Livestock News

BACOLOD CITY: Plans of expansion in both the swine and poultry industry in Negros Occidental has been deferred pending a thorough review of the anti-genetically modified organism law that the province of Negros Occidental has recently implemented.

BACOLOD CITY: After months of debate and growing opposition to the anti-GMO ordinance recently implemented in the Province of Negros Occidental, Gov.

Lykes Insurance Inc. named John A. Brabson president and CEO. Brabson has been on the board of Lykes Bros.

John A. Brabson is the new president and chief executive officer of Lykes Insurance Inc.

The head of the largest beef packing company in the world is optimistic about the future of the industry, but urged better cooperation between those who process animals and those who produce them at the 11th annual meeting of the Colorado Livestock Association Friday.

New Delhi: Soyabean futures prices may remain weak over the next few days on higher sowing acreage estimates for the current season on account of better realisation to farmers as compared to other crops.

A pedestrian was killed in Abbeville after being struck by a car over the weekend.

There were no new drilling permit applications filed for Aransas, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces or San Patricio counties.

The economy has affected livestock industries across the country, but for dairy producers the price of milk prices has turned sour.

The front end of a cow carcass was dangling from the ceiling. With a butcher's hook and a boning knife in my hands, I regarded the bright-red expanse of raw meat.

Do Britons want to pay a 10.50 horse tax? The British Horse Society is seeking the views of members on the possibility of a horse tax being imposed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as part of a wider livestock strategy for funding the response for tackling animal disease outbreaks.

It's been no secret that Rosa DeLauro - the Chairman of the House Appropriations Ag Subcommittee - wants a mandatory National Animal Identification System.

Cal-Maine Foods Inc is a shell egg producer, has operations in 29 states, primarily Southern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions in the United States.

Viet Nam's livestock industry aims to produce 5.5 million tonnes of meat, 14 billion eggs and more than 1 million tonnes of milk by 2020, a conference heard yesterday, June 11.

I had King Ranch Chicken at a dinner party recently. Remember that dish? It was the ultimate Tex-Mex casserole in the 1960s; all ages liked it, and it was the first recipe pulled out when company was coming.

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. is seeking a buyer for uSwitch, the United Kingdom's leading online energy price comparison and switching service.

A deforested area in the Amazon in Brazil. In a report timed to coincide with UN talks on climate change, the campaign group said clearance of the Amazon had helped give Brazil the world's largest cattle sector and made it the world's largest exporter of beef.

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A Jim Wells County deputy who chased some illegal immigrants that got away received a decent prize for his efforts.

Published: Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 11:16 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 11:16 p.m. SEBRING A federal cap-and-trade system now being debated in Congress could create a new revenue source worth at least $100 million for farmers and ranchers in Florida and the U.S. That was a rough but conservative estimate from Sandra Kling of ...