Category: Agriculture
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Organic
I heard something today that I had to say something about. There was a person on a cooking program and they were talking about cooking venison and they ended by saying that the best thing about venison was that it was organic by definition. This really proves to me that the food consuming public has…
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Another Round For The Wolves
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/01/15/news/state/21-delist.txt">Wolf to go off list in Montana, not Wyoming</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and Northern Rockies will be removed from the federal endangered-species list by late February under a plan announced Wednesday by the Bush administration.<br />n<br />nLeft out of the plan were wolves in Wyoming, where state officials sought…
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No S__T
I do believe I have been saying this all along.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/01/12/news/wyoming/24-vets.txt">Vets wary of disease 'hot-zone' </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A federal government plan to carve out the Yellowstone area as an animal disease "hot-zone" faces opposition from some state veterinarians, who worry the move would lower cattle industry safeguards.<br />n<br />nCreation of the zone would…
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Trouble
I see that the problems with the financial system have now <a href="http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/10/01/farmer-mac-closer-markets-equity-cx_ra_1001markets43.html">caused problems with Farmer Mac.</a> This is where non-traditional banks get their financing in the agricultural sector that <a href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/3240-Crystal-Ball.html">I was wondering about</a> a couple of weeks ago. This info doesn't make me feel any better for the agricultural economy.
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Will They Listen?
<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gDdJ3UTsqcN2JyaG8SKq_yCh8cpwD91E2G580">Study: Moving virus research could be costly</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>An outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations the White House is considering for a new high-security research laboratory would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than from the isolated island laboratory where such research is now conducted,…
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Higher Prices
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?contentid=218681">ADB Pres: Food Prices May Continue Higher, Hit Some Economies</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Sky-high global food prices may continue rising and damage growth in some Asian economies this year and the next, the Asian Development Bank's top official said Saturday.<br />n<br />n"In the long term, prices could continue to rise… the era of cheap food prices…
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Organic Myths
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/the-great-organic-myths-why-organic-foods-are-an-indulgence-the-world-cant-afford-818585.html">This article</a> is Great Britain specific but most of it does apply here. Makes for Interesting reading.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The great organic myths: Why organic foods are an indulgence the world can't afford<br />n<br />nMyth one: Organic farming is good for the environment<br />n<br />nMyth two: Organic farming is more sustainable<br />n<br />nMyth three: Organic…
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Luck
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/04/14/beef-wheat.html?ref=rss">Beef is out; wheat is in: farmers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Financially beleaguered cattle producers in Manitoba are selling off their herds and switching to wheat, capitalizing on soaring grain prices.<br />n<br />nMartin Unrau, president of the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association, is just one of hundreds of ranchers expected to sell off their animals this year and…
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Information
A little more interesting information about the Plum Island animal research facility.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1730322,00.html?xid=rss-topstories">Accidents at Disease Lab Revealed</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The only U.S. facility allowed to research the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease experienced several accidents with the feared virus, the Bush administration acknowledged Friday.<br />n<br />nA 1978 release of the virus into cattle holding pens…
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Agflation
<a href="http://www.business24-7.ae/cs/article_show_mainh1_story.aspx?HeadlineID=5117">US – shoppers scrimp as food prices rise</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Patricia Norris' family is feeling the one-two punch of higher fuel and food prices.<br />n<br />nHer husband works as messenger, driving around to deliver packages. But the job is not as profitable as it once was because rising fuel prices are eating into his earnings.<br…