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American Agriculture Gets Super Bowl Boost
ANALYSIS - All of American agriculture has been a buzz about the third-most viewed TV commercial that aired during the 2013 Super Bowl football game - Dodge Ram's tribute to American agriculture depicting the 24-hour-a-day job that is farming, writes Sarah Mikesell, TheCropSite senior editor.
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Dairy Industry Posts 12% Growth in 2012
PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture will continue providing support to sustain the increased production of fresh milk, which last year grew by 12 per cent.
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United Dairy Farmers Targets Milk Price
AUSTRALIA - Milk pricing will be top of the agenda at this yearâs United Dairyfarmers of Victoriaâs conference on March 5-6.
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Insurance Coverage Available to Farmers, Fishers in N Samar
PHILIPPINES - More or less 5,000 farmers and fishermen could make use of of the insurance coverage offered by the provincial government of Northern Samar.
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NFU Reacts to EU Budget Deal
UK - The cut to the EUâs long term budget for 2014-20 agreed by the Heads of Government for the first time in history will mean the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will also be reduced.
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Forage Focus: Fertilizing Pastures in the Spring
US - While spring pasture fertilsing can provide the boost grasslands need, Jeff McCutcheon, of Morrow County University, advises to analyse applications closely due to the dangers of fast growth and 'luxury consumption' in grass.
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FAO Examines Children's Work in Livestock Sector
GLOBAL - FAO has published a report entitled 'Children's Work in Livestock Sector: Herding and Beyond', which highlights the number of under 18s working in farming across the world and the consequences for their health and education.
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Towards Global Feed LCA Guidelines
EU - The European Feed Manufacturer's Association (FEFAC) and AFIA are joining forces to harmonize the methodology for environmental footprinting of compound feed and to publish the first Feed LCA recommendations in 2013.
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CME: Negative Reaction to WASDE Report
US - Though the estimates in USDAâs February World Agricultural
Supply and Demand Estimates represented relatively
small changes versus previous releases and did not differ dramatically
from analystsâ pre-report estimates, sensitive grain markets
reacted quite negatively on Friday â and some of the changes
were actually bullish, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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Less Favoured Areas in the Spotlight After 40 Years
UK - The NFU has urged farmers to take part in a new Government consultation on the way Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) are designated, or risk having their land classified incorrectly.
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