Farmscape for May 23, 2008 (Episode 2853) Manitoba's pork producers are urging those involved in agriculture and their supporters to become directly involved in the debate over the province's plan to ban the construction of new or expanded swine operations

STATE CENTER --- As a fifth-generation farmer, Kelly Biensen faced a hard decision in choosing to tear down his family's old farmhouse in favor of a new home.

Petter Etholm, President of Thomas Equipment, called U.K.'s SED 2008 Show an excellent European showcase for Thomas http://www.thomasloaders.com [Skid Steer] Loaders. (PRWeb May 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb965724.htm

ESS, the leading provider of Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) and Crisis Management software for enterprise sustainability, today announced that it has launched a major global initiative to provide packaged solutions to address five urgent business challenges: Climate Change, Worker

ZIMBABWE should conserve landscape varieties of its major food crops and also integrate biodiversity conservation in the agricultural sector to realise the benefits of dietary diversity and promote food security, the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Cde Francis Nhema, has

GOVERNMENT is currently engaged in talks with Chinese companies over the resuscitation of flood irrigation in the country in a bid to save electricity and make water readily available for farmers, a Cabinet minister has said.

FOOD and clothing retailer Woolworths is looking for an alternative supplier of yoghurt ingredients after it had to recall most of its yoghurt products because they contained gelatine.

GOVERNOR Peter Obi has said in Awka that he does not believe in poverty alleviation, arguing that it was of no use alleviating people's poverty without offering them sustainable means of livelihood.

GOAT meat exports mainly to the Middle East, are threatened by the increased prevalence of diseases, a study has revealed.

GOVERNMENT has divided winter wheat growing areas into clusters for easy allocation of electricity this winter farming season.

Police on Tuesday arrested thirteen board members and inspectors of Abadehemuka Cooperative over alleged irregularities in trading of locally produced foodstuffs.

The just-ended Cabinet retreat has tasked the Office of the Prime Minister to investigate appropriate intervention measures that would mitigate the impact of rising fuel and food prices.

A bloated food bill awaits Kenyan households following a steady rally in prices of key commodities over 2007, a latest economic survey shows.

Local fishermen of southern Africa's coastal states have urged their governments to take immediate and unrestricted action to turn around what they call "the current, disastrous management of fisheries and marine resources" and to protect the rights of traditional fishing

Kenyans should brace themselves for harsh times as the economic boom registered in the last five slows down.

Cabinet has set-up an Inter-Departmental Task Team to conduct an analysis and identify the factors contributing towards high food prices.

Rwanda Animal Resources Development Authority (RARDA) will have distributed cows to at least 600,000 families by 2017. The cows are distributed to poor families under the Government-initiated 'One Cow One Family' project.

More than half the nations of the world in which riots have broken out over food prices are in Africa, says Julius E. Coles, president of Africare, a U.S.-based organization which has been implementing food security programs across Africa for

WAPELLO — Nestled between two flooded rivers, the Iowa and Mississippi, conditions were ideal for Warren Kemper to start planting on May 1.

DAYTON --- A.J. Blair is in a good mood today. "I think we're behind where we normally would be, but we're doing better than most people this spring," Blair says.