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3. ACROSS BORDERS – Cutting the New Zealand dairy herd
4. Greening the desert
4. Problems in Rwanda cattle industry
4. Fewer deaths but greater costs of catastrophic events in 2011
5. More drought in East Africa
6. Uzbek teachers get paid with chickens
6. EU to slash beef export subsidies
6. Monsanto taken to court over farm chemicals
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS – Garth Brooks performing at Calgary Stampede
7. Patti Miller to lead Canola Council of Canada
8. Standardbred farms hold Open House
8. New Young Farmer Loan to help next generation of producers
8. FCC reports rise in farmland values
9. CCIA announces 2012 Board of Directors
9. New directors join Investment Agriculture Foundation
10. BEES – Southern hemisphere bees augment Canadian supplies
11. COMPETITIONS & AWARDS – Beef producers, retailers named Ontario’s 2012 OYF winners!
11. OYF Calendar
12. Canadian National College Finals Rodeo results
12. Manitoba announces 2011 Excellence in Sustainability winners
13. 2011 National Fairs Awards
13. Saskatchewan OYF finalists compete for 2012 crown
14. Don’t be a chicken: Ag Minister extends a tasty challenge
14. Wilson Loree Award 2012
14. Capturing Opportunities Awards
15. ENERGY – $7.6 M carbon tax relief supports BC’s greenhouse jobs
15. Irish sea turbines to Washington state
16. EVENTS – 66th Cloverdale Rodeo goes May long weekend in Surrey BC
17. Fairs, Exhibitions & Farm Shows
18. The Amazing Agriculture Adventure
18. JobFest ready to hit the road
19. FARM ANIMAL CARE – Dealing with animal cruelty concerns
20. FARM ANIMAL HEALTH – Report sparks antibiotic-use debate in UK
20. US researchers find banned antibiotic in feather meal
21. FARM SAFETY – $100,000 from FCC AgSafety Fund awarded
22. Get hitched safely
23. FOOD – Difficulties tying food and health together in a food strategy
24. Canadian company sole inulin producer
24. Microbiologist who coined ‘pink slime’ talks labeling
24. Instead of greenhouses
25. Olympic Gold Medalist anchors PEI marketing initiative
25. Faux food!
26. RESEARCH – New antibiotics are ‘natural’ products
27. CCIA releases auction market research Phase Two-B results
27. Genetic marker identifies PRRS-susceptible pigs
27. Carcass lesions predict Salmonella contamination
