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Showing posts with label poultry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poultry. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Tyson CEO Speaks Out On Ethanol

The voice for ending ethanol subsidies is getting louder....

Tyson CEO Bond Calls For End To Ethanol Subsidies

CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--The call from the head of Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) for most ethanol subsidies to be swept away promises to re-ignite the food-versus-fuel debate among U.S. agribusiness companies.

Dick Bond, Tyson's president and chief executive, said on an earnings call Monday that Congress should reduce or drop a federal tax subsidy and end import tariffs on sugar-based ethanol.

Tyson has been...(complete article
here).

Monday, November 12, 2007

British Bird Flu Woes

Bird flu continues to raise its ugly head.

Fresh case of bird flu in turkeys

About 5,000 birds are being slaughtered after avian flu was confirmed in turkeys on a Suffolk farm, government officials have announced.

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the H5 strain was found in turkeys near...(complete article here).

Monday, October 22, 2007