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World Poultry - News: Butterball workers charged over animal cruelty
www.worldpoultry.net | 4 hours ago
US turkey producer, Butterball, is facing a welfare scandal following an undercover investigation at one of its farms.

No Alarm After Positive Flu Check on Pig
www.thepigsite.com | Feb 16, 2012
HONG KONG - The Centre for Food Safety has ruled out any cause for alarm after a pig tested positive for the human swine flu virus H1N1.

West Country milk processor in administration
www.fwi.co.uk | Feb 13, 2012
Devon-based milk buyer and processor Farmright Group has gone into administration

Mexico Seeks Link Between Cattle Deaths & Poultry Litter
www.thepoultrysite.com | Feb 8, 2012
ANALYSIS - Urea toxicity has been blamed for the deaths of an unspecified number of cattle in Mexico lately but there could be another explanation, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Jackie Linden.

BusinessDay - Biofuels sector ‘frustrated’ by lack of a policy framework
www.businessday.co.za | Feb 6, 2012
Tongaat Hulett CEO Peter Staude says small-scale farmers would have a better chance of succeeding if the government finalised the regulatory framework enabling independent players to get into the generation of energy, including electricity and biofuels

NPPC Opposes Hen Housing Legislation | Animal Well-Being content from National Hog Farmer
nationalhogfarmer.com | Jan 27, 2012
< p > & nbsp; < /p > < p > The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has criticized congressional legislation introduced Monday that would prescribe cage sizes for egg-laying hens, saying it would create a & ldquo;dangerous precedent & rdquo; in allowing the federal government to regulate on-farm

PigProgress - News: US: High Court tosses California ‘Downer’ Law
www.pigprogress.net | Jan 25, 2012
In a unanimous decision issued, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law that bans the processing of all non-ambulatory animals, including hogs. NPPC hailed the ruling.

Disgust at nations missing battery hen deadline - Farming News - Farming - nebusiness.co.uk
www.nebusiness.co.uk | Jan 21, 2012
ALL laying hens across the European Union should have been removed from “barren” battery cages by January 1 this year, but despite having more than a decade to prepare themselves, a number of nations missed the deadline.

Invert Sugar Industry Gears up for a Fast Pace Growth | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Jan 3, 2012
Invert Sugar Industry Gears up for a Fast Pace Growth. Since Invert Sugar was commercially introduced India, it has seen a tremendous growth, specially in the last 2 years. Since India is expected to continue its growth trend in Confectionary and Pharma industry, the demand is all set to rise. -

APHIS to Improve GE Petition and Risk Assessment Processes - Crop Biotech Update (11/18/2011) |
www.isaaa.org | Nov 18, 2011
APHIS to Improve GE Petition and Risk Assessment Processes: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will streamline and improve several programmatic proces...