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JSR Farming Conference Hailed as the Best in 25 Years
2014-09-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - After 25 successful years, the final annual JSR Farming Conference took place in York on Tuesday 16 September, with JSR Chairman, Tim Rymer, hailing it as the best since the event began.
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Can Farming Reverse its Ageing Trend?
2014-09-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS – Agriculture is ageing and more must be done to draw young people into UK food production to meet growing national and world demand.
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International Year of Family Farming 2014
2014-09-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - On the 18 September The National Farmers Union (NFU) applauded the introduction of the Senate Resolution designating 2014 as the “International Year of Family Farming (IYFF).” NFU has lead the US Committee for IYFF and played a key role in having the resolution adopted by the Senate.
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Why Tiny Microbes Mean Big Things for Farming
2014-09-18 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: On a frigid day last February, Maren Friesen drove eight hours across snow-covered plains to Centralia, Pennsylvania. A fire ignited a seam of coal below the town in 1962, and more than 60 years later it's still smoldering away underground. The place is a steaming, smoldering wasteland-one that may hold a key to feeding the world. Friesen, a microbiologist, is on a hunt for a microbe thought to live in these strange, hot soils. The humble bacterium has an unusual ability that may help farmers...
Farming 'the hardest plant to grow'
2014-09-18 01:20:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A group of farmers are hoping to succeed where others have failed: in creating the first commercially viable wasabi growing business in North America.
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