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Ready To Call It An AgNite

Cindy and I were so impressed with AgNite that we just had to talk about it on this week’s ZimmCast. Let’s face it. Get over 5,000 people together and have the whole thing hosted by ag companies and organizations that don’t always see eye to eye and I’d say you’ve acc... (original story)

MOSES is Organic

MOSES is the Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service. At the Farm Progress Show, their outreach coordinator, Harriet Behar, visited the media tent. One of the first things I asked her was just what “organic” means. She says it’s a sustainable method of farming that u... (original story)

Eat More Meat and Heat Things Up

I was wondering if there would be anything to post late on a Sunday and the animal rights activist wackos provided some fodder. Okay, to start with, there are still some people claiming something called global warming. Yeah, right. Tell that to all the farmers who haven’t received enough he... (original story)

Truck stoppage hurts cattle industry

Meat and Livestock Australia says last month's truck strike hurt Australia's beef exports, particularly in Queensland where the stopwork was widespread. (original story)

Pachauri's at it again - shun meat, he says

People should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist. (original story)

Great Basin Ranch: Wrangling Over Water

When the branding begins, Brandon Humphries is on horseback, his lasso turning slow loops in the air above a herd of nervous calves. (original story)

Tannery gets tail end of beef shortage

Inside the Tanners Limited factory on Spanish Town Road, Kingston.- photo by Susan Gordon Tanners Limited, a four-decade old tannery on Spanish Town Road in Kingston, and the only one in the Caribbean, was ... (original story)

Five Cartoon Characters with the Highest Carbon Footprint

The Smurfs Carbon Footprint: 1.130 tonnes of CO2 (per average Smurf) Even though the Smurfs were good friends with Mother Nature, these little blue pests were no friends of their environment. Having clearcut all the smurfberries in their Belgian forest to extinction, it's clear their population go... (original story)

Cattle producers win nod for class action

An Ontario Superior Court judge has given Canadian cattle producers the green light to sue the government as a group to recover financial losses suffered in the aftermath of the May 2003 discovery of BSE. (original story)

Montana Loses Disease-free Status for Cattle

Brucellosis, which can cause female cattle to abort their young, has been found twice in Montana in the last two years near Yellowstone National Park. (original story)

Oregon rancher trades boots with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service senior leader

Stacy Davies, ranch manager of Roaring Springs Ranch in Frenchglen, Ore., spent a week during mid-August in Washington, D.C., working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the "Walk a Mile in My ... (original story)

Cattle producers have been told they can sue the federal government over their BSE-related losses.

An Ontario Superior Court judge has given Canadian cattle producers the green light to sue the government as a group to recover financial losses suffered in the aftermath of the mad-cow crisis in May 2003. (original story)

New Holland Says Size Matters

At last week’s Farm Progress Show (yes, I know, but I’m getting caught up) I met Jim Moellenberndt, New Holland Business Manager, Cash Crops. He was proudly displaying the “largest combine in North America” because “Size Matters.” He’s standing next to a 90... (original story)

iCORN.com Video Contest

An “almost anything goes” video contest for a seed corn company sounds very cutting edge doesn’t it? That’s what iCORN.com is doing. iCORN.com has launched a new $30,000 video contest as a way to help students pay for college and to show appreciation to its customers. The... (original story)

AgNite Got Cheesy

AgNite at the RNC was all about showcasing American food and agriculture. One of the most interesting displays included 3 large blocks of cheese. These were donated by Associated Milk Producers Incorporated. They’re not something you’d have room in your refrigerator for since each bloc... (original story)





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