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Irish Pig Producers Want Income Crisis Tackled
2015-04-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - The Irish pig industry is facing an income crisis and the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney must take immediate action, according to the Irish Farmers' Association.
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America's about to hit a water crisis
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: Americans tend to take it for granted that when we open a tap, water will come out. Western states have been dealing with water problems for a while, but they won't be alone for long. As drought, flooding, and climate change restrict America's water supply, demands from population growth and energy production look set to increase, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. These two changes squeeze our natural water reserves from both directions. The stress is...
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Avian flu crisis grows for poultry producers throughout USA
2015-04-21 15:43:56| Food - Topix.net
Poultry producers in several states are bracing for more losses as a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza forced producers to kill millions of chickens and turkeys in the USA in recent weeks. The fast-moving H5N2 virus was confirmed on Monday at a chicken laying facility in Osceola County, Iowa.
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What one farmer learned from surviving the 80s farm crisis
2015-04-21 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Some basic economic forces are driving mid-sized farms out of existence. First, food prices keep falling. "Ever since World War II, agricultural commodities have trended steadily down," agricultural economist Otto Doering told me. We are on a technology treadmill: Farmers get a new tech (like hybrid seeds), increase productivity, and make money. But then all the farmers get it, they all produce more, and prices drop, Doering said. Those new technologies cost money, so farm costs go up while food...
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ONGC crisis team battling Ankleshwar well fire
2015-04-20 01:05:58| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The crisis management team of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation continued to battle on Sunday the blaze that broke out during repair operations at an onshore well in south Gujarat late on Saturday, an official said. "At least 12 people, seven of them from CMT, sustained burn injuries and have been shifted to a hospital in Surat, while all necessary medical treatment is being given to the others," the state-run explorer said in a statement.
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