WSPA Aims To Get Welfare On UN Conference Agenda
20:09 | 22/12/2011
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GLOBAL - The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has launched a campaign to place humane treatment of farm animals on the agenda for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012.
CME: 2011 A Record High Year For Dairy Exports
20:29 | 12/12/2011
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US - Barrels settled a quarter-cent higher on two-sided trade in a very active session, writes Alan Levitt.
Step Forward In FMD Understanding
19:31 | 11/12/2011
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UK - Scientists have discovered a mechanism they believe may play a key role in the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in animals.
Danish Milk Production Profits Fall
03:22 | 09/12/2011
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DENMARK - Fluctuations in food prices are likely to see earnings in the dairy sector fall in coming years.
Fonterra Sharpens Focus On Water Quality
16:13 | 01/12/2011
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NEW ZEALAND - Fonterra is taking further steps to protect water quality in dairying regions by including a new clause in its terms and conditions of supply that will contribute to the quality of New Zealand's lakes, rivers and streams.
Weekly Cattle Summary
22:53 | 25/11/2011
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AUSTRALIA - This report is a collection of weekly cattle price summaries from each Australian state by the Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).
Livestock Producers Say Too Much Corn For Ethanol
14:02 | 25/11/2011
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US - Livestock farmers are demanding a change in the nation's ethanol policy, claiming current rules could lead to spikes in meat prices and even shortages at supermarkets if corn growers have a bad year.
Record Farm Inputs Costs: Supply Chain Strain
15:27 | 24/11/2011
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UK - Farmers and food processors are at risk of being caught between a rock and a hard place as signs of downward pressure from supermarket price wars coincide with record rises in the cost of farm inputs, the National Farmers Union (NFU) warned.
Current bTB Controls Have No Value
06:31 | 23/11/2011
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UK - A controversial study has said that bovine tuberculosis (bTB) control in the UK is irrelevant as a public health policy and that current policy is hurting producers and animals more than the actual disease.
Opportunities And Challenges, But Future Is Strong
22:01 | 18/11/2011
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NEW ZEALAND - Opening Federated Farmers 2011 National Council, President Bruce Wills said that NZ agriculture was in a strong position to achieve profitable and sustainable farming. He challenged farmer to produce more food from less land, with a smaller environmental footprint.
