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Study: Housing developments near drying forests a deadly combination in the West
2014-03-08 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: As the climate warms, forest fires in the West increasingly will feast on acres of dry brush, growing into giants. In a cycle that will become routine, homeowners will flee, while firefighters will rush toward their houses -- and away from areas where they could be putting out wildfires. Bigger, unwiedly burns -- megafires -- are becoming the new normal, according to a new report, which points to several reasons: States such as California are getting parched more frequently by drought; housing...
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Canada's Pork Producers Commit to Group Housing, Pain Relief, Enrichment
2014-03-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA – After three years of multi-stakeholder consultations and a 60-day public comment period that drew record-setting engagement for both diversity of perspective and number of comments, an updated 'Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs' is official.
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Pork Producers in Australia are Making Progress in Transitioning of Sow Housing
2014-03-06 15:32:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Meatingplace.com Recently, Australias pork producers announced results from an interim survey which shows that over 60 percent of sows are now housed in what the group defines as gestation stall-free," housing. read more
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Feeding Strategies Influence Aggression Levels in Group Housing
2014-03-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - A nutritionist with the Prairie Swine Centre reports the strategies used when feeding gestating sows in group housing situations can play significant role in reducing levels of aggression, Bruce Cochrane writes.
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Australians 'priced out of housing'
2014-03-05 09:58:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Many Australians face a lifetime of renting as Chinese buyers push up property prices, a report by Credit Suisse says.
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