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Vilsack Outlines Plan of Climate Change Attack

2014-06-13 19:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AgWeb: The Agriculture Secretary used a recent speech to update developments in an ongoing program. Tom Vilsacks four-year-old grandson, on a recent visit, enjoyed walking through the dinosaur exhibits at the Natural History Museum in Washington D.C. But the outing, coupled with the recent discovery in Argentina of what might have been one of the largest dinosaurs to roam the earth, reminded the Agriculture Secretary of the potential dire impact of climate change. "It occurred to me that a lot of us...

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New report outlines climate risks for agriculture sector

2014-06-12 15:08:49| Agriculture - Topix.net

A new summary report published jointly by BSR and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Cambridge Judge Business School, with support from the European Climate Foundation, distills the key findings from the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report for the agriculture ... (more)

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National Pork Board Outlines New Common Animal Welfare Audit

2014-06-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - The National Pork Board has unveiled a new animal welfare audit platform. Yesterday, as part of World Pork Expo 2014 in Des Moines, the National Pork Board outlined its new common industry audit platform for US pork producers, packers and processors.

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