EuropePig Pen Visual Imaging will quickly pay for itselfVisual imaging in pig...
Europe
Pig Pen Visual Imaging will quickly pay for itself
Visual imaging in pig pens may cost several thousand pounds but as 20 percent of pigs going into abattoirs are outside their targeted weight bands it will pay for itself in just a few months.
Americas
Bartering trumps futures markets on Brazilian farms
Brazil's Agriculture Minister Luis Carlos Guedes Pinto on Wednesday called for changes in the way rural Brazil conducts business, but a 15-year-old bartering system appears here to stay.
United States
Former USDA leaders lay out farm bill ideas
Members of the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, convened a hearing Thursday to review federal farm policy with three former Secretaries of Agriculture.
No plans to end rule on older Canadian cattle: USDA
The United States has no plans to permanently scrap a rule that would allow the import of older cattle from Canada after an Alberta cow was found to have contracted mad cow disease from contaminated feed, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said on Wednesday.
Europe
Pig Pen Visual Imaging will quickly pay for itself
Visual imaging in pig pens may cost several thousand pounds but as 20 percent of pigs going into abattoirs are outside their targeted weight bands it will pay for itself in just a few months.
Americas
Bartering trumps futures markets on Brazilian farms
Brazil's Agriculture Minister Luis Carlos Guedes Pinto on Wednesday called for changes in the way rural Brazil conducts business, but a 15-year-old bartering system appears here to stay.
United States
Former USDA leaders lay out farm bill ideas
Members of the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, convened a hearing Thursday to review federal farm policy with three former Secretaries of Agriculture.
No plans to end rule on older Canadian cattle: USDA
The United States has no plans to permanently scrap a rule that would allow the import of older cattle from Canada after an Alberta cow was found to have contracted mad cow disease from contaminated feed, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said on Wednesday.