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UK Farming Union Presidents Issue Joint Call-to-arms
2014-05-22 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The presidents of the four farming unions have jointly issued a call for farmers to make their voices known at the ballot box today, 21 May.
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Virtual reality for chickens is the future of farming, but is it also the future of humanity?
2014-05-16 20:45:24| Extremetech
Humans, despite our undoubted success, splendor, and total domination of this fair planet, have one major downfall: We're incredibly self-centered. Whenever we discover something new, the first question is always how can it help us. Nearly all scientific endeavor is carried out with humanity's continued success and well-being in mind. This isn't to say that we don't care about our environment, or the other animals that are unfortunate enough to share our planet, but it's nearly always an afterthought. First we try to solve the problem -- hunger, pestilence, death -- and then we worry about how it might impact our botanical and zoological friends.
Q&A: Introducing new family members to the farming operation
2014-05-13 21:34:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
While I was traveling in Canada conducting seminars, my standard operating procedure was to take only written questions from the participants. This technique works like a charm, since most questions are well thought out. The following question centered on transition management. Content Classification: Influencer Road Warrior read more
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2012 Census of Agriculture Reveals New Trends in Farming
2014-05-02 19:38:00| National Hog Farmer
There are now 3.2 million farmers operating 2.1 million farms on 914.5 million acres of farmland in the U.S. according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture released by the United States Department of Agriculture last Friday. The census, which is conducted every five years, provides insight into the U.S. farmer demographics, economics and production practices. read more
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Farmers Must Drive Precision Livestock Farming
2014-05-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS – Spending large amounts of money and benefiting the academic community is all well and good but precision livestock farming (PLF) must save farmers money long-term, writes Michael Priestley.
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