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Kubota introduces new M-Series tractors at NFMS 2012 | Tractors content from Farm Industry News
farmindustrynews.com | 7 hours 50 minutes ago
< p > Kubota unveiled the & quot;next generation & quot; M-Series tractors at the 2012 National Farm Machinery Show. The M-Series line includes the M100GX, M110GX, M126GX and the M135GX. < /p > < p > The Grand X series offers a new larger, comfortable cab with a high-positioned rounded glass

World Poultry - News: Brazil approaches WTO about SA poultry tariffs
www.worldpoultry.net | 11 hours 50 minutes ago
Brazil’s poultry association has said it will ask the government to approach the World Trade Organization about South Africa imposing higher tariffs on its poultry imports.

Monsanto to appeal pesticide poisoning verdict
www.fwi.co.uk | 12 hours 32 minutes ago
Monsanto is to appeal a French court ruiling that found it responsible for the poisoning of a farmer who inhaled a pesticide

No Alarm After Positive Flu Check on Pig
www.thepigsite.com | 22 hours 36 minutes ago
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.

US Poultry Export Forecast Raised for 2012
www.thepoultrysite.com | Feb 10, 2012
US - Lower expected broiler weights are underpinning the reduced forecast for broiler meat production, according to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

Booming Agriculture Investment in China | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 8, 2012
Booming Agriculture Investment in China. The potential high growth of China’s future agriculture industry has attracted more and more investors, with modes including capital investments and new real investments. - PR11793236

Ag 1 Source Announces Ron Hayden to Join Animal Health/Nutrition & Livestock Production Team |
nationalhogfarmer.com | Feb 7, 2012
Hesston, KS – February 7, 2012– Ag 1 Source, the most trusted and reliable recruiting firm in the agriculture industry, today announced that Ron Hayden, based in Cassopolis, MI, will join the Animal Health/Nutrition and Livestock Production industry practice team.

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

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.