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EU and US Agree Partnership on Organic Trade
www.thepigsite.com | Feb 16, 2012
US & EU - The European Union and the United States have announced that beginning June 1, 2012, organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be sold as organic in either region.

NFU Scotland 2012: Lochhead blasts landowners
www.fwi.co.uk | Feb 14, 2012
Landowners failing to release land to new tenant farmers were blasted by Richard Lochhead at NFU Scotlands annual meeting

Tax Tips: Not All Farm Payments Require a 1099 | Issues content from Corn and Soybean Digest
cornandsoybeandigest.com | Feb 10, 2012
< div class="field-byline" > Source: University of Illinois farmdoc < /div > < p > The Internal Revenue Service has found that taxpayers are more likely to report income if they know the IRS has knowledge of the income. Hence the required issuance of Forms 1099 for various types of income such as

Nation's Oldest Family Mushroom Farm Goes Solar | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 8, 2012
Nation's Oldest Family Mushroom Farm Goes Solar. SEM has installed a 1.13 MW solar array in Pennsylvania for Marlboro Mushrooms. - PR11793861

Raise the Bar: Proactive and Progressive | Risk Management Drives Most Long-Term Decisions at JCS
cornandsoybeandigest.com | Feb 3, 2012
< p > Can you trace a kernel of your corn back to its field, seed lot and agronomic program? Can you delegate field operations to free your time for marketing and risk management? < /p > < div class="field-image-promo" > < a

Labor Department Reproposes Part of Child Labor Rule | Resources content from National Hog Farmer
nationalhogfarmer.com | Feb 1, 2012
“The decision today by the Labor Department to re-propose the ‘parental exemption’ in the child labor rule is a positive step, but much more work is needed. We will continue to work with the administration to address our concerns with the rule. Any final regulation must make sense, not infringe on

AATF and AU Sign MoU for Agricultural Technology Transfer - Crop Biotech Update (1/27/2012) |
www.isaaa.org | Jan 27, 2012
AATF and AU Sign MoU for Agricultural Technology Transfer: The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the Commission of the African Union (AU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Janua...

Long-term tenancies available in the North East - Farming News - Farming - nebusiness.co.uk
www.nebusiness.co.uk | Jan 12, 2012
LONGER tenancy agreements are increasingly being offered on farm buildings, according to an expert in the region.

Leading-Edge Dairy Research Facility Planned | University of Guelph
www.uoguelph.ca | Jan 11, 2012
< p > A new livestock research centre intended to model sustainable animal agriculture systems is being planned by the University of Guelph, the provincial government and the Ontario dairy industry. < /p > < p > The Research and Innovation Centre, Dairy Phase, will be built at the current site of

Farmers Secure Supermarket Deal
www.thepoultrysite.com | Dec 19, 2011
IRELAND - SuperValu has announced that it will stock a new premium brand of free-range Farmers to Market Irish chicken with an estimated value of 1.3million in retail sales.