FINCASTLE, Va. (WFXR) — A shortage of farm and large animal veterinarians could put the U.S. food supply at risk. That is according to a report by the Farm Journal Foundation and supported by the ...

A critical shortage of food-animal veterinarians is unfolding across rural America. A 2023 Farm Journal Foundation study found more than 500 counties across the U.S. lack enough veterinarians to care ...

Farmers play an often-unseen role in facilitating the training of vet students and therefore can support the next generation ...

When it comes to livestock production — whether beef, dairy or swine — a knowledgeable large-animal veterinarian is a critical resource for producers. The veterinarian’s duties have grown through the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently identified 243 rural veterinary shortage areas, including 16 in Wisconsin, a ...

One night last spring, Andy Berry, a livestock farmer in Mississippi, was working the phone. One of his cows was experiencing a life-threatening breech birth and his regular veterinarian, 40 minutes ...

Catherine WheelerClimate diary: A North Country vet on how farm animal care is changing Historically, veterinarians and farmers have been able to rely on the winter as a good reset for pastures. Hard ...

HARRISBURG – Farm Show animals tend to be a pretty healthy lot, sometimes healthier than visitors to the agricultural extravaganza. No wonder. Many of these animals have been bred, fed and groomed ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FINCASTLE, Va. (WFXR) — A shortage of farm ...