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A collective decision has been taken to increase land cultivation in Guyana, Suriname, Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad to grow rice, corn, sorghum and cassava specifically to produce feed for an industry that needs 750,000 tons of produce annually. Caribbean people consume chicken 85 percent of the time over fish, pork and venison. The proposals were tabled at the weekend Caribbean Agricultural Business Forum in Guyana that was aimed at attracting commercial investment in a sector that critics say was neglected in favor of tourism and other services.
Admitting that the days of cheap food and animal feed are about over and stung by skyrocketing prices in the past two years, Caribbean poultry producers have, asked governments and commercial banks to back them in a bid to put 150,000 acres of...
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Joel W. Price, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellant.
Charles L. Harwell, Springdale, Ark., and S. Walton Maurras, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellees.
Before ...
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SECRETARY GUTIERREZ DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE INTERNATIONAL POULTRY AND FEED EXPOSITION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY, AS RELE...
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More Overseas Sales of OCM Global Supplement For Cattle Feed, Poultry Feed, Other Animal Feeds
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Second quarter sales at PharmTech...
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Poultry companies are facing significantly higher production costs in 2007 as corn prices remain at historic levels without much relief in sight.
John...
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DENVER -- Vyta Corp (OTCBB: VYTC) and Justin Holdings, Inc., equal owners of their joint venture, BioAgra, LLC, today announced the completion of a su...
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Who says Congress is incapable of bipartisan agreement? Democrats and Republicans have not only agreed to let the federal tax credit for ethanol expire, but allowed the tariff on imported ethanol to die as well. The tax credit, which went to refiners, cost taxpayers almost $6 billion last year. The tariff kept out cheaper imported ethanol even though the government requires that gasoline contain 10 percent ethanol. Both ended with the start of the new year.
S. ethanol is made from corn. Diverting corn for fuel drove up prices not just for corn, but for animal feed and then food, including meat and poultry. It also caused the cost of corn to rise beyond the reach of some in Third World countries.