This article was contributed by Farm Credit to NIAA’s member-only newsletter, Paradigm, in May 2025. It’s hard to discuss agriculture without using the word “generation.” Whether describing a fourth-generation row crop operation or a first-generation cattle producer, the term reflects those deep ties between people, land and the animals that sustain us. Perhaps the most […]
The fourth Cohort of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders met for their third in-person leadership training session in Lincoln, Nebraska from July 15-18, 2025. During their time in the Lincoln area, the leaders learned from: Attending and participating in the AgTech Connect event on UNL’s Innovation Campus – Cohort […]
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture hosted animal agriculture leaders that addressed challenges stemming from lameness across all food animal species and have now released a White Paper compiling the findings. NIAA’s Animal Disease Issues & Emergency Management Council hosted a roundtable discussion lameness across all food animal species at the International Production & Processing […]
Kansas City, Mo. (April 14, 2025) – Last week, the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) hosted the 2025 Annual Conference – Securing Our Future: Don’t Just Talk…Act! in Kansas City, Missouri. More than 110 attendees focused on the future of animal agriculture and how to maintain trust throughout the value chain. Additionally, industry leaders were honored and new […]
Sixteen leaders have been selected for the 4th Cohort of the Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders Program The fourth class participating in the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders has been selected and will convene for their first session in Washington, D.C. in March 2025. The Advanced Training […]
Animal health experts from all food-animal species will collectively confront lameness issues in animal agriculture prior to IPPE in Atlanta, GA. The National Institute for Animal Agriculture will host animal agriculture leaders will discuss the current state of research and treatment for lameness across food animal species before the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) […]
Leaders across the food animal system met with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) convened animal agriculture leaders in Atlanta, Georgia to meet with human and animal health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This latest convening built on previous meetings that began […]
The National Pork Board (NPB) partnered with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) to convene a group of public health, animal health and swine professionals in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to build relationships and explore opportunities for One Health collaborations. The event was sponsored by the Pork Checkoff with the support of several state […]
The National Institute of Animal Agriculture recently welcomed two new co-chairs to the Antibiotics Council: Dr. Heather Fowler from the National Pork Board and Dr. Alexandra Medley from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Since NIAA’s inception in 1916, its mission has been to convene leaders regarding important and developing topics. Councils were developed to […]