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Manual Helps Pig Farmers Quit Sow Stalls
2013-04-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AUSTRALIA - Pork industry bodies have released a new nutrition information manual for pig producers who are moving away from using sow stalls.
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Kenya: Small farmers take the stage to sway climate justice debate
2013-04-17 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: In northern Kenya's impoverished and drought-prone Turkana region, a group called Kenya Climate Justice Women Champions is encouraging local women to grow hardy, nutritious crops like amaranth, sorghum and cassava, to improve their own health and that of their children. The vitamins and minerals from these foods means mothers are less likely to die in childbirth and can better breastfeed their babies. The micronutrients help kids avoid growing up stunted and give them the energy to attend school....
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Group Distorts Resistance Data to Blame Farmers
2013-04-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Just days after the release of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report showing that medical doctors annually are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 80 per cent of Americans, a group is set to issue its own report, claiming that antibiotics use in food animals is the main cause for people developing antibiotic-resistant diseases.
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Fonterra leaves out Northland organic farmers
2013-04-15 07:45:00| Food - Topix.net
Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's biggest dairy exporter, is shaking up its organics business to refocus supply in the central and lower North Island, leaving Northland organic farmers out in the cold.
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Digital Refractometers help farmers rear healthy calves.
2013-04-12 14:29:48| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Designed for professional dairy farms and calf ranches, Digital-Dairy™ Refractometers provide estimates of percent solids in waste milk, IgG blood levels, blood plasma protein concentration, colostrum quality, and calf hydration. Handheld units feature sapphire measuring surface, 24-character backlit LCD, and evaporation cover. Requiring just 2-3 drops of sample to fill stainless-steel sample well, refractometers provide automatic temperature compensation for fluids read between 50–104°F. This story is related to the following:Refractometers
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