Cattle Ranching & Farming

Agriculture futures mostly rise, livestock mixed

Agriculture futures were mostly higher early Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery jumped 19.25 cents to $6 a bushel; March corn added 9 cents to $4.16 a bushel; January soybeans climbed 18 cents to...

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Cow Power and Innovation at Worldwide Food Expo 2009

By Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor | 11/23/2009 Sustainability was one of the hot topics at Worldwide Food Expo, in Chicago Oct. 28-31, and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, working closely with Bruce Mau Design, a...

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Dairy farmers pan report boosting free market

Dairy farmers are being thwarted from competing and innovating globally because of a supply-management system that relies on import tariffs of up to 300 per cent, says a report Monday by the Conference Board of Canada.

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Immunovaccine Licenses Vaccine Platform to Pfizer Animal Health

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/23/09 -- Immunovaccine Inc. (TSX VENTURE: IMV), a vaccine development company, today announced the signing of an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Pfizer Animal Health for...

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Synlait calls off $150m share issue

Canterbury dairy company Synlait Milk Ltd has admitted it can't get enough support from investors for its planned $150 million float.Started up by the first big "defectors" from Fonterra's ranks in the South Island, Synlait has...

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Cumbria farmers count cost of floods

Cumbria farmers in flood hit areas have been assessing the impact of the disaster on stock numbers and damage to lowland meadows. "It may seem like a long time ahead but there are hundreds of acres of meadows that we need for...

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Time for tight controls

The increased forecast payout provide options for farmers to increase profitability. Sound management decisions are as important as ever if farmers want to maximise the gains from the increased Fonterra forecast payout, says...

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Protest brings climate crimes to Fonterra’s door

A human chain of protesters piled sacks labelled ‘Fonterra palm kernel’ and ‘Fonterra coal’ outside Fonterra’s corporate headquarters today in protest of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the dairy giant’s intensive farming...

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Dinar Malabaeva's Group : Kyrgyzstan

125 of $925 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 23, 2009 Dinar lives in Kara-Balta. She is the leader of this group. Dinar is divorced and has three children. Fortunately, her two sons have already grown up and work for a...

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Beitbridge Scales Up Anti-Poaching Drive

The Beitbridge Rural District Council is working on measures to curb rampant poaching of wildlife and natural resources in the district, an official has said. In an interview recently, chairperson of the natural resources...

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