Worth a Glance – October 1, 2026

Last week’s AHD Bulletin –

• Animal Health Digest Bulletin, September 24, 2026. Link.

Most read posts from September 24^th AHD Bulletin –

• Why job hopping is surging among Gen Zers. Link.
• Community outreach “stuffy style” Link.
• Malone: Role reversal. Link.
• BioSphere Essentials: Enzymes in animal nutrition. Link.
• FFA: Growing the future. Link.

Also see: Andy Roark, Hairball survey, USDA’s new era of companion animal welfare

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3,000-year-old burial of ancient Egyptian horse found

Source: Live Science, September 23, 2026. Link. Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old burial of a horse, likely used for military purposes, inside an ancient fort on the western Nile Delta in Egypt. Archaeologists think that it was ceremonially buried.

 

Moving water forward: innovation flows in cattle country

Source: Kansas Farmer, September 24, 2026. Link. Half a billion gallons daily and one aquifer. Discover how cattle producers are innovating to save water and their future. It is estimated all cattle living above the Ogallala Aquifer could be drinking anywhere from 223.5 million to 529.5 million gallons of water each day.

 

Pet nutrition facts: giving shoppers more to compare in the pet store aisle

Source: Pet Age, September 25, 2026. Link. Changes are coming to the pet aisle that could help shoppers make more informed decisions, while giving brands and retailers a new opportunity to make nutritional information easier to understand and compare.

 

How Pork Checkoff research works

Source: Farms.com, September 28, 2026. Link. Research doesn’t start with a proposal. It starts with a producer need. Behind every Pork Checkoff-funded research project is a process designed to connect the challenges producers face on the farm with the researchers who can help solve them.

 

Backpack secured the top spot for Fat Bear Week

Source: NBC News, September 30, 2026. Link. Fat Bear Week has crowned a winner with the phattest bear on the block! Backpack, or Bear 89, has been named the winner after overcoming a leg injury as a cub.