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NFU Defends Family Farmers and Ranchers in a Statement to the Senate Ag Committee
2016-05-26 16:25:08| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (May 26, 2016) The Senate Agriculture Committee today convened a hearing to discuss opportunities and challenges in the livestock and poultry sectors, and National Farmers Union (NFU) encouraged Senators on the panel to hear from cow-calf producers as they grapple with the […]
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Using Fewer Antibiotics Does Not Affect Overall Profit, Dutch Pig Farmers Find
2016-05-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
NETHERLANDS - At a recent closed meeting in Amsterdam, European Ministers of Health and Ministers of Agriculture met to discuss the “One Health” approach. Minister for Agriculture Martijn van Dam highlighted examples from Dutch pig farms, where producers found that the prevention of infections is indeed possible through improved practices. Furthermore, prevention, he said, is possible without negatively impacting profits, writes Melanie Epp for ThePigSite.
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Small Farmers Foundation Food Security, Not Corporations Like Monsanto
2016-05-23 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: May 22 has been declared International Biodiversity Day by the United Nations. It gives us an opportunity to become aware of the rich biodiversity that has been evolved by our farmers as co-creators with nature. It also provides an opportunity to acknowledge the threats to our biodiversity and our rights from IPR monopolies and monocultures. Just as our Vedas and Upanishads have no individual authors, our rich biodiversity, including seeds, have been evolved cumulatively. They are a common heritage...
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Northern Ireland Pig Farmers Disappointed Processors
2016-05-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
NORTHERN IRELAND - The Ulster Farmers’ Union says pig producers are being squeezed between rising feed costs and a failure by processors to deliver a meaningful price increase, despite prices rising for farmers south of the border and in Great Britain.
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Rise in Pig Prices Came Too Late for Many, says Farmers Association
2016-05-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - The rise in pig prices this month may have come too late for some producers, writes Deirdre O’Shea, Irish Farmers Association (IFA) Pigs Executive.
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