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  • September 2008

    • Pigs Savaged in PETA Farm Video

      Associated Press  |  Sep 17, 08 7:59 AM CDT

      Pigs Savaged in PETA Farm Video

      (Newser) - Undercover investigators for the anti-cruelty organization PETA have filmed shocking cruelty to pigs at an Iowa farm, AP reports. Pigs are seen being beaten with metal rods while a supervisor brags of jamming rods in sows' anuses. Unhealthy piglets are slammed against the floor and left to die writhing in a heap. The animal rights group is seeking the prosecution of 18 workers. More »

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      Iowa  • animal cruelty  • PETA  • livestock  • farm  • pig  • Hormel Foods Corp.

  • August 2008
  • July 2008

    • Farm Boy Mulls What's Good for Goose, Gander

      New York Times  |  Jul 31, 08 9:21 AM CDT

      Farm Boy Mulls What's Good for Goose, Gander

      (Newser) - Californians go to the polls in November with a high-profile ballot initiative to decide: whether to ban factory farms from raising livestock in small cages. For Nicholas D. Kristof, it's an apt moment to consider our transforming attitudes toward animal welfare. The Oregon farm boy turned New York Times columnist is a carnivore, but one who recognizes that "every hamburger patty has a back story." More »

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      animal cruelty  • animal rights  • meat  • farm  • cage free

    • Corn Prices Leave Catfish Farmers Gasping

      New York Times  |  Jul 18, 08 2:14 AM CDT

      Corn Prices Leave Catfish Farmers Gasping

      (Newser) - The soaring price of corn and soybeans is moving up the food chain and drying up the South's catfish farming industry, reports the New York Times . Farmers are draining their ponds as the cost of feeding the fish becomes prohibitive. In the Mississippi Delta, heartland of the relatively new industry, thousands of much-needed jobs are disappearing. More »

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      farming  • Mississippi  • fish  • commodities  • corn  • farm  • soybeans  • aquaculture

    • Forget the Farmers Market: Buy the Farm

      New York Times  |  Jul 10, 08 3:45 AM CDT

      Forget the Farmers Market: Buy the Farm

      (Newser) - Consumers wanting food straight from the source are buying up shares of farms in growing numbers, the New York Times reports. For a set annual fee, shareholders buy access to the land and a guaranteed share of the harvest income. The number of community-supported farms in America has mushroomed from 100 in the early '90s to almost 1,500 today. More »

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      agriculture  • farming  • farmer  • crops  • organic food  • farm

  • June 2008

    • Grain Prices Surge With Midwest Floods

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 14, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      Grain Prices Surge With Midwest Floods

      (Newser) - The floods inundating the Midwest are pushing grain prices to new highs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Corn prices jumped 10% to a record high last week as farmland flooded. The domino effects will hit the ethanol industry, hog farmers, and even owners of catfish ponds who rely on corn to feed the fish. Food prices are now forecast to keep climbing for years. More »

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      Iowa  • flood  • flooding  • ethanol  • commodities  • Midwest  • corn  • crops  • farm  • grain  • farmland

    • Diesel Thieves Plague Farmers

      CNN  |  Jun 6, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Diesel Thieves Plague Farmers

      (Newser) - With oil prices stuck in triple digits, any form of gas is becoming precious booty for thieves, CNN reports. The latest targets: farmers running diesel-fueled irrigation pumps. Fuel tanks, often sitting unguarded in fields, can be a quick score of around 250 gallons in the middle of the night. In Kern County, California, alone the sheriff estimates that $300,000 worth of diesel was stolen in the past 3 months. More »

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      gas prices  • oil price  • oil  • farmer  • theft  • diesel  • farm  • thief

  • May 2008

    • 'Big Dry' Killing Aussie Farms

      BBC  |  May 2, 08 8:33 AM CDT

      'Big Dry' Killing Aussie Farms

      (Newser) - The worst drought in a century has forced a tenth of Australian farmers off the land, reports the BBC. The "Big Dry" has led to parched farmland across the nation over the last seven years, accelerating the exodus from rural areas. The number of farming families in Australia has dropped by a third over the last 20 years. More »

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      Australia  • farming  • farmer  • drought  • food shortage  • wheat  • farm

  • September 2007

    • Case of Bluetongue Has UK Farmers on High Alert

      BBC  |  Sep 23, 07 9:26 AM CDT

      Case of Bluetongue Has UK Farmers on High Alert

      (Newser) - The discovery of bluetongue—an insect-borne illness that has killed livestock throughout Europe—in a cow on a rare breed farm in Britain yesterday was devastating news to a cattle industry already staggering from waves of foot-and-mouth outbreaks.Tests are underway to determine if England's first case had spread to any other animals, reports the BBC. More »

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      Great Britain  • farmer  • cows  • farm  • goats  • bluetongue  • sheep

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