The National Farmers Union has produced a report, aimed at encouraging young people who are about to leave school and start on the first step of their career ladder, to look at the wealth of opportunities available working in agriculture. You have to if you want to make a success of livestock farming. They can be a challenge, it s true, especially in the winter when the snow is falling on the hills, but I love the way that everything changes with the seasons breeding, finishing, marketing....

The organization describes them as a peer-selected group that has demonstrated involvement in, participation in and support of GSAE and the association community in Georgia. GSAE is the second oldest society of association executives in the country. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission. Abit Massey ATLANTA - Abit Massey of Gainesville is among 90 state association professionals named "movers and shakers" this year by the Georgia...

New fowlpox vaccine to be commercialised Monday, 29 October 2007 A new vaccine developed by CSIRO Livestock Industries to help control the common poultry disease, fowlpox, has been registered for commercial use by animal health company, Intervet Australia. New fowlpox vaccine to be commercialised Monday, 29 October 2007 A new vaccine developed by CSIRO Livestock Industries to help control the common poultry disease, fowlpox, has been registered for commercial use by animal health company,...

Last year it was avian influenza. Last week, as people watched CNN in fear, The News-Post got anonymous phone calls ratting out some poor kid who may or may not have been sent home from school with an infection. If you're still worried about what your little ones will pick up in the classroom -- and it will be a wide variety of grossness -- Frederick County Public Schools has a television show about avoiding communicable diseases. This year we're ready to press the panic button on MRSA --...

WASHINGTON Small meat plants that operate under state inspection programs might soon be allowed to market their products across state lines for the first time. Carly Tucker Foreman of the Consumer Federation of America said the Senate Agriculture Committee compromise safeguards public health by requiring small meat plants to meet all federal inspection requirements before shipping their products in interstate commerce. The provision, included Tuesday in the Senate s proposed farm bill, is...