For Duck Farms, Dealing With New Limits
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A more aggressive approach by local and state agencies to remedying pollution from duck farms is the latest challenge for the local industry, which is also facing high utility, feed and land costs.
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Financial results were fierce for this agricultural enabler.
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By Chris Casteel, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 23--WASHINGTON -- The nation's cattlemen, concerned about legal action taken in Oklahoma regarding poultry waste, are pushing a House committee to pass a bill that would prevent the regulation of animal manure under federal environmental laws.
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Farmers who provide "bed and breakfast" for wild birds could help reverse the decline in farmland species, experts say.
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By REBECCA BOONE  BOISE, Idaho - A judge on Friday blocked new rules governing how ranchers use 160 million acres of federal land, saying a federal agency had given in to pressure from the livestock industry.
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In 28 years of raising chickens, Virgil Shockley has had his share of worries, from bird disease to pollution. But nothing prepared him for the latest concern sweeping the poultry industry: Local farms could be deemed terrorist targets by the U.S. government.
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A hearing to decide whether to introduce limits for cockling on the Dee Estuary gets under way.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A new international trade ruling could save the bacon of thousands of Canadian swine producers who were accused of illegally subsidizing and then dumping their animals into the United States market.
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A federal judge imposed limits on water flows caused by huge pumps he says were drawing in and destroying a threatened fish.
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The federal government and a nonprofit group are buying the land from local farmers to ensure its biodiversity is preserved. BY LISA J. ADAMS /Associated Press.
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By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 7--The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has singled out two programs in the central San Joaquin Valley for their innovative approaches to farming in a more environmentally friendly way.
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Spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife.
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KOUTS, Ind.  -- The quiet country life can turn into a pressure cooker of stress at harvest time as farmers push themselves to their limits, agricultural experts say...
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The cost of future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth may have to be met by the industry, farmers are being told.
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With record yields forecast, sugar beet growers may have to limit what they harvest.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 18--A proposed federal farm bill could see some local farmers losing their subsidies and others gaining much needed dollars for research, development and marketing.
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Science & environment: A European-wide ruling to increase wheat supply could have a 'devastating effect' on Britain's already threatened farmland birds, RSPB warns.