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Animal ag demand adds up for U.S. soy
As Three Dog Night once sang, “One is the loneliest number,” and right now it may seem lonely at the top of the list of our soy customers. U.S. poultry, livestock and fish farmers, who stand alone as our biggest customer, are currently faced with a time...Tags: Chicago Board of Trade
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2012 Graw Days hosts authors for Speaker Series and Mini-Museum for history buffs
The 1904 vintage National Bank building will be transformed Oct. 13 into the Graw Days' History @ the Bank. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., The Bank will have an array of horse racing artifacts, prints, racing silks and artwork. In addition, the Graw Days...Tags: War of 1812, Hospitals and Clinics, Gulfstream Park, Festive Events, Authors
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Brown County: Barn, semi destroyed in blaze
A barn and a semi were destroyed by a fire Wednesday night on a farm northwest of Groton. When firefighters arrived to the scene about 11 p.m. the barn and semi were already engulfed in flames, Dion Bahr, chief of the Groton Fire Department said. A...Tags: Groton, Fires, Highway Transportation
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Captive deer from New Oxford tests positive for Chronic Wasting Disease
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today confirmed the first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state on a deer farm in Adams County. The disease is fatal in deer, elk and moose, but there is no evidence that CWD can be...
Tags: York County (Virginia), Vaccines, York (York, Pennsylvania), Health Organizations, Symptoms
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Poultry pollution suit goes to trial
A dispute that started three years ago when environmentalists accused an Eastern Shore chicken farm and one of the nation's largest poultry companies of polluting a stream that ultimately flows to the Chesapeake Bay comes to a head Tuesday in a...
Tags: Judges, Ocean City, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Wicomico County
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Young American: Sabrina Beal
Daily American Staff WriterSabrina Beal loves showing livestock at competitions across the state. But it is interaction with humans, she said, that really makes these events worth doing. "Just the friendships that you make (and) how it has shaped me as a person," the 17-year-...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Somerset County (Maryland), Morehead State University, West Virginia University, Human Interest
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Class Acts: Megan Grant from Terry High School
KIAHSome children may not take to animals, but that certainly wasn't the case for Megan Grant. Our Class Acts of the Week has been showcasing animals at the Fort Bend County Fair since she was 8 years old. Megan says, "I started in junior FFA with... -
Western 4-H Family & Consumer Science Show celebrates 50 years
Brookings - As a 4-H member LaDonna McKnight competed in events at the Western 4-H Family and Consumer Science Show and Livestock Show each year. She says Western Jr. was one of the many 4-H experiences which provided her a skill set she implements to...Tags: Ceremonies, Fair Grounds Corporation, Consumers, Human Interest, Culture
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Boniface family deals with death, looks ahead for Maryland Million Day
The Boniface family of Bonita Farm in Darlington has been through a lot this year. Benjamin Boniface, 20, died when he lost control of his pickup truck on the private farm lane early one morning in June after "he failed to negotiate a curve," according...
Tags: Equestrian, Horse and Harness Racing, Laurel Park, Sports, Preakness Stakes
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Race Track Chaplaincy of America ministers to Eastern Panhandle horse-racing industry
richardb@herald-mail.comA horse show in Inwood, W.Va., next week is one of two major annual fundraisers needed to keep the word of God spreading among the 1,000 or so “backstretch” workers at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. The money augments the $100,000...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Mining
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Pig farmers are guilty of cruelty to animals
I strongly object to letter writer Rick Berman's views regarding the "humane" treatment of pregnant pigs ("Pregnant pigs treated humanely," Sept. 22). No reasonable person objects to pregnant pigs being kept in separate pens, but you don't need to be a...Tags: Marquis de Sade, Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry
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Equine nutrition: Digestive system limitations
Horses are non-ruminant herbivores (hind-gut fermentors). Their small stomach only has a capacity of 2 to 4 gallons for an average-sized 1000 lb. horse. This limits the amount of feed a horse can take in at one time. Equids have evolved as grazers that...Tags: Dental Health, Dentistry and Dental Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Horse (animal), Allergies
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