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• in Lifestyle
  FDA Limits Antibiotic Use in Livestock
  The FDA released a report limiting the use of a commonly used class of antibiotics in livestock.
  by jenna3967 / on Jan 5, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “livestock”

 

• Huge scope for livestock sector to reduce world poverty–New research brief from Asia commission

  
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  Distribution (density) of poor livestock keepers based on the international US$2.00/day poverty line in 2010 (published in a research brief by J Otte and R Leslie, Animal Health and Production Commission for Asia and the Pacific [APHCA], Jan 2013). ‘. . . [A]mong largely agrarian economies, which are home to the ...
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• NM Horse Slaughter Plant Faces More Hurdles

  
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  New Mexicos Valley Meat Co. has another obstacle in its path to becoming a horse slaughterhouse. A Larkspur, Colo., group, Front Range Equine Rescue, has notified the Roswell company and two federal agencies - the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture - of its intent to sue for ...
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• Candy Colored Cow

  
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   Close up Oil on 7x5 gessoed hardboard. This is my contribution to this weeks WDE at Wet Canvas. Scatty was the gracious hostess who supplied all the great reference photos.  Just couldnt pass up the white cow! I love pushing the color all over the place on a white subject and the lighting on this cow ...
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• Candy Colored Cow

  
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   Close ups Oil on 7x5 gessoed hardboard. This is my contribution to this weeks WDE at Wet Canvas. Scatty was the gracious hostess who supplied all the great reference photos.  Just couldnt pass up the white cow! I love pushing the color all over the place on a white subject and the lighting on this ...
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• chicks, big and small

  
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  Last weekend saw our second blue marans hatch – this time twelve. Little disappointed as we set twenty four eggs – never had such a low rate – but we were breeding from a particular breeding group and eggs were limited, and we did set some eggs that were on the old side… maybe that was the reason?  The ...
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• Atmospheric C02 Levels Surpass 400ppm “Game Over” Mark: Watch How It Can Be Reversed Fast

  
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  Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide surpassed a tragic milestone this week.   Huffington Post reports : “They reached a daily average above 400 parts per million, reported NOAA, for the first time in human history.  The milestone, hit on May 9, may be symbolic, notes Climate Central, but manmade CO2 ...
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• Ag in Review for the Week of May 6, 2013

  
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  A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast: Alabama Florida Georgia
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• NYC elementary school adopts all-vegetarian menu

  
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  A city public school is one of the first in the nation to adopt an all-vegetarian menu, school officials said Tuesday. Public School 244, in the Flushing section of Queens, has been serving tofu wraps and vegetarian chili since going all-veggie earlier this year, schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said during a ...
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• Water ‘hoofprint’ of farm animals differs greatly by region and livestock production system–and can be reduced

  
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  Village women wash clothes and cattle are watered at a pond in Rajasthan, India (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The fifth annual Water for Food Conference was held 5–8 May 2013 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, hosted by the University of Nebraska’s Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute and the Bill and ...
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• Senate Ag Committee Releases Draft 2013 Farm Bill

  
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  The Senate Ag Committee has officially released their 2013 Farm Bill draft and according to Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, the bipartisan 2013 Farm Bill represents the most significant reform of American agriculture policy in decades. Download Audio
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• Help Africa’s small-scale livestock producers tap growing markets for animal proteins—FAO livestock economists

  
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  Saulosi Tchinga is a potato, maize, soya, sheep and chicken farmer in central Malawi (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). ‘The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday called on African governments to implement policies that will help the continent’s small livestock producers to tap the growing demand ...
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• Beef Exports to Taiwan Rebound Nicely

  
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  March numbers show a nice rebound in beef shipments to Taiwan, as Dan Halstrom with the U.S. Meat Export Federation, looks at how important this market is to our meat exports. Download Audio Complete first-quarter export results for U.S. beef, pork and lamb are available online .
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• Nibbles: Trees, Gates on CG, Gardens, NUS surveys, GMOs, Free range livestock, Tasty fish, Traditional potatoes

  
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  Britain gets a tree seed bank . Wait, it didn’t already have one? St Helena seems to, sort of. And Cameroon . And why they’re needed more than ever ; and more . Although in Brazil trees can be the bad guys . Bill Gates praises CIMMYT , and the CGIAR as a whole. A Renaissance garden recreated in NYC. A ...
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• Newbie Gardener Needs Your Input

  
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  I purchased a prefab raised garden bed measuring 4x4x7". The packaging says fill with 8 cu ft soil. Another calculator says 10 cu ft. Ive come up with a formula using 6 cu ft soil, 2 cu ft worm castings, 1 cu ft vermiculite and a 4# bag of Dr. Earth Veggie and Herb fertilizer to be used as directed. Now Im trying to ...
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• ILRI PhotoBlog — ‘Livestock Portraits’: Sheko cattle in Ethiopia

  
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  Sheko calf kept in the Ghibe Valley of Southern Ethiopia (photo credit: Jim Richardson) The above photo, taken by National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson , is of a Sheko calf kept in the Ghibe Valley of southern Ethiopia. The Sheko cattle breed is endangered, with only about 2,500 in existence today. They ...
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• Wyden, Merkley seek emergency grazing in drought-stricken southern Oregon

  
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  U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have asked the USDA to extend emergency grazing of cattle on federal land in drought-stricken southeastern Oregon counties. In a letter dated May 9, the Oregon Democrats wrote that this years drought has created "disastrous conditions" for southeastern Oregon farmers and ...
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• Onslaught of cows

  
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  For the few Kansans who havent noticed the poor condition of Kansas parched prairie, loiter in Samples Salina livestock market on sale day. With some of his territory entering into a third year of drought, hes seeing an onslaught of cows grace the sale ring as ranchers bring in what remains of their already ...
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• Cattleman Scams NM Rancher

  
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  A four month investigation has led to the indictment of Kirvin business man, Jackie Lynn Farish. The Freestone County grand jury handed down the felony charge on April 24th, "Theft of more than $20,000 but less than $100,000." The information was not made available for publication until after he surrendered ...
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• Meat Production After SHTF

  
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  There are all kinds of articles out there talking about meat after SHTF. You want to know what is missing in a lot of those articles? Exact details.Awhile back we talked about how many chickens would be needed for SHTF . I would like to do this article in the same manner as the chicken article.Lets start with ...
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• Greening our meat: A vegan conservationist speaks out, and considerately, on controversial food issues

  
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  Meat , ink and watercolour on paper (15 x 11″), created 25 April 2012 by artist Kristy Modarelli for the The Aldas Project: 366 Drawings for Good, a year-long project conducted by artist in 2012. Vegan and conservationist Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy , the largest environmental ...
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