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Weekly Overview: Sow Stalls in Decline in US, EU
2013-08-05 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The number of sows kept in stalls throughout gestation globally is declining as Smithfield Farms confirmed its commitment to phase out this form of housing in the last week. The company has also released a video for consumers, showing sows kept in group-housing systems for most of their pregnancy. Thirteen EU states are now fully compliant with the sow stall ban. Research continues into the cause and spread of the piglet diarrhoea virus, which now affects farms in 16 US states.
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What Does Science Say About Stalls vs. Pens?
2013-08-02 16:28:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Prairie Swine Centre A number of scientific studies have compared the welfare benefits of stall vs. group housing for gestating sows, according to a report released today by the Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) in Saskatchewan, Canada. Study conclusions vary because welfare assessment involves a variety of measures, and the conclusions reached will vary depending on the emphasis placed on different measures, PSC researchers say. read more
TransCanada ramps up East Coast pipeline as Keystone stalls
2013-08-01 16:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: TransCanada Corp announced plans on Thursday for Canada's largest pipeline, a 2,700-mile, $12 billion line to ship crude from the oil sands of Western Canada to the Atlantic, as its U.S.-bound Keystone XL project stalls in Washington. Canada's No. 2 pipeline company said "strong market support" convinced it to build the 1.1-million-barrel-per-day Energy East Pipeline, which will bring crude from Alberta to refineries in Eastern Canada and to a new deepwater oil terminal on the Atlantic for export...
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As Keystone stalls, TransCanada OKs bigger East Coast line
2013-08-01 14:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: TransCanada Corp on Thursday said it would move ahead with a $12 billion oil pipeline to ship Western Canada's oil sands crude to refiners on its east coast and beyond, scaling up the project as its U.S.-bound Keystone XL line stalls in Washington. TransCanada, Canada's No. 2 pipeline company, said it would push ahead with a 1.1-million-barrel-per-day Energy East Pipeline after "strong market support." That is more than the 850,000 bpd capacity TransCanada mentioned in April, when it first began...
Whole Foods profit climbs but growth stalls
2013-08-01 02:20:16| Grocery - Topix.net
Whole Foods Market Inc. says its profit rose by 21 percent in the latest quarter, as the organic grocery store operator worked on making its prices more competitive for a broader audience of shoppers.
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