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Massachusetts Legislature Preserves Farmers Rights
2014-08-06 23:58:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Pork Producers Council Massachusetts legislators refused to pass a bill that would have prohibited hog farmers in the state from housing sows in gestation stalls. The National Pork Producers Council and Americas hog farmers see this as a victory for the rights of local farmers. read more
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NFU Continues Fight for Farmers Over COOL Debate
2014-08-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson continued the fight for America’s consumers, ranchers and farmers in a guest column in "The Hill" explaining why multinational meat packers and foreign trade competitors need to let common sense prevail and support America’s Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) law.
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Industry group warns pesticide ban would 'handcuff' farmers
2014-08-05 12:25:06| Biotech - Topix.net
Health Canada is reassessing its approval of neonics, which it has blamed for bee deaths associated with corn planting in Ontario and Quebec.
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Industry group warns pesticide ban would 'handcuff' farmers
2014-08-05 02:19:48| Chemicals - Topix.net
Health Canada is reassessing its approval of neonics, which it has blamed for bee deaths associated with corn planting in Ontario and Quebec.
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U.S. chicken farmers latest caught in Russia sanction crosshairs
2014-08-04 17:30:42| Food - Topix.net
Russia's threatened ban on U.S. poultry imports, the latest move in a sanctions skirmish over Moscow's support of rebels in Ukraine, has agriculture companies alert to the risks of a conflict that's already roiled trading of crops ranging from soy, beef and fruit to California pistachios.
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