MC Mitchell

Director of Livestock/Dairy for Land O'Lakes

[Agrilinks @Agrilinks]

#Livestock like goats can easily adapt from consuming grasses to consuming cacti, and are able to convert natural resources to financial resources that households use to offset shocks and stresses caused by the climate famine @LandOLakesV37 https://t.co/Hk67L6FMAx

[Small Ruminant Project @RuminantsSmall]

@LD4D_community shared case study of @RuminantsSmall on thier web space. https://t.co/suvEbNfR3Y
A key challenge of high level wastage of high mortality and slow growth affect on the #ClimateChage @ACIARAustralia @AciarPakistan @SEBI_Livestock @bec_doyle @UVAS_Official @F4CAP

[Meat Institute @MeatInstitute]

Livestock plays a key role in converting otherwise ‘waste’ food (e.g. crop residues and by-products of food manufacture) into high-quality, nutrient dense protein for human consumption. This cycle is a crucial part of global food production.
@COP26 #TogetherForThePlanet

[Livestock Data for Decisions @LD4D_community]

#NowReading: New paper by @RobynAlders
et al. catalogues the many contributions made by #livestock to human society beyond food & fibre:

🌱🌍 #Ecosystem services

👳🏾🐂 Sociocultural & religious roles

💉⚕️ Contributions to human #health

https://t.co/BEppDq39n2

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

#DYK that #livestock systems are threated by #ClimateChange ? Millions of people in low-and-middle-income countries depend on livestock for food and income.

See how @LandolakesV37 Maharo #Madagascar are adapting to climate change

#COP26 #resilience
https://t.co/ZEsxzJmj1a

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

Just wanted to show what the traffic problem is really like near my farm.

[Global Burden of Animal Diseases @GBADsGlobal]

New #gbadspublication is now live in the OIE Scientific and Technical Review vol 40. "Global Burden of Animal Diseases: novel approach to understanding and managing disease in livestock and aquaculture." More information is available on the #GBADs website https://t.co/q5sd04Wm09

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

We had some excitement last night, a little carbon paste straightened things right out.

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

New forages are making a difference to livestock resilience.

[Susan MacMillan @SusanMacMillan]

Lasha Avaliani, of @LandOLakesV37, speaking at a webinar hosted by @ILRI & @LandOLakesV37

#WhyLivestockMatter @CGIAR

[Susan MacMillan @SusanMacMillan]

'We have a silent pandemic that we HAVE to address. That is #AMR—antimicrobial resistance.'
—Kristina Roesel, of @ILRI

The Critical Crossroads of Animal, Human & Environment Health webinar
@ILRI & @LandOLakesV37

#WhyLivestockMatter

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

These are my non-ZOOOM hours.

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

https://t.co/agUrcXwqAB

The forage situation in Virginia. This farm is about 10km from mine.

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

🇬🇪🇺🇸 US ambassador Kelly C. Degnan visited the dairy farmer Meri Bachakashvili who received co-investment from the USDA funded Safety and Quality Investment in Livestock (SQIL) project.

Land O'Lakes Venture37 https://t.co/qF1jmHl3hR via @FacebookWatch

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

Venture37 2020 Annual Report https://t.co/N1phGKax2f

See for yourself, Food security didn't slow down during 2020.

[Virginia Cooperative Extension @VACoopExt]

On #CowAppreciationDay, we recognize the hardworking #farmers and ranchers who make America the world's largest producer of #beef.

More on the top-performing industry here: https://t.co/f0eId1B9N0 #AgIsAmerica

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

@KMLesnick @RTI_Intl Looking forward to seeing the recorded session. Please send link.

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

#USGLCtribute Mitchell date night, @LandOLakesV37 and @RTI_Intl for tribute to Fauci

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

Hey David, good deal.

[IFDC Uganda @IFDCUganda]

Congratulations to our very own David Slane, on his Award as @IFDCnews' Outstanding Internationally Posted Staff Member! He has led REACH, CATALIST & PNSP Projects in #Uganda, & has assisted more than 240,000 household members to double their agricultural activity. @NLinUganda

[MC Mitchell @MCMitchell99]

My election night reading.