Through a partnership among the College of ACES, the Illinois Department of Agriculture, and Feeding Illinois, student-raised livestock from the Illinois State Fair Sale of Champions is being transformed into meaningful support for local food banks — helping nourish neighbors and fight food insecurity.

When piglets don’t get enough milk in the first weeks of life, the chances of them thriving dramatically decline. In the U.S. pork production system, piglets with limited access to their mothers’ milk are typically “cross-fostered” with other sows. But in the E.U., a different solution is gaining ground. In certain circumstances, underfed piglets are artificially reared with milk replacer, mimicking feeding setups used in biomedical research.

Each year, the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the

Two ACES faculty members have been named 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. Animal sciences professors Isaac Cann and Matthew Wheeler are among the 471 scientists, engineers, and innovators chosen by their peers for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements. 

The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability.

Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather events. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how heat stress affects U.S. dairy production, finding that high heat and humidity lead to a 1% decline in annual milk yield.

High-achieving students with an interest in food animal veterinary sciences will now have an expedited pathway for admission at the College of Veterinary Medicine (Vet Med) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champ

Albert “Bert” Kemp’s legacy is one of service, hard work, and lasting generosity.

The Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS), housed within the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been at the forefront of nutritional science research and education for over 100 years.