Ahsin, Muhammad
Poore, Matt H.
Rogers, Johnny
Franzluebbers, Alan
Young, Sierra N.
Kronberg, Scott L.
Provenza, Frederick D.
Bain, James R.
van Vliet, Stephan
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (LS21-357, LS21-357, LS21-357, LS21-357)
USDA-NIFA-AFRI Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2021-67034-35118)
Article History
Received: 9 November 2024
Accepted: 31 May 2025
First Online: 24 July 2025
Competing interests
: S.v.V. acknowledges current grant support from USDA-NIFA-SARE (2020-38640-31521; 2021-38640-34714), USDA-ARS (USDA-2022-58-3064-2-007), the Greenacres Foundation, Applegate LLC, Perdue Foods LLC, and the Bionutrient Institute for (co-funded) projects that link agricultural production systems—animal and cropping systems—to the nutritional/metabolite composition of animal and plant foods. S.v.V. also reports travel honoraria and speaker fees related to presentation related to their research. S.v.V. is a non-paid member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. F.D.P. reports receiving honoraria for his talks about behavior-based management of livestock. All other authors report no competing interests.
: This work evaluated general practices of commercial operations with no intervention by the research team, while animals were harvested in a USDA-inspected facility. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval was therefore not necessary.