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Borrowing Survey Shows Farmer Confidence Remains Strong

2013-04-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GERMANY – Farmer confidence remains strong and has led to a rise in planned investments, according to a survey of economic and agricultural investment barometers.

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No More Food Fights: Understanding Farmer and Foodie Perspective

2013-04-23 18:38:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_294659"); In an effort to break stereotypes, the book describes farmers who don’t wear overalls but who do use technology in producing food and preserving the environment, dairy farmers who work on “cow comfort,” and how hard farmers work on sustainability. On the other side, the book reminds farmers that only a tiny percentage of the population lives on a farm and urges farmers to tell their stories through social media and every day conversation to correct mistaken beliefs about food production perpetuated by traditional media. read more

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Farmer Regulate Thyself: Agribusiness Takes Food Safety into Its Own Hands

2013-04-10 12:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Scientific American: Healthy food kills--or at least, it can. In 2010, foodborne illness sickened nearly 20,000 Americans. Of those infected, more than 4,000 had to be hospitalized; 68 died. The main culprits were bacteria--Salmonella and Escherichia coli, to be precise--that had taken cover in products widely considered healthy. Although E. coli infection rates have declined somewhat since food production companies began meeting new federal food safety regulations in 2006, cases of salmonella infection have remained...

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