I, along with most in the industry, do not want government help, but something must be done to save the state's loggers. Every week, it seems I hear of another logger going out of business after battling high fuel costs, high insurance costs, high equipment costs, weather and unstable markets. Let's work together to protect our logging industry. If it rains, they can't work; if it's dry, mills fill up and they can only work part time; wild swings in prices make it difficult to plan; and...

Nearly 1,300 out of flocks of 3,800 ducks raised by three households in Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An, were found dead on May 9, the official from the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on condition of anonymity, adding that samples from dead poultry were tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5. Nearly 1,300 out of flocks of 3,800 ducks raised by three households in Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An, were found dead on May 9, the...

But as global health leaders struggle to ensure pandemic vaccines won't just be a tool for wealthy countries, influenza scientists admit they face an enormous conundrum, one that could stand in the way of efforts to transform vaccine for the few into vaccine for the many. But as global health leaders struggle to ensure pandemic vaccines won't just be a tool for wealthy countries, influenza scientists admit they face an enormous conundrum, one that could stand in the way of efforts to...

Brand new JSE listing Country Bird Holdings chief executive Kevin James is on the line to Classic Business Day about how their first day went LINDSAY WILLIAMS: Integrated poultry and stock feed business operation Country Bird Holdings consists of Supreme Poultry, Nutri Feeds and poultry breeding operations Ross Africa. Brand new JSE listing Country Bird Holdings chief executive Kevin James is on the line to Classic Business Day about how their first day went LINDSAY WILLIAMS: Integrated...

According to the SCCBF spokesman, attempts to combat bird flu in Egypt have been severely hampered by the continued practice of raising poultry domestically in rural areas. Thirty-four cases of bird flu in humans have been reported in Egypt since February 2006 of which 20 made a full recovery. Al-Ahram Weekly was among an Egyptian delegation, headed by Abdel-Rahman Shaheen, official spokesman at the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), invited by the US State Department for a one week...