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Here are the Archived entries for 3 2010


HSUS backs animal rights measure in Congress
It looks like the issue of animal rights has reached the U.S. Congress. California Representatives Diane Watson (D -Los Angeles)and Elton Gallegly(R- Thousand Oaks) this week introduced the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act to set a higher animal welfare standard for food purchased by the federal government. The bill, H.R. 4733, requires that any food purchased for federal programs comes from animals raised with enough room to stand up, lie down, turn around and stretch their limbs. <more> March 5, 2010 Brownfield Ag News
 
May be the highest milk price we see for a while
A mixed week for the dairy markets. Cash cheese barrels fell 4 cents for the week marking the fifth consecutive week of declines. Blocks dropped 4.25 cents for the week falling below $1.30 for the first time since last September. However, Class III futures seem to be headed in the other direction with the June through December 2010 contracts gaining an average 34 cents on the week. More indication the traders expect cheese to turn around in the not-too-distant future. <more> March 5, 2010 Brownfield Ag News






 
Lawmakers move to restrain EPA on climate change
As climate change legislation stalled in the Senate, the Obama administration noted that it had a workable -- although admittedly unwieldy -- Plan B. If Congress wouldn't cap U.S. emissions, officials said, the Environmental Protection Agency would do it instead. Now, even Plan B may be in trouble. On Thursday, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) introduced a bill that would put a two-year freeze on the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants. His was the latest of various congressional proposals -- from both chambers and both parties -- designed to delay or overturn the EPA's regulations. <more> March 5, 2010 Washington Post
 
Feed Company Violated BSE Controls
A provider of animal feed to nine states is violating federal regulations that prohibit animal proteins in ruminant feed to control the spread of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The prohibitions were put in place to prevent BSE, or Mad Cow Disease. The animal feed manufacturer involved is Rangen Inc., which provides animal feed for dairy and beef cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, pets, and horses from Buhl, Idaho.  The privately held, family-owned business distributes feed products to Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Washington, California, and Oregon. <more> March 5, 2010 Food Safety News




 
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