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Strengthening the Direct Link Between Small-Scale Farmers and Public Institutions
2015-03-11 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AFRICA - An innovative partnership spanning five African countries is providing important lessons on how governments can procure food for public institutions, such as schools, directly from small-scale family farmers.
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CHS Eastern Farmers, Sunshine Foods team up to fight hunger
2015-03-10 04:55:58| Agriculture - Topix.net
CHS Eastern Farmers and Sunshine Foods are teaming up to help fight hunger locally.
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Hundreds of US farmers sue Syngenta over GMO corn
2015-03-09 06:53:48| Chemicals - Topix.net
Corn growers in the U.S. lost an upwards of $3 billion in revenue last year after the Chinese boycotted shipments of American corn following the discovery of a genetically modified seed that had not yet been approved in the country. Agrisure Viptera, a seed genetically altered to contain a protein that kills corn-eating bugs such as earworms and cutworms, had not been approved by China in November 2013 when it was found in several U.S. corn shipments.
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Catalonia Pig Farmers Happy with Liquid Feeding System
2015-03-09 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SPAIN - The Cassanyé family from Lleida is entirely satisfied with the liquid feeding system that supplies all their pigs, which was installed by Big Dutchman.
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Luckey Farmers Inc.'s Berkey Branch certified in 4R Nutrient Stewardship
2015-03-07 08:17:50| Agriculture - Topix.net
The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program has announced Luckey Farmers Inc.'s Berkey Farm Center in northwest Ohio has been added to its growing list of nutrient service providers to achieve certified status. The voluntary certification program is a concentrated effort by the agriculture industry to significantly reduce and prevent applied nutrients from running off fields, which has contributed to harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, such as the one responsible for the shutdown of Toledo's water supply in early August 2014.
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