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CME: Livestock, Poultry Weights Show Upward Trend
2013-07-22 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Harvest (the more politically-correct term being used these days in place of slaughter) weights are, obviously, a major determinant of meat and poultry supplies, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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Livestock, Poultry Production up During First Half of 2013
2013-07-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UKRAINE - Livestock and poultry slaughter from January to June 2013 rose by 9.3 per cent and as a result, there has been an increased production of beef, pork and chicken, according to the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk.
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Livestock, Poultry Transporters Get Temporary Waiver from Hours Rule Provision
2013-07-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Responding to concerns raised by a coalition of animal agriculture associations, the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) granted a limited 90-day waiver delaying implementation of the required 30-minute rest break following eight hours on duty.
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Russia Ensures Development of Livestock, Poultry Production
2013-07-16 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA - Director of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Breeding from Russia's Ministry of Agriculture Vladimir Labinov reports that for the period between 2008 and 2012, growth of livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight was 2.3 million tons.
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Livestock, Poultry Groups Urge Congress to Repeal RFS
2013-07-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Following an announcement by Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) that they have introduced the bipartisan Renewable Fuels Standard Repeal Act, (S. 1195) the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), National Chicken Council (NCC) and the National Turkey Federation (NTF) urge Congress to repeal the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
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