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Local producers producing food for local people

Local producers producing food for local people

Americas 21 Jun 2006

21st June 2006: Fresh air, sweet water, all-natural grain and tender grass. That makes good living for a farm animal, and it's what makes the animals raised on Ron Brandon's Mississippi farm happier, healthier - and in the end, pres…
Chicken litter lawsuit: Expert’s arsenic calculation excluded

Chicken litter lawsuit: Expert’s arsenic calculation excluded

Americas 20 Jun 2006

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 he…
Mad cow violation leads to feed recall

Mad cow violation leads to feed recall

Americas 20 Jun 2006

20th June 2006, WASHINGTON: Livestock feed ingredients shipped to nine states may have been contaminated with cattle remains in violation of a 1997 ban to protect against mad cow disease, a manufacturer said Tuesday. H.J. Baker & Bro. Inc. …
Higher corn prices may hurt hog producers

Higher corn prices may hurt hog producers

Americas 10 Jun 2006

June 10th 2006, IOWA, USA: Increased cost could be sent to consumers Explosive growth in U.S. ethanol production has a potential downside for hog feeders: higher-priced corn that could cut into producers' profits. Consumers could be aff…
Making a choice between meat

Making a choice between meat

Americas 07 Jun 2006

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…
Significant Label Change for Paylean Swine Feed Additive

Significant Label Change for Paylean Swine Feed Additive

Americas 07 Jun 2006

June 7th 2006: Paylean is the trade name of a swine feed additive produced and marketed by Elanco Animal Health. The active ingredient in Paylean is ractopamine hydrochloride, which is a member of a group of compounds classified as beta-adr…
Low market value urges farmers to hold supply

Low market value urges farmers to hold supply

Americas 04 Jun 2006

June 4th 2006, COLUMBIA: When the futures commodity market in Chicago lists higher grain prices than prices offered by local grain elevators, the market is sending a signal to hold grain, said University of Missouri agricultural economists.…
Mill keeps its wheels turning as competitors grind to halt

Mill keeps its wheels turning as competitors grind to halt

Americas 04 Jun 2006

June 4th 2006, PAXINOS, Pa.: A mill near here has been grinding grain for farmers since before the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. Dozens of other grist and flour mills in the region have shut their doors over the past several decades, l…
Soybean meal helps steers pack on the pounds

Soybean meal helps steers pack on the pounds

Americas 03 Jun 2006

June 3rd 2006, CLEVELAND USA: In mid-summer most native or bermudagrass pastures begin to decline in forage quality. It can be expected that the protein and phosphorus contents of these grasses will drop. In many cases gain and feed intake …
Movie to depict avian flu is called 'misinformation'

Movie to depict avian flu is called 'misinformation'

Americas 09 May 2006

9th May, 2006: ABC Television is scheduled to air the movie \"Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America\" Tuesday, May 9. The movie depicts a human avian influenza pandemic that may never occur. The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) joins the pou…
Wanted: Soybeans

Wanted: Soybeans

Americas 08 May 2006

8th May, 2006: LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Wanted: Soybeans About 20,000 bushels of them every week for Wenger's Feed Mill's latest endeavor. An enthusiastic new customer is now looking for soybeans from growers in Lancaster County and a…
FDA approves feed additive combination for cattle

FDA approves feed additive combination for cattle

Americas 06 May 2006

6th May, 2006: USA - Alpharma Inc., Fort Lee, N.J., recently announced a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval that allows the use of Aureomycin (chlortetracycline) and Bovatec (lasalocid sodium) in the same cattle feed. This is ex…
aOva Technologies banking on natural antibodies

aOva Technologies banking on natural antibodies

Americas 01 May 2006

1st May, 2006: MADISON - Bryan Renk’s success lies in the mouths of poultry and swine. Renk, chief executive officer for aOva Technologies, and the company’s four other employees are banking on a unique feed additive that doesn’t include an…
Gold Kist, ADM to form grain-elevator joint venture

Gold Kist, ADM to form grain-elevator joint venture

Americas 28 Apr 2006

28th Apr, PHILADELPHIA, USA - Chicken grower and processing company Gold Kist Inc. (GKIS.OQ: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it would form a joint venture with Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) that wou…
Traceout on latest BSE cow moves quickly

Traceout on latest BSE cow moves quickly

Americas 21 Apr 2006

21st Apr, 2006: Vancouver, Candada - Veterinarians in Canada cut to the chase this week, checking feed sources for a Holstein cow confirmed to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The animal, euthanized last week after showing signs of BS…
Backyard flocks are victims, not bird flu vectors

Backyard flocks are victims, not bird flu vectors

Americas 21 Apr 2006

21st Apr, 2006 - Vermont Agriculture Secretary Steve Kerr has been making the rounds of talk shows and legislative hearings, pushing his plan to require every Vermonter who owns farm animals – even one cow, goat, duck, horse or chicken – to…
Aqua Bounty launches lead shrimp product in Ecuador

Aqua Bounty launches lead shrimp product in Ecuador

Americas 19 Apr 2006

19th Apr, 2006: BOSTON - AQUA Bounty Technologies, a Boston-based biotechnology company focused on health and productivity applications in the fast-growing aquaculture sector, has received regulatory approval for Shrimp IMS, its lead produc…
Canada confirms its 5th case of mad-cow disease

Canada confirms its 5th case of mad-cow disease

Americas 18 Apr 2006

18th Apr, 2006: VANCOUVER - Canada confirmed its fifth case of mad-cow disease, creating more problems for a domestic beef industry that has lost billions of dollars because of the livestock illness. Tests on samples from a 6-year-old dairy…
Smell of battle is in air!

Smell of battle is in air!

Americas 16 Apr 2006

16th Apr, 2006: LAPLATA, Mo. — Pam Stokes never imagined herself as an activist. Where she comes from, here in rural Missouri, that's a dirty word. But when a concentrated animal feeding operation for 5,800 sows was planned a mile south…
CAST group issues bird flu impact report: Avian Influenza Seen Cutting Poultry Consumption

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

Americas 11 Apr 2006

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 r…

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