UPDATES: Ranchers eligible for drought aid - San Angelo Standard Times
News | www.gosanangelo.com | Nov 23, 2009
Livestock producers who experienced grazing losses because of the 2008 and 2009 drought in Tom Green, Coke and Sterling counties are eligible to apply for compensation to the Livestock Forage Disaster Program. “Eligible livestock includes beef and dairy cattle over 500 pounds, all sheep,
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/nov/22/ranchers-eligible-for-drought-aid/
Merino shake up or break up? - Land
News | theland.farmonline.com.au | Nov 19, 2009
THE next few years could make or break Australia’s Merino industry as plummeting sheep numbers make it difficult for the flock to remain self-replacing.
Falling beef and sheep numbers are warning to industry
News | www.fwi.co.uk | Nov 17, 2009
The red meat industry must halt the falling livestock numbers if it is to avoid demand outstripping supply, according to Meat Promotion Wales chairman, Rees Roberts. Agriculture news from Farmers Weekly Interactive. Find used tractors & farms for sale on FWi
Equine forum planned in Harrisburg area to discuss current issues in industry | Farm and Dairy -
News | www.farmanddairy.com | Oct 20, 2009
HARRISBURG, Pa.. -- The Pennsylvania Equine Council and the Penn State University Equine Program will host this year's State Horse Council Advisory Committee's
nebusiness.co.uk - Farming - Farming News - Let’s stick together, say sheep farmers
News | www.nebusiness.co.uk | Oct 16, 2009
THE sheep industry must work together on a worldwide level to ensure it remains profitable and sustainable in the long term, British representatives told a global meeting of sector experts in Brussels.
NSA Sheep 2010
News | www.stackyard.com | Sep 28, 2009
NSA Sheep 2010, the industry s biennial initiative, will be staged at the Three Counties Show Ground, Malvern on Tuesday 3 August by the National Sheep Association and co-organiser, the Three Counties Agricultural Society.
http://www.stackyard.com/news/2009/09/sheep/09_nsa_sheep_event_2010.html
Understanding Beet Pulp as an Equine Feed
News | www.thehorse.com | Sep 8, 2009
Beet pulp has been a popular feed for horses for years without many people really knowing why. Beet pulp is a byproduct of the sugar beet industry that is predominant in the upper Midwest, Michigan, and California. Sugar beets look a lot like a turnip that has been taking growth hormones--they are
NT Government concedes its not encouraging local sheep industry - ABC Online
News | www.abc.net.au | Jul 27, 2009
"People don't expect the government to give them handouts to set up an abattoir, government-controlled and government everything else. But just to show an interest, that's all," she says.
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200907/s2637413.htm
Major victory on EID could save sheep farmers millions
News | www.farmersguardian.com | Jul 14, 2009
EUROPEAN veterinary experts have agreed key changes to the rules on EID which will allow electronic tags to be read at marts and abattoirs rather than on-farm, saving the UK sheep industry up to £18 million a year.
http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=29&storycode=27563&c=1
The Families Who Earn Their Living at New York's Thoroughbred Breeders' Stables and Farms Will Arrive at the State Capitol to Give Horse Shoes to Albany Leaders in Protest of Inaction Over Aqueduct VLTs
Press Release | news.prnewswire.com | Jul 9, 2009
Going door to door in the Albany Legislative Office Building members of the equine industry will leave horse shoes as a sign of disgust over the current lack of progress in rebidding VLTs.
http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/07-09-2009/0005057082&EDATE=
