Organizers say the event is aimed at highlighting efforts by the poultry industry to curb nutrient runoff, alternate uses for poultry litter, and legal, legislative, and regulatory methods for reducing the amount of nutrients escaping from poultry litter into bay tributaries. The Waterkeeper Alliance, the sponsor of the event, points to agricultural runoff, most of which comes from poultry litter from Eastern Shore operations, as the primary source of pollution in the bay. Organizers say...

Today's markets Highs and lows Mutual fund finder Oct 25, 2007 02:47 PM Romina Maurino THE CANADIAN PRESS Maple Leaf Foods inc. (TSX: MFI) posted a big third-quarter profit Thursday as the recent sale of its livestock-feed business helped offset pressure from rising grain prices and a strong loonie. Today's markets Highs and lows Mutual fund finder Oct 25, 2007 02:47 PM Romina Maurino THE CANADIAN PRESS Maple Leaf Foods inc. (TSX: MFI) posted a big third-quarter profit Thursday as the...

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The company says it is exploring second-generation biofuel feed stocks and processes that have the potential to reduce greenhouse gases through their entire lifecycle. Though some of the particulates are created naturally by forest fires, volcanic activity, and methane release, the burning of hydrocarbons in modern engines has been cited as a large contributor to these greenhouse gases. In order to tackle the issue of greenhouse emissions and also look into fossil fuel alternatives,...

He was interested primarily in hogs and chickens and the difficulties facing farmers at a distance from major processing plants in the search for profitable returns. He became a frequent writer of letters to the editor and opinion articles to this newspaper and others and frequently appeared in public forums to speak about farm policy. In recent years, he was an outspoken critic of the trend toward large-scale hog production and the strong influence of central Canada's dominant hog packing...