Farm Health Planning Can Benefit All Livestock Owners ; Farming
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By Anna Lognonn  THE NFU is backing a move to access extra cash for voluntary Farm Health Planning within the cattle sector.
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A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, poultry and whole grain foods may offer protection against chronic lung disease, a new study suggests.
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By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jun. 13--A program that had its beginnings in Fresno County may enable people across the country to start small farms of their own.
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The agricultural policies of the world's top producing nations are contributing to the increasing problem of obesity in developing nations, a leading researcher said Monday.
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An animal suspected of having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a second round of sophisticated testing, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday after cattle prices soared in expectation of the news.
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Every country in the world must come up with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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Virus expert says government must order vaccination of livestock.
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By Teresa Lewi, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 13--When Helen Tuel left her job as a dental hygienist in the early 1980s, she decided to become a farmer. Instead of raising livestock or growing crops, she decided to try a now-popular alternative called agritourism.
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Health News, Every country in the world must come up urgently with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - Farm workers seem to have an elevated risk of developing a serious lung condition more typically seen in smokers, a study has shown.
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Health chiefs look at how a rare infection caught from farm animals came to affect 28 people in Cheltenham.
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For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products
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Horizon OrganicÂ®  farmer-partner Forrest Stricker is passionate about organic dairy  farming and recently had the opportunity to share his farming practices  with Congressman Joe Pitts (R, PA-16), a member of the House Organic  Caucus.
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The Cumbria Farmer Network has taken over the work of the Rural Futures project.   Since the foot-and-mouth epidemic, Rural Futures has helped farmers gain grants to improve their businesses.
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By Anna Lognonne  Livestock and dairy farmers have been awarded grants totalling more than pounds 1.6m by Defra to prevent cattle diseases and improve cattle health on-farm.
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An animal suspected of having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a second round of sophisticated testing, the US Agriculture
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A DAIRY beef integration seminar will be held at Wendonside this month focusing on increasing profits by using beef genetics over dairy herds.