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Harry Siemens Fights for the Right to Farm |
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- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:35:11
Anne Howden Thompson - Gencor Foods Inc., the farmer-owned cull cow slaughter plant at Kitchener, Ont. has announced that plant operations have been suspended and all staff laid off. Pursuant to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), GFI’s board of directors has retained the services of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Inc. to file a notice of [...]
- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:56:32
Desperate Manitoba hog producers, suddenly unable to ship young pigs to the United States, are preparing to euthanize hundreds of thousands of animals over the next several months, the general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council said late Thursday.
Andrew Dickson said the farmers have “no choice in the matter” as U.S. farmers are breaking contracts [...]
- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:23:51
CJOB’s Lorne Edwards reporting - Hog producers say the moratorium on the expansion of their industry is the least of their problems right now. Farmers took their plight to the legislature Thursday. One of them, Menno Bergen tells CJOB, the producers are encountering one problem after another. Bergen says the farmer from Steinbach who went [...]
- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:19:50
HS: This is the one continuing positive in the hog industry that exports from the USA continue to climb.
February may be the shortest month of the year but this did not prevent US pork exports from setting a new all time record. At 122,141 MT, exports of fresh/frozen pork meat in February registered an [...]
- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:54:13
Menno Bergen, a hog producer from Plum Coulee, Manitoba attended the emergency debate at the Manitoba Legislature today [April 10] and tells us how it went from his perspective. [ click here to get the post on what was to happen..] mennobergendebate.mp3
Here Menno is addressing the emergency weanling [...]
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The latest ag news from the Brownfield Network. |
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- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:47:00
The Senate on Friday released its counter-offer to the most recent House farm bill proposal. The two sides remain far apart.
- Fri, 11 Apr 2008
21:45:00
One of the income sources being used to pay for the House version of the farm bill would be from closer scrutiny of credit card
sales.
- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:30:00
The Iowa Horse Council is holding its 24th Annual Iowa Horse Fair and Youth Horse Jamboree this weekend at the Iowa State Fair Grounds in Des Moines. And the President of the
Iowa Horse Council tells Brownfield the Iowa Horse Fair is the place to be for Iowa horse enthusiasts this weekend.
- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:27:00
Marathon County will host the yearly expostion for a third time.
- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:19:00
Yes, we are looking at record-high input prices this spring, but it is still not a good idea to try to save money with "brown bag seed".
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World Ag News/Trade from BrownfieldAgNews.com |
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- Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:17:00
President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner did meet as scheduled with Argentine farm groups Friday, but according to Dow Jones Newswires, specific issues, such as the sliding
scale export tax on soybeans, were not discussed.
- Tue, 08 Apr 2008
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Argentina’s farm strike is still officially suspended and negotiations are ongoing, but while the two sides are talking, they remain at a near stalemate.
- Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:17:00
President Bush on Monday signed proposed legislation implementing the Colombia-U.S.
Free Trade Agreement. The legislation now goes to Congress which has 90 legislative days to vote it up or down.
- Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:06:00
Japanese
wet miller, Kato Kagaku Co., Ltd., will start accepting non-segregated genetically modified corn for starch, sweetener and processed food production.
- Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:09:00
Nebraska’s Chief Executive will personally lobby to reopen the South Korean market to U.S. beef. Governor Dave Heineman will sit down to lunch with that nation’s ambassador Tuesday and he says he wants to be part of the team effort to get U.S. beef back on South Korean
tables.
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Helping Bidders Find Items at Real Live Auction Sales |
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A constantly updated selection of the leading rural news from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Includes associated MPEG 1 video reports where available. |
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- Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:46:00
The South Australian Farmers Federation (SAFF) is wary of claims that inconsistent rainfall patterns will lead to a rise in the price of fruit and vegetables locally.
- Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:19:00
Narrabri Shire Council, in north-west New South Wales, is to launch a major campaign to attract energy-dependent business.
- Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:40:00
Strict water restrictions for all towns along the Murray River will still be introduced this weekend, despite recent rain.
- Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:50:00
Tasmanian fishermen say today's meeting with Gunns chairman John Gay has allayed some of their fears about the proposed pulp mill.
- Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:25:00
A herpes-like virus killing abalone in waters off Victoria's south-west coast is now spreading east of Warrnambool.
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