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Dioxin Scandal Company Files for Bankruptcy
www.thepigsite.com | Jan 17, 2012
GERMANY - The company at the center of the scandal over dioxin-contaminated animal feed has filed for bankruptcy. It is facing criminal investigations and could face civil claims from farms which have been forced to close.

World Poultry - News: Alaska's last commercial poultry farm closes
www.worldpoultry.net | Aug 24, 2011
Citing excessive regulation as the cause, Triple D, the last commercial poultry farm in the US state of Alaska, has closed.

Britain
www.fwi.co.uk | Jan 29, 2010
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Daily Post North Wales - Farming - Farming News - Welshpool livestock market closes
www.dailypost.co.uk | Nov 10, 2009
WITH a few simple chimes of a bell, the curtain came down on Welshpool’s 145-year-old livestock market.

nebusiness.co.uk - Farming - Farming News - Closure of DFB brings benefits for local dairies
www.nebusiness.co.uk | Jul 10, 2009
THE region’s biggest independent dairy has won an extra £3m of business following the closure of Dairy Farmers of Britain’s (DFB) Blaydon dairy.

AllAboutFeed - News: High cost forces closure of Pakistan poultry farms
www.allaboutfeed.net
High input prices for feed, and electricity have forced some 40% of Pakistan poultry farms to go out of business.

PigProgress - News: Taiwan pig farm closures improved water quality
www.pigprogress.net
The Taiwanese Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has announced that its efforts to force pig farm closures had proven effective in reducing water pollution.

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Farmers Disappointed at USDA Closures
www.thepoultrysite.com | Jan 11, 2012
US - National Farmers Union (NFU) expressed disappointment after US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the closure of more than 250 US Department of Agriculture (USDA) facilities.

Broiler Industry Approaches Crisis-Point
www.thepoultrysite.com | Aug 9, 2011
BANGLADESH - Hundreds of poultry farmers have closed down their farms during the last couple of months as the result of the high costs of day-old chicks and feed.