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Pork Farmers Named ‘Faces of Farming’
2013-01-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The National Pork Producers Council congratulated two pork farmers who were named Faces of Farming and Ranching national spokespeople by the US Farmers & Ranchers Alliance.
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USFRA Reveals Winners of Faces of Farming & Ranching National Spokesperson Search
2013-01-22 21:59:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: USFRA The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) has announced that Chris Chinn (Missouri), Will Gilmer (Alabama), Katie Pratt (Illinois) and Bo Stone (North Carolina) have been selected as the winners of its Faces of Farming & Ranching program, a nationwide search launched in summer 2012 to help put real faces on the American agriculture industry. More than 100 applications were submitted from passionate, dedicated farmers and ranchers across the country. read more
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Kenya: New Agriculture Laws Will Now End Colonial-Style Farming
2013-01-22 07:08:19| Sugar Industry News
President Kibaki\'s assent to three key agricultural bills sets the stage for the most far-reaching changes in the sector since independence.
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How Factory Farming Contributes to Global Warming
2013-01-21 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Today, nearly 65 billion animals worldwide, including cows, chickens and pigs, are crammed into CAFOs. A growing number of organic consumers, natural health advocates and climate hawks are taking a more comprehensive look at the fundamental causes of global warming. And its led them to this sobering conclusion: our modern energy-, chemical- and genetically modified organism (GMO)-intensive industrial food and farming systems are the major cause of man-made global warming. How did they reach...
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Extreme weather forces Sri Lankans to rethink rice farming
2013-01-18 08:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: The year's end is usually a good time for wholesale rice suppliers in Sri Lanka. Customers are busy stocking up, particularly in wealthier urban areas like the capital, Colombo. But for two years running now, some suppliers have struggled to keep enough rice on hand as the year draws to a close. Changing weather patterns -- including droughts and flooding, and at times both in one year -- mean supplies are increasingly uncertain. "The weather has been so fickle that paddy harvests keep going...
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