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Wednesday 19 June 2013

Australia

A organic group attack on GM crops using pigs

A recently published study claims that pigs fed a diet of genetically modified soybeans and corn had a higher rate of stomach inflammation than pigs fed non-GM feed.

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Australia

Big money in goat farming

ALTHOUGH his heart lies with sheep and wool, Winton's Ian Elliott has found his rangeland goat enterprise, now in its 10th year, an increasingly valuable part of his business.

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Australia

China accepts three GM types of soybean for consumption

China approved three genetically modified soybean types for consumption, including the RR2BT seed resistant to the imidazolinonas and the glufosinat-ammonium herbicides.

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Australia

Elders believe their own rhetoric and what a mistake that is

UPDATE: ELDERS Limited has pulled its rural services business off the market after deciding Ruralco's long-anticipated bid for the division was not good enough.

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Australia

Grass Fed Branded beef winners

GRASS fed beef has reigned supreme at the RNA’s Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show (RQFWS) Branded Beef Competition, while New South Wales lamb producers Country Fresh Nationwide was crowned Australia’s best lamb for the second year in a row in the Branded Lamb Competition.

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Australia

New abattoir on King Island in doubt

ONE of King Island's largest landholders, Ian Lester believes loyalty will prevent a new abattoir being built on the island.

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Australia

Record enties for wool clip competition

A TESTAMENT to the passion and perseverance of the Australian superfine wool industry - despite continuing global economic uncertainty within the market - is the record number of entries for this year's New England Wool Ultimate Clip competition.

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Brazil

Brazil is the world’s top orange juice exporter

High production costs have orange growers in Brazil, the world's top orange juice exporter, bracing for a tough citrus season, despite last season's record harvest and high juice prices.

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Brazil

Farmers move out of oranges

Rising costs and low rewards have Brazil’s orange growers tearing their trees out.

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Canada

Pig farmers code of practice

Sask Pork is encouraging pork producers to look at how a proposed revised Pig Code of Practice will impact their operations, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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China

Talks of a dairy deal

Trading in the shares of two Hong Kong-listed mainland dairy firms was suspended yesterday, triggering market speculation about a possible consolidation in the fragmented formula milk market in China.

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Colombia

Help for the farm sector

Over 300,000 jobs have been saved following a government decision to ensure the reactivation of the Price Stabilisation Fund.

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European Union

Young Farmers are the Key to Sustainable Agriculture

CEJA tells agricultural stakeholders: “young farmers are the key to sustainable agriculture”

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Israel

Farm investment in India

The state government on Thursday submitted a proposal for an India-Israel centre of excellence on vegetables after months of persuasion by Israeli embassy.

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Kenya

Elephants destroy crops in Mwatate

Hundreds of elephants have invaded farms in Mwatate constituency where they have destroyed crops.

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New Zealand

A very special farming lady

After winning a national speech competition, North Otago farmer Jenny Malcolm had more than one reason to thank her family.

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New Zealand

Debt in the dairy sector

New Zealand's dairy sector debt nearly tripled over the past decade to $30.5 billion in 2012 and some farmers will have difficulty servicing their loans in the year ahead, despite the prospect of a higher milk price, the Ministry for Primary Industries said.

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New Zealand

Sheepdog trials

Lawrence farmer Graeme Dickie secured his second national title at the recent New Zealand sheep dog trial championships at Taupo.

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Northern Ireland

Asda/ABP BeefLink Stabiliser semen deal

The news follows the formation of a new marketing agreement with semen supplier Cogent and the Stabiliser Cattle Company.

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Northern Ireland

Dogs and livestock

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) has urged government to stop procrastinating over tail docking, with a leading vet claiming the ban on docking of working dogs’ tails should end.

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Northern Ireland

Schmallenberg Disease Information Event

Thurs, June 20 free Schmallenberg Disease Information Event

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Russia

8% rise in meat giants profits

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s leading integrated and diversified meat producer has released its quarterly results for the period ended 31 March 2013, which shows an 8% revenue increase on Q1 2012.

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Russia

Global processes uncover Russian milk deficiency

Raw milk deficiency in Russia and increased prices for dairy products in the world suffocate Russian whole-milk producing sector.

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Scotland

Suffolk sheep

Suffolks from Irene Fowlie's Essie flock from Adziel, Strichen, Fraserburgh, proved the highlight of the multi-breed Highland Fling sale of pairs of ewe hoggs at Highland Sheep, last week, securing the two top prices at 550gns and 500gns, respectively.

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Scotland

The Qeen sells Highland bull

A two-year-old Highland bull from HM the Queen's Balmoral fold has been sold privately for an undisclosed five-figure sum.

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United Kingdom

Another Newbirks success at Craven Dairy Auction

Newly calven heifers bagged principal honours at June’s Craven Dairy Auction at CCM Skipton.

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United Kingdom

British Dairy Farmers Gold Cup competition

A renowned dairy herd from Somerset has made it into the final in the National Milk Records/Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers Gold Cup competition.

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United Kingdom

CCM a headline sponsor at NSA North Sheep 2013

Craven Cattle Marts in Skipton was among the mainline sponsors of NSA North Sheep 2013, the National Sheep Association northern region’s biennial one-day event, this year staged at Crimple Head Farm, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, by kind permission of J M Wilson and Sons. (Wed, June 5)

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United Kingdom

Chicken factory workers diagnosed with TB

Staff at 2 Sisters Food Group in West Bromwich being checked for the disease

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United Kingdom

CIRCOVAC® could provide protection for piglets

CIRCOVAC® could provide protection for piglets against PCV2 up to the age of 21 weeks, according to new research revealed recently at the AASV (American Association of Swine Veterinarians) Congress.

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United Kingdom

Devon Country Fayre & English National Sheep Dog Trials

There's just over a month to go before the gates of historic Castle Hill in North Devon are flung open wide to welcome visitors to the Devon Country Fayre & English National Sheep Dog Trials on July 19-21.

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United Kingdom

Easy, Mobile, Integral: New WEDA Software Improves Sow Management

WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp GmbH (Lutten) treat their feeding computer “4PX“ with new and useful program features. With this current version, WEDA provide new tools – especially for pig farmers – which increase the efficiency of the entire animal house management.

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United Kingdom

Farms will make £20,000 per acre by the year 2020

Prices for high quality arable land could exceed £20,000 per acre by the year 2020 according to James Brooke, Head of Rural Estate and Farm Agency at Bidwells.

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United Kingdom

Funding for dairy cow welfare

Researchers from the Moredun Research Institute and Scotland's Rural College have received a major funding award to develop a project that could ultimately lead to an early warning system for poor health and welfare in dairy cattle.

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United Kingdom

Grain farming

Arable farmers should assert themselves and ensure they are paid realistically for their grain, according to a Westcountry-based industry leader.

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United Kingdom

HRH Price Charles in among the lamb carcasses

His supportive words, including the message that the United Kingdom was now a major player on the global market again despite the setbacks the beef, sheep and pig industries have had over the last 15 years, were read out by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) chairman John Godfrey at an export barbecue in Westminster’s Garden Museum, organised by EBLEX and BPEX.

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United Kingdom

Ignorance and fear over GM crops

David Willett's warning that Europe risks becoming a "museum of 20th century technology" because of the EU's excessive caution on GM crops and other cutting-edge scientific developments chimes perfectly with a major report on research priorities for British farming, published last week.

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United Kingdom

Last years weather no different from 1947 so much for climate change

Experts are to gather in the Westcountry next week to analyse the reasons for 2010's icy winter, last year's wash-out summer and the cold spring.

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United Kingdom

Lincs farm sprayer operator wins National FSOOTY Award

George Sargent has won the highest accolade of being the UK’s top farm sprayer operator. George, of Hatcliffe near Grimsby, was presented his prestigious reward as the overall winner of the Syngenta Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year at the International Sprays and Sprayers event, held as part of Cereals 2013 in Lincolnshire this week (12-13 June).

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United Kingdom

More GM crop problems

Resistance is far from futile.

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United Kingdom

Preg testing cows

National Milk Records has launched a new pregnancy-test service.

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United Kingdom

Rich pickings lined up a Pickersgill Manor charity event

Members of the Dales and Bronte Group of Farm Stay UK are preparing to uncork a Yorkshire Champagne afternoon tea in aid of charity to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the national on-farm accommodation provider.

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United Kingdom

Texel lambs make premium prices across the UK

Continuing demand for top quality lambs combined with a marked reduction in the number of new season lambs being marketed in the early part of the season has seen Texel lambs gaining significant premiums across the UK.

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USA

Dairy exports

Cheddar blocks fell again on Thursday, closing at $1.7225 per pound – to match Cheddar barrels which were unchanged at the close.

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USA

Feedlogic Corporation and feeding pigs

Feedlogic Corporation, a supplier of intelligent solutions for livestock production, has introduced the BlendTronic intelligent micro-ingredient application system which allows unprecedented control and monitoring of micros commonly used in livestock feed.

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USA

New poultry website

The International Production & Processing Expo has a new website, designed to enhance the online experience of show attendees.

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Wales

300 new jobs at Abattoir on Anglesey

A PLAN to create three hundred new jobs, doubling the workforce at an Anglesey chicken abattoir is to finally go ahead.

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Wales

A new farm shop on Anglesey

A SMALL farm shop has opened alongside a new meat box business on Anglesey.

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Wales

FUW honours ex-royal welsh supremo and hill farmers' champion

The recently-retired chief executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (RWAS) and a champion of uplands farming were honoured by the Farmers' Union of Wales during the union's annual general meeting in Aberystwyth today (Monday June 17).

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Wales

FUW hosts severe weather review meeting

The man carrying out a review of farm business resilience in Wales following the severe snow and freezing temperatures that hit the mid and north Wales during March and April has visited a Montgomeryshire farm to hear first hand from farmers about their experiences.

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