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US Pig Farmers, Workers Encouraged to Get Flu Vaccination
2014-10-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - To protect farmers, workers and their pigs from flu this season, Pork Checkoff is recommending people in contact with pigs get vaccinated.
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Farmers' union chief Clarke Black to retire next year
2014-10-23 22:52:21| Agriculture - Topix.net
Mr Black's decision comes after 13 years of service to the UFU and 40 years of working in Northern Ireland's agriculture industry. "The union is a critical part of the agriculture industry, not only locally but also at a UK and European level, and it has been an honour for me to be chief executive of this long-standing, credible and highly respected organisation," he said.
New research to help banana farmers in Tanzania and Uganda
2014-10-22 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
A new $13.8m project is set to help smallholder banana farmers develop and distribute higher-yielding, disease-resistant hybrid banana varieties in Tanzania and Uganda.
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Antibiotic Usage Monitoring Spreadsheet for UK Pig Farmers, Vets
2014-10-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - A tool to assist producers to comply with Red Tractor Assurance Pig Scheme requirements effective from 1 October 2014 has been made available by Octagon Services.
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Green Revolution in Africa: How to make banks listen to farmers, by World Bank chief
2014-10-19 04:06:53| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vanguard: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) recently released its annual African Agriculture Status Report which focused on climate change and climate-smart agriculture at the 2104 African Green Revolution Forum held in Addis Abba, Ethiopia. A Nigerian, Dr. Ademola Braimoh, a senior natural resources management specialist with the World Bank, was part of the team which worked on the report. Braimoh, whose principal area of focus is climate smart agriculture, spoke with Sunday Vanguard...
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