Jan 31
So far, 2012 is bringing bad news for people who don’t want “free antibiotics” in their food. Antibiotics are routinely given to livestock on factory farms to make them gain weight with less feed and keep them from getting sick in confinement conditions. But the daily dosing, at the same time it lowers feed needs, …
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Jan 31
Chickens are becoming increasingly popular as pets. of course they have long been considered a standard livestock animal. Orpingtons are an ideal breed for people who are just getting started with chickens – they are a dual purpose breed, meaning they produce eggs at a good rate and also grow to a good size for …
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Jan 25
Do not be surprised but there are now a lot of people who would rather raise their own livestock for their tables. this is because they want to make sure that the food they eat are indeed fresh, clean and healthy so that their families would be safe from any diseases as well. The same …
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Jan 13
WASHINGTON — Federal drug regulators announced Wednesday that farmers and ranchers must restrict their use of a critical class of antibiotics in cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys because such practices may have contributed to the growing threat of bacterial infections in people that are resistant to treatment. the medicines belong to a class of antibiotics known …
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Jan 13
In a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, a coalition of the U.S. livestock and poultry industry associations requested a hearing to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS) impact on the economy. the groups cited ongoing pressure on domestic feed grain supplies and a discovery of $9 million of fraudulent renewable …
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Jan 10
QL Resources Bhd’s managing director Chia Song Kun shares his views and outlook on the year ahead with the Edge Financial Daily in this interview. TEFD: What are your expectations for 2012, for your company and your industry?Chia: We expect 2012 to be particularly challenging for the world economy. Malaysia’s economic performance projections are declining, …
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Jan 07
Friday, January 06, 2012Print this Page Govt to Ease Quotas on Live Chicken Sales CHINA – Secretary for Food and Health Dr York Chow plans to relax the daily live chicken quota, and to give local farmers a chance to sell off stocks that built up after a ban was imposed on live chicken sales …
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Jan 05
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a ban on the use of a specific antibiotic class of drugs in livestock. the ban includes certain uses of the cephalosporin class of antimicrobials in cattle, swine, chickens, and turkeys, and becomes effective April 5, 2012. We routinely discuss the dangers of antibiotic misuse and …
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Jan 05
December 16 — Shandong Minhe Animal Husbandry (002234), Shandong Yisheng Livestock and Poultry Breeding (002458), and Liuhe Group, a wholly-controlled subsidiary ofSichuan New Hope Agribusiness (000876) plan to invest 60 million yuan to set up a breeding company in Anhui with Shouguang Tianhui Food, reports yicai.com, citing filings by the three companies. Yisheng Livestock, Minhe …
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Dec 25
USDA | Updated: December 15, 2011 According to the USDA’s latest Livestock, Dairy and Poultry report, U.S. pork exports in October were over 482 million pounds, more than 42 percent above October 2010 shipments. Similar to patterns set early in 2011, 80 percent of October exports went to five countries: Japan (+37.8 percent year-over-year), China …
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