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"If somebody develops a new thing," says Kevin Janni, "and it works, I'm very willing to describe it." But first, says the University of Minnesota professor of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, he wants to see that it works-and the first time around, he may not be entirely sold.
The phenomenon of compost dairy barns provides an example. A Minnesota producer came up with the idea in 2001. "They actually talked to us before they did it," Janni laughs, "and I was not enthused.
But the local Extension educator stayed in touch with them; some other people here on campus worked on the bedding and they got it going, and we decided that there's lots of interest in it, and so we started making presentations."

US - A strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is reported to be becoming increasingly prevalent in pigs, dairy cows and chickens, according to a recent survey. Although this strain rarely causes illness in humans, Food Animal Concerns Trusts is calling for greater restrictions on the use of antibiotics for livestock. Livestock herds could become a vast breeding ground for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a formerly rare bacteria found mostly in hospitals but now spreading beyond health care settings, reports Oregon Live.