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Pig Farmers Need Gentle, Gradual Growth to Reduce Britain's Import Bill
2013-05-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Britain needs to see a 'gentle and gradual' renewal of its pig industry, leading to more efficient food production and a reduction in the nation's food import bill, says the National Pig Association.
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Pig Farmers Need Growth to Reduce Britain's Import Bill
2013-05-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Britain needs to see a 'gentle and gradual' renewal of its pig industry, leading to more efficient food production and a reduction in the nation's food import bill, says the National Pig Association.
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Zimbabwe: Sugar Cane Farmers Cry Foul
2013-05-03 08:01:36| Sugar Industry News
Masvingo Bureau Nearly 150 prospective sugar cane farmers in Chiredzi have accused Tongaat Hullet of deliberately stalling the development of 4 000 hectares of virgin land in the Lowveld into sugar cane plantations.
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US crop insurance shields farmers from drought
2013-05-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: When dry weather destroyed Leonard McKissick's soybeans last year, US government-backed insurance paid him $US40,000, the bulk of his loss. Across the Arkansas Delta this spring, farmers such as McKissick are sowing fields that suffered the worst drought in more than half a century. Even though crops may fail again, landowners are shielded by taxpayers from the full burden of their bad bets. Drought helped drive the cost of crop insurance to a record $US17.2 billion, the US Department of Agriculture...
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Farmers fork over cash to defeat Watsonville growth measure
2013-04-30 05:02:12| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
If successful, the measure, spearheaded by Councilman Daniel Dodge and on the ballot at a special election June 4, would allow the city to pursue annexation of 95 acres of farmland on its southwestern boundary for possible development of a shopping center.
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