Learn All the Facts

The fact is Americans need AFACT, American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology. We’re dedicated to preserving agriculture’s modern practices along with technologies like antibiotics, vaccines, conservation tillage, hormones and biotechnology. Most important, we’re here to promote the truth about American agricultural products.

Click on any of the fact sheets, listed on the right, to find out more about what AFACT stands for and what our organization’s perspective is on issues surrounding technology in agriculture production.
Antibiotics in Agriculture

The Animal Health Institute has issued many research documents regarding the use of antibiotics in agriculture. Please feel free to view them and similar topics by clicking on the article of your choice.

Articles

• View from Washington: Armies of Animal Agriculture
• Sustainable Bedding Production
• George McGovern on Agriculture's Next Big Challenge
• A Letter to Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack
• Unpasteurized Milk: A Continued Public Health Threat
• Comparative Milk Study, Appearing in JADA July 2008
• Scientist Debunks Myth of Organic Nutritional Superiority
• Organic Milk is Healthier? Don't Swallow it!
• The Facts about Organic Dairying
• Dr. Capper's Response to Activists' Claims that Cows are Bad for the Environment
• Udder nonsense about milk
• Cornell Study: Read about the positive impact rBST has on the environment

Fact Sheets

• Facts About H1N1
• The Facts About Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST)
• The Facts About Hormones
• The Facts About Milk Labels
• The Facts About Pasteurization
• The Facts About Biotech Crops
• All Milk is Safe and Healthy
• Facts about Organic

Antibiotic Papers

• AFIA and Animal-Ag Groups Send Letter to White House Regarding Antibiotic Use
• Danish Experience
• Antibiotic Use in Food Animals: Protecting Animal Health, Safeguarding Human Health
• FDA’S Approval Process for Food Animal Antibiotics
• Post Approval Monitoring and Review Ensures Continued Safe Use of Antibiotics
• Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture
• Post-Approval Monitoring Programs
• Guidelines for Responsible Use of Antibiotics
• How Antibiotics Are Used in Animal Health Management Systems