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AFIA and KSU partner to offer feed manufacturing course online

The American Feed Industry Association in partnership with the IGP Institute of the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University will host a distance education program offered every quarter through 2015. The online course will offer an in-depth understa...


Cargill's Provimi Aloapur additive wins Innov’Space Innovation Award

Cargill's animal nutrition business announced its Provimi Aloapur product was presented an Innov'Space award today at the 2014 SPACE conference, the second largest animal production trade show in the world. Judges honored Aloapur, a patented, bio-based animal feed additive that has demonstrated signif...


FDA submits animal feed safety rule changes for review

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 26 submitted proposed animal feed safety rule changes to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Those changes would establish current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs) and hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control req...


Thai Feed Mill Association agrees to marine protection

The Thai Feed Mill Association chairman, Pornsin Patcharintrakul, has said that the association has agreed in principle to help in the protection and preservation of the marine ecological system through the introduction of lucrative pricing for fishermen who follow good fishing practices.

T...


Vitelia increases capacity of feed production facility with innovative new hammer mills from Dinnissen

In recent years, the cooperative feed production organization Vitelia has made significant investments in new and innovative developments at its feed production facilities to be able to offer the highest quality of feed for animals in each and every phase of their life cycle.

These investment...


Cargill increasing rail and grain handling capacity in Alberta

Cargill today announced that construction has begun to expand storage and rail at itsViking, AB grain handling facility. 

The expansion will be welcome news for local producers as it will improve terminal capacity available in the surrounding area. Storage capacity will increase by approxima...


KSE launches silo filling unit

KSE Process Technology, Dutch manufacturers and suppliers of dosing and weighing machines, automation and services, have just launched a special system for the automatic filling of storage silos. The system utilises containers, avoiding contamination from occuring during transportation.

The Al...


Provimi launches new feed additives brand

Cargill Animal Nutrition, through its Provimi business, today introduced 'Promote', a new global brand and line of feed additives designed to help bring to animal producers, feed manufacturers and retailers the industry’s most innovative and impactful feed-additive solutions. Feed additives play an ...


DDC prepares to produce and sell livestock feed

Government-owned Dairy Development Corporation (DDC) is all set to produce and sell animal feed in next two weeks.

For fodder production, DDC is using infrastructure of now-dissolved Animal Feed Production Development Committee (AFPDC) at Hetauda Municipality-10.

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DDC's officer Arj...


ISA recieves USDA grant for soybased fish feed study

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to provide a grant to the Indiana Soybean Allaince, with funds to be used to complete a feed mill and fish food study.

The study will assess the feasibility of a feed mill turning soybeans into fish feed, and whether a project of this kind could be...


Seaside industrial park receives federal grant

A seaside industrial park in Shelburne, Nova Scotia has received a $500,000 federal grant, to help it prepare the site for commercial occupancy.

Integrated aquaculture company, Cooke Aquaculture Inc. has stated its plans to move a fish processing facility to the area, but there has still been ...


Betagro Group invests Bt1 billion in new animal drug-free, dust-free feed factory

Betagro Group has invested Bt1.1 billion in a new animal feed factory that is guaranteed to be antibiotic-free across the entire production process, and meets all applicable international standards. The 100% dust-free factory manufactures a range of feed products to meet growing domestic demand and th...


EU: Compound feed production down in 2011

Compound feed production in the European Union in 2011 was down by 0.3 percent, in final estimates as reported by the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC). There are expected to be no substantial trends to these figures in 2012, in spite of most major feed ingredients rising in price.

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GCT rollback on feedstuffs and feeds

Two of Jamicas largest poultry producers, Jamaica Broilers and Caribbean Broilers, have agreed with the Government's decision to rollback General Consumption Tax (GCT) imposed on feedstuffs and animal feed. The companies claimed an added tax on feeds, would have had a negative impact on the local agri...


India's expansion into Bangladesh concerns local firms

Over the previous 2 years 3 of India's largest poultry companies, Amrit, Suguna Foods, and Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group have expanded their businesses into Bangladesh.

The main reason for this expansion, was the attraction of high growth in the Bangladeshi local industry together with the po...


S. Korea bans antibiotics in animal feed

Seoul, South Korea -- Five years after the European Union banned antibiotics in animal feed, South Korea is about to become the first Asian country to embrace such a restriction.

Beginning in July, South Korea is promising to strictly enforce a ban on the use of so-called antibiotic growth pro...


Cargill reopens Chambersburg feed mill

Pennsylvania, USA -- Cargill Animal Nutrition celebrated the opening of its new feed mill near Chambersburg, replacing a plant that was destroyed last year by a fire.

On Wednesday, guests had a chance to tour the new shop in the Cumberland Valley Business Park.

"It's pretty amazin...


Etunda makes feed from waste

Namibia -- By-products from the Etunda Irrigation Scheme that were previously discarded as waste, will now go towards the production of livestock feed, where there is currently a large demand for livestock feed.

Newly appointed manager of the Etunda Irrigation Scheme in the Omusati Region, Jo...


Tougher German feed laws

The German cabinet on Wednesday approved the first in a series of measures aimed at raising standards in the animal feed industry following the discovery of the toxic chemical dioxin in feed, which led to a health alert.

The cabinet approved a new rule that puts an extra responsibility on priv...


Jamaica rethinking feedstocks, to keep feed prices under control

Jamaica -- The Jamaican Government is exploring alternative feedstock as part of a programme aimed at combating volatile food prices, says Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton.

Tufton made the revelation as Jamaicans brace for higher food prices due to soaring cost of grains on the inter...


Germany approves anti-dioxin action plan

Germany on Wednesday approved a plan to enforce higher standards in animal feed production after the discovery of toxic chemical dioxin in feed, which has triggered a health alert and hit sales of German eggs and pork.

German and European Union authorities are struggling to contain the alert w...


Tainted Animal Feed Found in France and Denmark

France and Denmark on Monday became the latest countries affected by Germany's tainted food scare, in which pig and chicken feed were contaminated with dioxin and traces were found in exported food products.

Although the levels of the chemical detected in France and Denmark were considered low...


Germany investigating use of unsafe products in animal feed

Officials in Germany are investigating whether products containing poisonous dioxins were fraudulently passed off as being safe for use in animal feed as they try to determine how eggs and poultry were contaminated.

A warning from the European Commission that the incident “must be pursued wi...


Fatty acids mistake lead to dioxin contamination scare

Germany -- Despite the existence of clear warning labels, the feed manufacturer in the state of Schleswig-Holstein used fatty acids intended only for technical industrial uses such as making lubricants, a spokesman for the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) told daily Westfale...


Poultry farm owners are hostages of hatcheries

Bangladesh - The poultry farm owners of Barisal are in bad condition, as they have become hostages in the hands of a number of hatcheries and feed producing owners' syndicate.

In consequence whereof hundreds of poultry farm owners of Barisal are leading a miserable life by losing their capital...


UK animal feed industry to ‘benefit’ from new guidelines

UK - The animal feed industry is likely to welcome the new simplified system used to recording stocks.

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has changed previous guidelines which required farmers to record where the animal feed was bought and whether it was sold on, reports worldpoulty.net.

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Jamaica Broilers Group looks to Haiti, for expansion.

Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG), a leader in the poultry and animal feed markets, is exploring growth beyond its home shores to Haiti, potentially through business partnerships in the French-speaking country, and likely kicking off with the building out of a feed operation under subsidiary company Hi-Pro...


'Feed crisis looming without faster GM approvals'

An animal feed crisis is looming with the continued inability of EU ministers to either approve or reject genetically modified traits for import into Europe, agrochemical company Monsanto has warned.

"The EU situation is 'chaos as normal'," Monsanto's Colin Merritt told a Crop Protec...


AgFeed Industries, Inc. to be Added to S-Network ITG Agriculture Index

AgFeed Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEED), one of the largest independent hog production and animal nutrient companies in China, announced today that effective as of 6:00 PM (EDT) on Sunday, September 20, 2009, AgFeed will be included among the 30 stock components that comprise the S-Network ...


Higher meat prices expected as livestock industry reels

Saskatoon - Higher meat prices may be in store for consumers next year as hard-hit North American farmers thin herds of cattle and pigs, but the scale of downsizing may hinge on whether recession-weary consumers are willing to pay more.

High feed costs and slumping pork exports due to H1N1 flu...


Livestock industry hit hard by high feed costs, weak economy

The livestock industry is in one of its worst economic slumps in decades. It's hit just about every sector: hogs, dairy, beef and poultry, and it's causing farmers a lot of stress.

Step into nearly any livestock barn in Minnesota and there's a good chance you're entering a world of financ...


Cattle Feeding: What Size Fits “Best”

By Dr. Rick Rasby
Animal Science, University of Nebraska
01/07/2009

With high input costs, cattle producers continually refine and evaluate how resources are be...


Rising Feed Costs will Cut Meat Production

USDA has dropped its total U.S. meat production projections for 2009 and 2010. In its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, USDA estimated pork production for this year to be 22.75 billion pounds. While market hog numbers are down a bit from last year's record-setting pace, he...


A Smooth Transition from Fuel to Feed

By Sandy Miller Hays
U.S. Department of Agriculture
08/06/2009

It's often been said of the pig that you can use every part of that versatile animal except the squ...


Pioneer Hi-Bred Offers Tips to Maximize Feedstock Quality

Harvesting maturity and silage additives key to nutritional value

DES MOINES, Iowa.– Higher feed input costs are challenging livestock producers to maximize the efficiency of their feedstock supplies. Producers can reap economic benefits by evaluating corn maturity prior to chopping...


Local Farmers Switch To Custom Crop Operators

For dairy farmers who grow their own seed, the process of harvesting the hay and tillage can be daunting.

In today’s economy, where diesel fuel prices continue to pinch corners left and right, alternative methods to traditional farming are becoming more abundant. One such method is using cus...


Target feed at stock with the greatest earning potential

FARMER'S GUARDIAN
26/10/2007

Predicted feed wheat prices at around £170 tonne in January will continue to challenge most beef farmers, particularly those with poor quality grass silage or lower than usua...


Fortifying feed with biodiesel co-products

08/10/2007

Biofuel research isn't just a matter of finding the right type of biomass--corn grain, soybean oil, animal fat, wood or other material--and converting it into fuel. Scientists must also find environme...


Canada widens BSE-related feed ban; US still pondering

13/07/2007

Canada broadened its safeguards against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, yesterday by banning the use of cattle brains, spinal cords, and certain other b...


High feed price expected to cause cattle drop

ABC
07/09/2007

The feedlot industry is tipping a 25 per cent fall in the number of cattle on feed by Christmas because of high grain prices.

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GFI Ready For Enhanced Feed Ban

08/07/2007

Canada's enhanced feed ban takes effect tomorrow and will mean no more specified risk materials from cattle in anything -- whether it be pet foods, or even fertilizers.
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Call for review of ban on use of animal remains in feed

FG
08/06/2007

A review on animal remains in farm feed is being called for by the European Union's advisory Economic and Social Committee.

Introduced throughout Europe as part of...


Consumers, support BSE feed ban

BBC
01/06/2007

Consumers "remember BSE" and do not want the ban on feeding animal remains to livestock lifted, a parliamentary committee chairman has said.

The European Comm...


Tainted fish meal was sent to U.S.

By Linda Wilson Fuoco
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
09/05/2007

Add fish to the growing list of animals that have eaten tainted food.

Cana...


Ghana’s equipment can detect bird flu - Vet

08/05/2007

The Veterinary Services Department of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has assured the public that Ghana has the necessary equipment to test avian influenza virus.

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China tells little about illness killing large numbers of swine

By Keith Bradsher
NEW YORK TIMES
08/05/2007

A mysterious epidemic is killing pigs in southeastern China, but international and Hong Kong authorities sai...


Australia seeks NZ stock feed

Australian stockfeed
THE...


20 million chickens may have eaten tainted feed

AP
04/05/2007

Federal officials on Friday placed a hold on 20 million chickens raised for market in several states because their feed was mixed with pet food containing an industrial chemical.

Three government ...


6,000 hogs may have eaten tainted feed: USDA

By Christopher Doering
REUTERS
26/04/2007

An estimated 6,000 hogs from New York to Cali...


Cattle feed in crisis in Australia

By Allison Rehn
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
26/04/2007

AUSTRALIA could be importing food for cattle within weeks, as the crisis in the country's rural sector worsens,...


Deadly pet food mystery puts heat on industry

By Elizabeth Weise and Julie Schmit
USA TODAY
22/03/2007

The company that recalled 60 million containers of dog and cat food said Wednesday that its testing is continuing, but the source of the contamination that has killed at least 16...


New U of M Feed Mill Allows Evaluation of Alternative Crops for Feed, Processing Equipment and Techn

By Bruce Cochrane
FARMSCAPE
21/02/2007

A new feed manufacturing facility at the University of Manitoba is allowing scientists to evaluate alternative crops for feed, and new processing equipment and technologies.

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Need for feed: Farmers feel pinch from inflated prices

By Don Nelson
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
18/02/2007

Ethanol's promise of cheaper fuel and less dependency on foreign oil has political leaders pushing for more production of the alternative energy source, but livestock owners ...


GNBS revises poultry feed standard

STARBROEK NEWS
07/02/2007

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) recently revised the national standard for poultry feed in order to address quality concerns associated with it and to harmonise the standards for its use within Caricom.

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Japan, Fearing Bird Flu, Incinerates 10,000 Chickens

15/01/2007

Japanese authorities on Monday began incinerating more than 10,000 chickens that have either died of bird flu at a southern Japanese poultry farm recently or culled there, officials said.

Separately, the Environment Ministry said that there were no signs of wild bi...


What is Naturally Raised?

By Charlene M. Shupp Espenshade
Lancaster Farming
22/12/2006

What is naturally raised?
Does it mean an animal that has never been given antibiotics or was antibiotic-free the last 60 days? Can a problematic calf be given a non-...


India packs more 'value' into China export basket

By Saibal Dasgupta
INDIA TIMES
10/12/2006

BEIJING: India has finally begun to broaden its export basket to China after several years of constant efforts to overcome its reliance on natural resources like iron ore. Recent statistic...


Contaminated corn seed slips into NZ

By Patrick Crewdson
THE DOMINION POST
02/12/2006

Opponents of genetic modification are outraged that nearly two tonnes of contaminated sweet corn have slipped through border security in a quarantine breach.

The Agricultur...


Pork industry hit by EU swine fever ruling

By Corina Mica and Michael Bird
THE DIPLOMAT BUHAREST
30/11/2006

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Pork industry hit by swine fever ruling

By Corina Mica and Michael Bird
THE DIPLOMAT BUHAREST
30/11/2006

Hopes of fattening up the domestic pork industry for export have been set back by an EC decision to vaccinate all the nation's pigs and wild boars

Ev...


Two member EU team visits Vizag seafood processing plant

ANI
28/11/2006

A two- member team of the European Union Commission visited a seafood processing plant inVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, recently to check out the quality standards maintained by it. The Food and Veterinary Office in Europe organised the inspection.

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Bird Flu Strikes Korean Chicken Farm

DONGA
24/11/2006

In a poultry farm located in Iksan City, North Jeolla Province, about 6,000 chickens were found dead and the cause is suspected to be Avian Influenza (AI). The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is presuming that the highly pathogenic AI virus that can b...


WA farmers believed to be storing wheatWA farmers believed to be storing wheat

ABC NEWS
21/11/2006

There are claims that Western Australian grain farmers are warehousing this year's harvest because of uncertainty over whether the troubled exporter AWB will maintain its monopoly.

While many farmers have already harvested this year's ...


Cargill recalls contaminated Canadian cattle feed

REUTERS
18/11/2006

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Cargill Ltd. has recalled feed from about 100 Canadian farms because it may contain trace amounts of an ingredient banned to prevent the spread of mad cow disease, the company said on Saturday.

Canadian veterinary officials are ...


Over 100 million chickens in Indonesia vaccinated against bird flu

XINHUA NEWS
17/11/2006

The Indonesian government has vaccinated about 140 million chickens against bird flu, which account for only 10 percent of the total of 1.4 billion chickens across the country, an official said.

The vaccination has to be optimized to prevent a bird...


Higher Corn Prices Equal Higher Livestock Prices

FARM FUTURES
20/10/2006

In a web seminar Wednesday, John Lawrence of Iowa State University and Steve Meyer of Paragon Economics said as ethanol production's demands drive up corn prices, livestock prices will follow due to higher cost of corn for feed.

Lawrence and Meyer for...


CAFO proposal - complete with smell test - passed

By Teresa Auch
CHRONICLE TRIBUNE
20/10/2006

Fixed setback distances for all large animal feeding operations have been tossed in favor of a mathematical formula that would determine distances based on a specific operation.

The decisi...


Gold Kist To Open $70 Million Expansion in Live Oak, Florida

By Goldkist Inc
PRESS RELEASE
02/10/2006

ATLANTA: Gold Kist Inc. will celebrate the official opening of the $70 million, 180,000-square-foot expansion of its Live Oak, Fla., poultry processing facility on November 2, 2006 at 10 a.m. The ribbo...


Paying the Price of Hungry Pigs

By Jane Messenger
PORK MAGAZINE
01/10/2006

In a perfect world, your pigs would never run out of feed. However, out-of-feed events are a growing problem in nursery and grow/finish facilities.

"One of the main issues deals with feed deli...


Indonesia: sharp increase in the number of import of broiler grand parent stock (GPS) in 2006

POULTRY INTERNATIONAL: INDONESIA
29/09/2006

DATA released by directorate of animal breed of the Indonesia Ministry of Agriculture stated that there is sharp increase in the number of import of broiler grand parent stock (GPS) in 2006 compared with the figure in 2005. As of third quart...


Port authority seizes imported animal feed

By Ridwan Max Sijabat
THE JAKARTA POST
20/09/2006

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - The Tanjung Priok Port Authority has seized 167 containers of animal feed, which arrived at the port from Spain last week.

Contaminated feed is widely believed to ...


Biodiesel business brings earth-friendly fuel to Barron County

By Jeremy Jensen
THE CHETEK ALERT
23/08/2006

If you drive a diesel vehicle or use diesel machinery anywhere in Barron County, there is a new company in the area that is committed to making earth-friendly biodiesel fuel available anywhere i...


Ridley Announces Third Straight Year of Earnings Growth and Further Debt Reduction in Fiscal 2006

By Mike Mitchell
MARKET WIRE
21/08/2006

Ridley Inc. (TSX: RCL), one of the largest animal nutrition companies in North America, today reported results for its fiscal 2006 fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2006. All currency figures are st...


Largest maize-seed processing plant on the African continent completed

By Khalid Patel
Engineering News Online
11/08/2006

International agribusiness firm Monsanto has completed construction of the largest maize-seed processing plant on the African continent, which has been in full ...


Catfish processing plant expected to open

1st August, 2006: ALABAMA, USA - Southerners love their catfish, whether it's fried, grilled, between bread or in an etouffee.

Most of the catfish you eat comes from pond farms across the Southeast and processed at plants in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Even catfish raised in nort...


Canal Seed and Feed to change its focus

1st Aug, 2006: Columbia, USA - Dan Wickersham stands in front of Canal Seed and Feed on Mullett Street in Portage. Wickersham, the owner of the business, plans to discontinue selling livestock and poultry feeds. Ann Marie Ames/Daily Register

Canal Seed and Feed is making the big change from se...


Cargill vows to protect Amazon

25th July, 2006: Sao Paolo - Soy-farming limits dismissed by critics.

Responding to environmental protests over the loss of Brazilian rainforest, Cargill and other major soybean processors said Monday that they'll refuse to buy soybeans grown on newly deforested land within the vast Amaz...


Settlement shakes Amcor and Visy

18th July, 2006: Sydney, AUSTRALIA - A $30.5 MILLION settlement in Australia's first cartel class action has put Amcor and Richard Pratt's Visy on notice over allegations they colluded to fix prices in the cardboard box industry.

The "vitamins class action" against pharmaceutical gia...


New Wave of Bird Flu Hits China's Poultry

2nd July 2006, ZHONGWEI: A new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu reportedly has been discovered among poultry in China. The news surfaced on Saturday, as experts were re-examining whether a Chinese man may have died of the disease in 2003 -- two years before any human cases were reported in the ...


Ethanol plants a blessing and a curse for cattle industry

23rd June 2006, IOWA: Cattle lots like this one in Southwest Iowa could benefit from inexpensive, highly nutritious feed from local ethanol plants. However, those plants will likely raise the price of corn, which may prompt some cattle producers to switch to corn production.

Using distillers...


Guyana poultry producers may need to look at export market

23rd June 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA: The domestic market may be too small to support the expansion of the poultry sector, which has grown over four per cent in five years and President Bharrat Jagdeo said the sector would need to seek export markets.

But not wanting to count his chickens befo...


Okredana: Expansion and modernization of the fishery industry in Nigeria

22nd June 2006, LAGOS: The journey of one thousand kilometers usually starts with a step; “this saying is synonymous to the fervent drive embarked upon by OKREDANA Nigeria Limited five years ago, towards the expansion and modernization programme of the fishery industry in Nigeria.

OKREDANA...


Bangladesh 2006-7 Budget: Manufacturing sectors

21st June 2006, DHAKA: Manufacturing sector is the base for the sustainable economic development of a nation. The contribution of manufacturing sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) of Bangladesh was 17 per cent in FY 2005-06. Out of fifteen sectors identified for computing national income, the c...


Chicken litter lawsuit: Expert’s arsenic calculation excluded

20th June 2006, FAYETTEVILLE: An expert witness’ calculations of inhaled arsenic exposure in Prairie Grove won’t be allowed at trial, a judge ruled Monday.

Several lawsuits allege that spreading chicken litter caused cancer and other health problems in Prairie Grove.

Rod O’Co...


Making a choice between meat

June 9th 2006, MAINE USA: Maine is leading the nation with a state law that's the first of its kind to promote the purchase of meat from animals that have not been treated with antibiotics unless they were sick.

Concerns about the human health effects of virtually indiscriminate antibiot...


European Union Upholds ADM Fines

June 1st 2006, BRUSSELS: The European Court of Justice has thrown out Archer Daniels Midland's appeal over allegations of an amino acids cartel. The Court confirmed that, when setting the level of fines, the Commission does not have to take into account fines paid by a company in other jurisdictio...


Quigley to Commence Medical Feed Poultry Study for Its QR-441(a)

11th May. 2006: DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - Investigational New Animal Drug Designed to Combat Avian Flu; Healthy Chicken Study is the First in Series of Studies Designed to Determine Whether Adding Active Ingredient to Chicken Feed will Reduce Infectivity in Potential H5N1 Outbreak.

Quigley Pharma, a w...


Towards self-sustaining economy

4th May, 2005: Dhaka, Bangladesh - The development and expansion of agriculture and agro-based industries in the rural areas is actually needed primarily for striking a happy balance between the goals of economic growth and equity. Although absolute poverty in rural Bangladesh -- where the majority pe...


Agriculture... Another Base for People's Development

23rd Apr, 2006: NIGERIA - Considering the role agriculture can play in a peoples economic life, the Ebonyi State Government has taken steps to make the state a food basket across the Niger.

The mantra in Nigeria is that almost all the states created in the country are not economically viabl...


CAST group issues bird flu impact report: Avian Influenza Seen Cutting Poultry Consumption

11th Apr, 2006: WASHINGTON - Most of the reporting that has accompanied concerns of a possible pandemic outbreak of high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) naturally enough centers on the potential repercussions for human health. But, as a recent paper by the Council for Agricultural Science & Technolo...


Chicken With Arsenic?

5th Apr, 2006: ARSENIC may be called the king of poisons, but it is everywhere: in the environment, in the water we drink and sometimes in the food we eat.

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Duck raisers, cock breeders resist antiavian flu measures

4th Apr: MANILA - THE governments Avian Influenza Protection Program (AIPP) says that should the lethal H5N1 bird-flu strain enter the country and infect a poultry farm, military and agriculture officials will cull all feathered animals within a 3-km radius to halt the spread of the virus.


Poultry breeders accuse the adverse media reports jeopardizing their industry

21st March, 2006: COLOMOBO - The International Poultry Science Association, Sri Lanka Branch announced that Sri Lanka is free from Bird Flu and that there is no danger in consuming chicken products.

Meanwhile researchers have indicated that a global flu pandemic cannot be avoided solely by c...


Bird Flu Confirmed in Burma

16th March: RANGOON - Tests conducted in Bangkok have confirmed that chickens in Burma died from the deadly H5N1 avian flu strain, as the junta issued a public acknowledgement of the outbreak for the first time.

A representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Dr Wantanee Kalpra...


Europe's Bird-Flu Fears Cause Global Economic Ripples

3rd March, 2006: BRUSSELS - Italians are so loath to eat chicken amid avian-flu fears that poultry farmers there are stocking their farms with fewer birds, which in turn is depressing soybean and corn sales driven by demand for chicken feed.

The economic ripple effect of Italian eating habit...


No More Chicken Feed

25th Feb, 2006: It was typically Indian. Even before the government announced that bird flu has struck India on Saturday, 50,000 birds had died in two weeks in two districts of Maharashtra's poultry belt.

Senior officials in the animal husbandry department said the cause of death was ini...


Why has poultry failed in Goa?

23rd Feb, 2006: PANJIM The demand for broilers and other chicken products in Goa is high. It goes still high during tourist season. Yet, poultry business has not flourished in Goa. Goa largely depends upon Karnataka and Maharashtra for supply of broilers and layers, like it depend for its supply of ...


India Kills 223,000 Birds; Virus Spreads in Europe

Feb 22nd, 2006 - India killed more than 223,000 birds to prevent the spread of avian influenza as Germany, Hungary and Greece reported more infections among wild birds.

The cull took place in the Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, according to Indian officials, as the nation tries to ...


Bird flu found in Italy, Greece and Bulgaria

13th Feb, 2006: ROME - Bird flu has reached Western Europe, with Italy and Greece announcing Saturday they had detected the H5N1 strain of the virus in dead swans.

The announcement that the disease was detected in five swans in southern Italy came a day after the opening of the Winter Games ...


Nigeria delays taking action on bird flu

13th Feb, 2006: LAGOS - Nigeria ignored international recommendations for stopping bird flu, keeping poultry markets open yesterday and letting people move their birds around most of the country unrestricted.

"We don't want to cause a situation where there will be much panic or alarm," s...


Feed maker to appeal mad cow lawsuit ruling

14th Jan, 2006: Winnippeg - Animal feed maker Ridley Inc. is trying to appeal an Ontario ruling allowing a farmer's mad cow-related lawsuit to proceed.

The major livestock nutrition company, which has headquarters in Winnipeg and Mankato, Minn., said yesterday it is filing documents seek...


Maasin to establish feedmill for farmers (Philippines)

12th Jan, 2006: Maasin City - In support to the agricultural program throughout the City of Maasin , a post harvest facility for animal feeds will soon be available to farmers for their post harvest production.

City Agriculturist Amado Acasio during an interview revealed that a feed mill whi...


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