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  • VIDEO Badger cull will go ahead NFU says

    NFU president Adam Quinney is "very confident" the pilot badger culls will go ahead this summer as planned in west Gloucestershire and west ...

  • USDA Announces Conservation Reserve Program Sign-Up

    WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 - Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today reminded farmers and ranchers that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up beginning May 20 and ending on June 14. Vilsack also announced the restart of sign-up for continuous CRP, including the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, State Acres ...

  • Bomb Worries Put Brakes on Indiana Fertilizer Plant

    Indiana Governor Mike Pence has pulled his support of a plan by a Pakistani company to build a fertilizer plant after the Pentagon raised concerns that its products were being used to make bombs.Pence said he withdrew state incentives for the project near the Illinois border because the Defense Department said it needs more time to evaluate whether the Lahore-based Fatima Group has created a ...

  • Farmer opens doors to show bovine TB damage

    A Gloucestershire beef farmer opened his doors to councillors to show them the devastating impact bovine TB is having on his farm and argue the case for a badger cull in the ...

  • Sleep more easily with a full fungicide focus

    With the all-important flag leaf about to emerge in winter wheat crops, the focus will be on keeping it disease-free to boost yields. David Jones looks at the fungicide strategies of two wheat growers in Nottinghamshire and ...


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The Scorpion King [DVD]

The Scorpion King [DVD]

One of the most important rules of the modern movie marketplace is that, to be truly successful, a movie must be able to continue life in sequels and spin-offs. Stephen Sommers' The Mummy (1999), a very loose action-adventure remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic, has proved to be exactly that, having spun off a sequel, 2001's The Mummy Returns, which grossed more than its predec ... ...

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  • Late Spring Record-Low Stocks Threaten Hay Supplies

    Record-low hay acreage, winterkill, and a delayed growing season are creating concern about how high alfalfa prices will need to climb to ration supplies and whether animal numbers will need to be reduced further.As of May 1, on-farm hay stocks of 14.16 million tons fell to levels not seen since recordkeeping began, according to USDA’s Crop Production report released late last week.Current ...

  • Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy New Global Contract Needed to Re-Assert Basic Rights Protect Environment

    WTO Doha Collapse Requires a New Direction in Multilateralism MINNEAPOLIS - August 6 - Global institutions enforcing trade and finance rules have overridden fundamental human rights, stalled international development and harmed the environment, finds three new papers released today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. A new system is badly ...

  • Storm Nock-Ten claims over 400000 USD worth of Philippine crops

    Tropical storm Nock-Ten (local name: Juaning) damaged 17.17 million pesos (about 407,664 U.S. dollars) worth of Philippine crops, according to initial report filed Thursday by the agriculture department.Nock-Ten, which triggered flash floods, destroyed 2,977 hectares of farmland planted with rice, damaging 10.83 million pesos (257,183 U.S. dollars) worth of unmilled rice.A total of 612 metric ...

  • Brunei Free From H7N9 Bird Flu Says Department Of Agriculture And Agrifood

    View Comments Bandar Seri Begawan - Following the H7N9 outbreak that has occurred in China, Brunei's Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources said it will continue to implement monitoring work at poultry farms in the country. To date, Brunei remains free from the H7N9 infection and in an effort to keep this country free from bird flu, the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, Ministry ...

  • Agriculture minister to introduce new citrus tree

    Hussein Hajj Hasan announced Sunday a comprehensive plan to introduce a new kind of citrus tree in a bid to improve productivity. During a gathering with farmers in Tyre, Hajj Hasan acknowledged that "citrus production suffers from immense negligence in addition to numerous other problems." He added: "In the long run, we have a plan to replace the current saplings and introduce ...

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