by Amanda McDavid | May 26, 2023 | Viewpoints
It’s becoming hard to avoid hearing about artificial intelligence (AI) and how every company has or will have a generative AI engine, which will cut costs and eliminate thousands and thousands of jobs. Well, to quote Yogi Berra, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.”...
by Amanda McDavid | May 19, 2023 | Viewpoints
The Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM, just posted two warnings. For the first time, productivity dropped for five consecutive quarters . Meanwhile, compensation rates reached their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis . Together, these factors...
by Amanda McDavid | May 12, 2023 | Viewpoints
Recently the French government announced a tender for securing vaccines for controlling High Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the national flock. This is critically important, in that taking this positive step to control this important disease through a much more...
by Amanda McDavid | May 5, 2023 | Viewpoints
Recently, I read an article about consumers returning to historical purchasing patterns as it relates to food that struck a chord with me. We are slowly exiting a high inflation period but food inflation remains stubbornly high (about 8.5%). Many consumers continue...
by Amanda McDavid | Apr 28, 2023 | Viewpoints
Several companies reporting results in the last few weeks have commented on the “softness” of the companion animal market. It’s true that visits to veterinary practices are down a bit compared to the prior year. However, I’m not hearing about any “softness” from...
by Amanda McDavid | Apr 21, 2023 | Viewpoints
The announcement that Farmers Business Network has launched a ChatGPT-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform for farmers caught my eye. AI-based platforms are everywhere these days, including in animal health. But if you’re unfamiliar with it, ChatGPT is...