A Letter From the National FFA Volunteer Committee
[Saturday, September 15, 2007]
Dear Friends,
Indianapolis and Indiana are pleased to welcome the National FFA Convention back to Indianapolis for the second year. October 22-27, 2007 will be exciting days as the ‘Blue Jackets’ converge on the Capital of our great state.
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Ag Census Web Site Goes Live
[Saturday, September 15, 2007]
Information on the 2007 Census of Agriculture is now only one click away at http://www.agcensus.usda.gov. The new Web site is a clearinghouse created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to provide farmers, ranchers and the rest of the agricultural community with the latest news and information about the upcoming census.
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LRP-Lamb Goes On Sale Monday
[Saturday, September 15, 2007]
Monday, Sept. 17, marks the first day producers and feeders can purchase the newly released Livestock Risk Protection-Lamb (LRP-Lamb) insurance product. LRP-Lamb is designed to insure against unexpected declines in market prices of slaughter lambs.
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USDA Harmonized Cattle Trade with Canada
[Saturday, September 15, 2007]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced that it will expand the list of allowable imports from countries recognized as presenting a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) into the United States. Currently, Canada is the only minimal-risk country designated by the United States.
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Second Outbreak of FMD in the UK
[Saturday, September 15, 2007]
British authorities Wednesday confirmed a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in Surrey and have restricted animal movement, including cattle, sheep and pigs.
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Volunteers Needed for National FFA Convention in Indy
[Sunday, September 09, 2007]
The National FFA Convention is right around the corner. Indianapolis will be hosting this great event for the 2nd year on October 24-27, 2007. The success of this great convention lies in the hard work of many, many volunteers. It take many judges, coordinators, and hospitality teams to help these 55,000 students from across the US feel welcome in Indianapolis and our great state of Indiana. Many of you were once FFA members and can remember your conventions in Kansas City or Louisville.
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Purdue launches CAFO Web site to aid decision makers
[Sunday, September 09, 2007]
A new Web site featuring scientific information about concentrated animal feeding operations was developed by Purdue University to help people who make decisions about CAFOs.
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BOAH Names New Meat and Poultry Director
[Sunday, September 09, 2007]
INDIANAPOLIS (7 September 2007)¯Indiana State Veterinarian Bret D. Marsh, DVM, announced today the appointment of James R. Scott, DVM as Director of the Meat and Poultry Inspection Division of the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH).
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Nutritional Rating System Impacts Meat Sales
[Sunday, September 09, 2007]
Consumer selection of foods offering more nutrition for the calories are outpacing selection of those that do not in many aisles of Hannaford Supermarkets, a regional retailer. In some cases three to four times faster. So reveals data one year since the company launched Guiding Stars, a storewide system the company created to help shoppers make more informed nutritional choices.
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More Producer Participation Needed in FMD Simulation
[Sunday, September 09, 2007]
In the wake of the recent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the United Kingdom, researchers at the Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance (CADMS) at the University of California Davis are calling upon livestock producers to participate in an online survey. The goal of the survey is to collect information for a computer simulation model that will help predict how FMD would spread in the United States and identify the best control strategies for containment.
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