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Review: Book looks at costs of pork production
2014-10-20 04:18:40| Food - Topix.net
When the recession took hold six years ago and consumers stopped eating high on the hog, the giant meatpacker Hormel Foods began ratcheting up production to meet a surge in demand for Spam, its low-cost processed pork product in the familiar blue tins. , the century-old expose of the meatpacking industry, author Ted Genoways details the impact of the production speedup on workers at the company's Midwest plants, the damage to water and soil, and the immigration-related conflicts that have arisen in towns where the industry holds sway.
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IPCC lines up for a sixth climate audit as economic costs corrected
2014-10-19 08:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: More than a quarter of a century old and the bane of global warming sceptics everywhere, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is not about to fade into the sunset. This past week, the UN body released its final report on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability -- 1820 pages long -- and will finalise the synthesis summary of its entire Fifth Assessment Report by month's end. That will emerge in time for the G20 gathering of leaders in Brisbane in mid-November. The IPCC's fifth...
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The costs of getting behind the wheel
2014-10-17 22:54:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
How the cost of learning to drive can mount up
Houghton College expects solar installation to nearly half energy costs
2014-10-16 18:33:00| American School & University
A 2.5-megawatt solar installation is underway at Houghton College in western New York. Green Schools read more
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Hog Profitability Due to Lower Feed Costs, Less Production
2014-10-15 22:24:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: University of Missouri Extension Lower feed costs have helped the profitability of hogs. At the peak of corn prices, the break-even price for hogs was around $75 per hundredweight, but Ron Plain, University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist, sees that break-even price dropping below $50 this winter. read more
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