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Milk Fees Would Skyrocket under Proposed Farm Bill WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Dairy Foods Association today responded to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer's concern that the Republican nominee for President, Mitt Romney, raised milk fees. IDFA shares concerns about industry fees and cautioned that a new Farm Bill proposal, recently endorsed by Secretary Tom Vilsack, would both raise fees and increase domestic milk prices. Most states...
The Poultry Meat Farming industry in Australia has lost its footing in the five years through 2012-13. Although a largely vertically integrated industry, with ownership and supply contracts between poultry farmers and poultry processors, the industry was marred by industry consolidation over the period that led to contractions in employee numbers and wages. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has updated its report on the Poultry Meat Farming industry in Australia....
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Meat scientists report that a method of chilling meat could affect the tenderness of pork. The results of this study were recently published in the Journal of Animal Science. Wait, MEAT SCIENTISTS? Apparently, yes. There's even an association, the American Meat Science Association. According to the organization, meat scientists "create and apply science to efficiently provide safe and high quality meat, poultry, fish/seafood, and...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle is a popular one, but another tale is rising high as the "Birdmuda Triangle" begins to catch wind. Hundreds of birds have gone missing in the "Birdmuda Triangle" between Thirsk, Wetherby and Consett in north-east England. Pigeon racers gathered at an event earlier this month, launching their flocks high into the sky, setting them on a pace to pass through the triangle. Only 13 out of the 232...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Scientists at the Beijing University of Agriculture have genetically modified a pair of calves in an attempt to make their meat more tender, tastier, and more appealing to discerning palates. Professor Ni Minhong and colleagues at the school's department of advanced science and technology produced a pair of cloned cows, named Jing Qin 1 and Jing Qin 2, that had been implanted with an extra gene, Telegraph Science Correspondent...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollywood stars are squealing mad over Walmart's treatment of pigs after an undercover investigation exposed rampant cruelty to animals at a factory farm supplying pork to the retail giant. In a letter fired off today to Walmart's CEO Mike Duke, at the behest of the animal protection organization Mercy For Animals, Ryan Gosling, Kristen Bell, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Deschanel, Tom Morello, Kim Basinger, David Boreanaz, Ed...
www.conferenceboard.ca OTTAWA, Aug. 23, 2012 /CNW/ - Canada's supply-managed dairy system has largely met its primary policy objectives of reducing the industry's chronic milk surpluses and providing both increased and stable returns to farmers. But addressing these long-standing problems has come at a cost -- reducing the industry's overall economic competitiveness and performance and complicating Canada's international trade relationships, according to a Conference Board of...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Are test tube burgers coming to a grocery store near you? Sounds like science fiction, and until recently, it actually was. Now, the prospect of lab-grown meat appearing on our supermarket shelves is closer than ever. We aren't talking about the whole cow, however. That would be an "udderly" different story. Synthetic or test-tube meat involves taking a small amount of cells from a living animal and growing it into lumps of...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Compassion in World Farming are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take immediate action following reports that 400 pregnant cattle among a total of 3,900 cattle being transported by ship from the United States to Russia have died en route. The groups are urging USDA to thoroughly investigate the incident and take all necessary steps to prevent a similar occurrence in the...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a major expansion of U.S. government investment in Malawi on Sunday, during a visit to the Lumbadzi Milk Bulking Group (MBG). Lumbadzi MBG is one of 23 dairy producer groups that Land O'Lakes International Development assisted throughout the course of its recently completed Malawi Dairy Development Alliance (MDDA), a 5-year public-private alliance made possible by the American People...
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Fodder is a term used in reference to the feed cut, sometimes prepared, and brought to domesticated farm animals such as cows, goats and pigs. Some fodder is prepared using oils and mixed rations that are mixed in with several different types of sprouted grain and legumes such as alfalfa, clover, corn, and several different types of grass. In the countries that allow it, fodder can also consist of animal origins such as ruminant meat and bone meal, typically found in cattle feed. The USDA,...
Overgrazing occurs when plants are unprotected to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without enough recovery periods. It can be a result of either livestock in poorly managed agricultural applications, or by overpopulations of native or non-native wild animals. Overgrazing reduces the usefulness, biodiversity, and productivity of the land and is one cause of desertification and erosion. It’s also considered to be a cause of the spread of invasive species of non-native...
Llama, Lama glama The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated camelid from South America. It is often used as a pack animal or for meat by Andean cultures. Its hair is used to make clothing and handicrafts. The course outer hair is typically used to make lead ropes, rugs, and wall hangings, and the fibers can come in many colors ranging from black to reddish brown to white. Because of transportation and trade of this species, there are now more than 158,000 llamas and 100,000 alpacas in...
The dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius), also known as the Arabian camel, is a completely domesticated species that appears on the IUCN Red List with a conservation status of “Domesticated”. It is thought that when wild, its native range was mainly in the Arabian Peninsula. It can now be found in South Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. The only dromedary camels that display wild behaviors are the population of feral camels in Australia, which were introduced in 1840. It prefers a...
The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also called the Rocky Mountain goat is only found in North America. Even though it is a goat in name, it is not in the Capra genus of true goats. It belongs to the subfamily Caprinae, which holds goat-antelopes which holds thirty-two other species. It is in the family Bovidae that holds other creatures such as cattle, antelopes, and gazelle. It is the only species in the Oreamnos genus. The mountain goat is listed as of “least concern” by the IUCN....
