September 5, 2010

03:18

Ministers braced for animal-lovers' anger over badger cull plan
Independent
As well as the distress to farmers caused by the slaughter of infected herds – 25000 cattle were destroyed last year – the ongoing crisis which has gripped ...

03:18

Jody Scheckter: From Formula One to life in the slow lane
Independent
The farm, he says, "just got bigger and bigger to try to make it work commercially". As well as the buffalo, today he has beef cattle, Jersey cows, boar, ...

03:18

Pakistan farmers need wheat seed fast
Teatro Naturale
FAO has completed procurement for the provision of seeds to 200 000 farming families. If additional funding is committed soon, FAO will be able to provide ...

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03:18

Janesville Gazette

Harold Traynor, longtime Milton farmer, dies at 96
Janesville Gazette
His family had been farming here ever since his great-grandmother, Mary, brought a herd of milking shorthorn cattle here from Scotland sometime before 1860. ...

September 4, 2010

21:19

Most New Farmland Comes From Cutting Down Forests
RedOrbit
In Brazil, where a pattern had developed of expanding soy production by direct forest clearing and by pushing cattle ranching off pastureland and into ...

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21:19

Norfolk contractor buys green machine for green scheme
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The crops of energy maize, which have been bred to produce about 15pc more dry matter than conventional varieties for feeding to cattle, will be cut and ...

19:17

Day at the Farm set for Sept. 11
Delta-Optimist
The price offered for beef cattle does not cover the cost of raising them, and this means vegetable farmers are unable to include livestock, ...

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19:17

Norfolk contractor buys green machine for green scheme
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The crops of energy maize, which have been bred to produce about 15pc more dry matter than conventional varieties for feeding to cattle, will be cut and ...

16:22

That Was The Week That Was ... In Australia
Minesite (registration)
Both major political parties, Labor and the Liberals, are still trying to win the support of three rural independents, and while that trio of cattle farmers ...

16:22

Day at the Farm set for Sept. 11
Delta-Optimist
The price offered for beef cattle does not cover the cost of raising them, and this means vegetable farmers are unable to include livestock, ...

16:22

Day at the Farm set for Sept. 11
Delta-Optimist
The price offered for beef cattle does not cover the cost of raising them, and this means vegetable farmers are unable to include livestock, ...

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16:22

Norfolk contractor buys green machine for green scheme
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The crops of energy maize, which have been bred to produce about 15pc more dry matter than conventional varieties for feeding to cattle, will be cut and ...

14:21

Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest, says Stanford researcher
NewDesignWorld (press release)
In Brazil, where a pattern had developed of expanding soy production by direct forest clearing and by pushing cattle ranching off pastureland and into ...

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14:21

Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest, says Stanford researcher
NewDesignWorld (press release)
In Brazil, where a pattern had developed of expanding soy production by direct forest clearing and by pushing cattle ranching off pastureland and into ...

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14:21

New location beefs up ag flavor
Omaha World-Herald
All around them, cattle industry families bustled to move animals and their tack into stalls, preparing for the Nebraska State Fair's grand finale weekend ...

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14:21

Science Centric

Tropical forests slashed for farmland
Science Centric
In Brazil, where a pattern had developed of expanding soy production by direct forest clearing and by pushing cattle ranching off pastureland and into ...

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14:21

Norfolk contractor buys green machine for green scheme
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The crops of energy maize, which have been bred to produce about 15pc more dry matter than conventional varieties for feeding to cattle, will be cut and ...

12:15

Norfolk contractor buys green machine for green scheme
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The crops of energy maize, which have been bred to produce about 15pc more dry matter than conventional varieties for feeding to cattle, will be cut and ...

12:15

Century of history preserved
Calgary Herald
Poffenroth also sold his dairy business and bought a farm at De Winton, where he continued dairying and became prominent in the breeding of Holstein cattle. ...

12:15

Tradition ends: No Michigan state fair this year
TMCnet
Like those in other states, the Michigan fair had its roots in agrarian fairs in Europe, where farmers met to discuss farming techniques and equipment. ...

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