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Winter wheat school offered

Winter wheat school will be offered Dec. 12 at the Lions Hall in Forest City. The school will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This school is for growers who grow hard and soft red winter wheat in Northwest ... (original story)

MLA doubts budget plan

While the provincial government announced ita ll be prepared for the effects of the global financial crisis during the throne speech Thursday, not all critics are so sure. (original story)

Newest USMEF officer well-prepared for leadership role

With her selection as secretary-treasurer of the U.S. Meat Export Federation board of directors, Indiana pork producer Danita Rodibaugh takes on a new level of leadership responsibility in the nation's most ... (original story)

NE Pork 2nd annual Environmental Stewards award

The Nebraska Pork Producers Association is proud to announce the 2nd Annual Environmental Stewardship Awards Program. (original story)

Fast-track Approval More Effective than GM Debate

EU - If the European Commission approves Roundup Ready 2 GM soya as early as next Friday - which it could - it will be a record response and it will demonstrate Brussels’ determination to protect European Union livestock farmers from soaring soya prices. (original story)

Animal Products from Belarus Undergo Tests

RUSSIA - On 20-24 October 2008, specialists of Rosselkhoznadzor inspected the Belarusian system of safety laboratory monitoring of products of animal origin supplied to the Russian market. (original story)

WCRF Makes a Pig's Ear of Claims

UK - Claims that people are cutting down on eating processed meat such as bacon because of cancer fears have been rubbished by pig industry body BPEX. (original story)

CAP Health Check Implications for Livestock

UK - The NFU's national livestock board has met to discuss the recent CAP Health Check and its implications for livestock farmers across England, particularly the new provision which allows member states to channel unused funds within national ceilings into Article 68. (original story)

Food Samples Fail Safety Tests

HONG KONG - The Centre for Food Safety tested 15,600 food samples in September and October and found 69 - just .04% - to be unsatisfactory. (original story)

Kroner crunch

The Danish government has famously asked voters to say "Yes" to the euro before and ended up red-faced, to the delight of Eurosceptics all over the continent. (original story)

Milo the New Corn for Pigs?

US - Many central US swine producers in recent years switched to a corn-based diet for their stock. That decision may now need to change. (original story)

Europe's Pig Industry Resembles a Plane

EU - "Regulations are good for politicians but not for the farmers," said Detlef Breuer, manager of German pig farmers' organisation ISN, at Danish agricultural show Agromek. (original story)

Producers Spurred to Re-Think Feeding Programs

CANADA - Researchers with the Prairie Swine Centre are encouraging swine producers to take a second look at their feeding programs in order to find additional cost savings, writes Bruce Cochrane. (original story)

Liquid Manure: How Much is Too Much?

US - There is a limit on liquid manure or open lot effluent that can be land applied to fields that will be planted to soybeans next spring. (original story)

Feed Prices Threatening Pork Industry Globally

GLOBAL - Pork producers across the world, including the British Pig Executive (BPEX), have joined forces to tackle the threat to the industry posed by rocketing feed prices. Representatives of major national pork bodies met at the 4th International Meat Secretariat (IMS) World Pork Conference in Nan... (original story)




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