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Importance of Antibiotic Resistance in Farming Stressed Ahead of UN Event

2016-09-16 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Good farm hygiene and animal health practices can greatly reduce the need to use antimicrobial medicines, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said in its new Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance.

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Indigenous Breeds are Key to Sustainable Pig Farming

2016-09-12 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

SOUTH AFRICA - The drive towards greater production efficiencies has come at the expensive of many indigenous breeds across the world. Glenneis Kriel talked to Dr Arnold Kanengoni about whether there still is room for these breeds in a world where output has become everything.

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Farming Industry Gets Behind Red Tractor Week

2016-09-12 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - The UK farming industry is uniting to support Red Tractor Week this September as an autumn campaign dedicated to promoting great, British food gets underway.

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Airports go green through urban farming

2016-09-06 13:12:00| Airport Technology

In a creative take on sustainability, a number of airports around the world have used their space and resources to set up animal farms, apiaries, vegetable plantations or exotic gardens on their grounds. From fulfilling landscaping duties, cutting ma

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