Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade
Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade Due to Further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025—Yesterday, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) reported a new case of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Ixhuatlan de Madero, Veracruz […]
In Loving Memory of InTheSweetShop – 2007-2025
July 7, 2025 Comments Off on In Loving Memory of InTheSweetShop – 2007-2025
By Delores Kuhlwein The Caliendo family announced the passing of multiple World and Reserve World Champion InTheSweetShop, aka “Bentley,” Monday afternoon on social media. From Marylyn Caliendo, “Our hearts are absolutely broken with the passing of our all time GOAT, Inthesweetshop a.k.a Bentley. He was a multi champion in the pen, but more importantly a […]
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While NWS has been eradicated from the United States for decades, recent detections in Mexico as far north as Oaxaca and Veracruz, about 700 miles away from the U. S. border, led to the immediate suspension of live cattle, horse and bison imports through U. S. ports of entry along the southern border on May […]
Continue reading …EIA Outbreak Kills 21 Horses in Southwest US
June 17, 2025 Comments Off on EIA Outbreak Kills 21 Horses in Southwest US
A multistate outbreak of equine infectious anemia, likely spread through iatrogenic transmission, has resulted in the deaths of 21 horses in the past year. June 13, 2025, American Veterinary Medical Association News: A multistate outbreak of equine infectious anemia (EIA) has resulted in the deaths of nearly two dozen horses. A U.S. Department […]
Continue reading …World Equestrian Center – Ocala Announces Dover Saddlery Flagship Store at The Shoppes Off 80th
June 16, 2025 Comments Off on World Equestrian Center – Ocala Announces Dover Saddlery Flagship Store at The Shoppes Off 80th
World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) is pleased to announce that Dover Saddlery will be opening a flagship store in the new luxury outdoor shopping venue, The Shoppes Off 80th in 2026. Situated adjacent to The Riding Academy Hotel and The Equestrian Manor, The Shoppes Off 80th will effectively double the property’s existing retail with […]
Continue reading …Masterson Farms, LLC Announces the Passing of RL Best of Sudden
June 2, 2025 Comments Off on Masterson Farms, LLC Announces the Passing of RL Best of Sudden
(June 2, 2025) Ken and Marilyn Masterson and everyone at the Farm are sad to announce the euthanasia of RL Best Of Sudden due to complications resulting from surgery for the removal of a strangulating lipoma. “BO” was a brown stallion foaled at Roberts Quarter Horses on January 7, 2002. He was sired by A […]
Continue reading …OSU Receives Historic $250M Investment to Build World-Class Veterinary Teaching Hospital
May 30, 2025 Comments Off on OSU Receives Historic $250M Investment to Build World-Class Veterinary Teaching Hospital
New facility to reestablish program as national leader while advancing veterinary education, food security and public health in Oklahoma. (STILLWATER, Okla., May 29, 2025) — Oklahoma State University has received a historic $250 million state funding appropriation to support the construction of a new, state-of-the-art veterinary teaching hospital. This critical investment — the largest […]
Continue reading …Update on USDA Efforts to Fight New World Screwworm in Mexico
May 28, 2025 Comments Off on Update on USDA Efforts to Fight New World Screwworm in Mexico
(Washington, D.C., May 27, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat the New World Screwworm (NWS). This afternoon, Secretary Rollins held a call with her counterpart in Mexico, Secretary Berdegue, to discuss the ongoing threat of […]
Continue reading …NSBA Welcomes Alyse Roberts to Quarter Million Dollar Club
May 27, 2025 Comments Off on NSBA Welcomes Alyse Roberts to Quarter Million Dollar Club
From NSBA: National Snaffle Bit Association is pleased to welcome Alyse Roberts, of Purcell, Oklahoma, into its prestigious Quarter Million Dollar Club. Alyse reached the milestone of more than $250,000 in lifetime NSBA earnings at the Premier. A native of Canada, Alyse began her path as a professional by working as an assistant to some […]
Continue reading …Horse Protection Act Update—May 2025
May 15, 2025 Comments Off on Horse Protection Act Update—May 2025
If you missed our post last week regarding the latest of the Horse Protection Act, please read the APHA press release below and find links for submitting your feedback to the USDA APHIS. Note: USDA is only accepting comments on the delay and not accepting comments on the entire HPA regulation. Implementation of the 2024 Horse […]
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