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Black Sea Export Bans Lifted
News of Black Sea export bans being lifted for the 201112 season has stirred the commodity market.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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Demand for Organic Foods Defies Weak Economy; Sector Attracts Investors as Sales in Europe and U.S. Continue to Grow
Sales of organic foods appear robust across Europe and the United States, despite weak economic conditions and rising inflation in many countries. And that is attracting more interest and activity from investors, who see potential in mergers through economies of scale, especially in Europe’s more fragmented market.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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More than 40 Layoffs Expected at Darigold Creamery
Layoffs at the former Country Classic plant come after the plant’s owner, Seattle-based co-op Darigold, decided to send milk to Salt Lake City for pasteurization.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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FAO Makes New Warnings Against Food Price Increases
The world food prices are set to rise again as concerns persist over Chinese and U.S. winter crops and global production slows increasing demand, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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Growers Make Remarkable Planting Progress in Key Corn States
The following information was released by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA):In the past week, corn growers nationwide hit their fields in earnest and planted more than a quarter of their 2011 crop, finally enjoying a break from cold, wet weather. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that, as of May 8, 40 percent of the 2011 corn crop has been planted, compared to 13 percent May 1.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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Researchers Propose Whole-System Redesign of US Agriculture
Transformative changes in markets, policy and science, rather than just incremental changes in farming practices and technology, will be critical if the United States is to achieve long-term sustainability in agriculture, according to a nationwide team of agriculturists that includes a University of California, Davis, animal scientist.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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Utah Dairies Cope with Wet Spring
WARREN, Weber County -- Clint Wade is a fourth-generation dairyman who is milking cows much differently than his great-grandpa. Despite his impressive state-of-the-art milking parlor on a carousel and computer-monitored ankle bracelets on every cow, one thing hasn-t changed --when it rains, it pours.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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EPA to Inspect Smaller Shenandoah Valley Dairies in Early May
About half a dozen smaller dairyfarms in the Shenandoah Valley will be subject to inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the first half of May, valley dairy operators learned at an April 19 meeting with EPA officials.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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Video Taken at Dairy Prompts Abuse Inquiry
AUSTIN - Undercover footage that an animal advocacy group says reveals abuse, neglect and torture of calves at a dairy operation in a small Panhandle town has sparked a sheriff’s office inquiry.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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Corn Supply Remains a Worry for Beijing
The price and supply of corn remains Beijing’s top food security concern as the country’s demand for feed grain and corn-related industrial products continues to rise, analysts say.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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U.S. Cattle Futures Drop after Animal Cruelty Video
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. cattle futures slumped Wednesday [April 20] after an animal-welfare group released a grisly video depicting dairy calves on a Texas ranch being killed with a hammer and pickaxe.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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4 North Texas Salmonella Cases Tied to Raw Milk
AUSTIN - As legislators consider expanding raw milk sales, state health officials confirmed Wednesday that they’ve traced four recent cases of salmonella in the Dallas area to drinking the unpasteurized product.Three children and one adult who consumed raw milk from Lavon Farms in Plano became sick, and three of them were hospitalized, said Chris Van Deusen, spokesman for the Department of State Health Services.The gastrointestinal illnesses occurred between December and March, Van Deusen said.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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Mexican Drug War Affects U.S. Cattle Program
• Fever tick inspections move to Texas By Julian AguilarThe Texas TribuneLAREDO - An unexpected casualty of the drug-cartelfueled lawlessness in Mexico: the cattle industry.At a temporary inspection site in the industrial sector of Laredo, home to the country’s largest inland port, the lowing of cows has been heard not far from the purring of the tractortrailers that haul millions of dollars worth of goods from Mexico each day.
November 19, 2020 08:25 PM
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China Trade Now a 2-Way Street to U.S.
America’s huge trade deficit with China has raised concerns about U.S. competitiveness and about jobs’ moving overseas. But a new study offers a glimmer of hope to Americans: Last year, U.S. exports to China soared 32 percent, to a record level of $91.9 billion.
November 19, 2020 08:24 PM
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Great Britain and Cloning: The Strange Tale of the Meat that Won’t Be Labelled
Should food made from the offspring of cloned animals be banned? And if not should it be clearly labelled?
November 19, 2020 08:24 PM
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