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Obama food aid ravages Third World farmers
2014-07-27 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: The US taxpayers who finance foreign food aid surely believe they are feeding starving people, writes James Bovard. But the truth is the reverse - it is undermining indigenous agriculture in recipient countries - creating famine and chronic malnutrition, while sabotaging self-sufficiency. Despite uplifting rhetoric, Obama is perpetuating a program that sabotages foreigners' self-sufficiency. President Obama proclaimed two years ago: "As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States...
Farmers, Right to Farm is Your Friend
2014-07-25 21:50:00| National Hog Farmer
Maxwell Farms of Indiana wins four lawsuits; appeal likely Farmers do have rights, and one of those is the right to farm. Four individual courts cases, all against Maxwell Farms hog operations in Indiana, were seeking damages from farms for creating a nuisance in regards to odor, manure management practices and location of farms. read more
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VIDEO: Senegal farmers get cow tracker tech
2014-07-25 01:11:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Cattle rustling in sub-Saharan Africa comes at a huge economic and human cost. In rural Senegal, tracking cows using mobile phone tech could help.
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Western Farmers Electric Cooperative Equips Field Techs with Motion Rugged Tablets
2014-07-24 19:43:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC) has improved operational accountability and reporting by extending Motion Computing's Esri geospatial information system (GIS) into the field on Motion Rugged Tablets with Blue Dot Mobile Field Service Solutions. read more
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U.S. grain farmers resort to giant storage bags to avoid cheap sales
2014-07-23 13:32:15| Agriculture - Topix.net
As U.S. farmers turn in record grain crops this autumn, many will have a powerful new tool - giant sausage-shaped storage bags - to help them avoid the lowest prices in years and gain more control over trade with giants such as Cargill Inc. Demand has surged this summer for the white polyethylene bags the length of a football field and the ... (more)
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