanding its efforts to eliminate New World screwworm by opening a new sterile fly facility in Texas by spring. The facility aims to reach a production capacity of 100 million sterile flies per week by the end of next…...