Topic: Animal Production
Cattle battle: NZealand has more cows than kiwis
AP News
Moo-ve over! Cows now outnumber humans in sheep-deprived New ZealandNew Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows. A record 5.8 million dairy cattle were counted in the year ended June 2009, Statistics New ...
China to levy anti-dumping duties on U.S. chicken
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will levy heavy anti-dumping duties on U.S. chicken products, its Commerce Ministry said on Friday, a move likely to aggravate trade relations and antagonize one of the few U.S. industries that profitably exports to China. The ministry's initial investigation showed that U.S. companies ...
Tainted milk shows China's food safety challenges
AP News
Tainted milk resurfaces in China, pointing to perennial food safety challenges: expertsThe resurfacing of tainted milk products in China highlights the challenges of policing the food supply in a country where close ties between local authorities and companies hamper regulation while producers are undertrained, experts said Thursday. The problems have ...
Civil trial over hog odors opens in Kansas City
AP News
Hog producer's attorney tells jurors that smells are part of rural life as civil trial startsFourteen rural northwest Missouri residents who received $100,000 apiece in a 1999 lawsuit against a major hog producer have asked a Jackson County jury to give them more money for what they say ...
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