Nii Deseret Morning News The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced Wednesday that, as a precautionary measure, hogs at three northern Utah farms have been placed under a "hold order," while tests proceed to determine whether they ingested tainted feed. Nii Deseret Morning News The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced Wednesday that, as a precautionary measure, hogs at three northern Utah farms have been placed under a "hold order," while tests proceed to determine...

The pet food recall again expanded and now dog and cat owners are being urged to keep an eye on their pets and to remain diligent and look for symptoms of their pets being poisoned by the tainted pet food. A release from the group said, "Given the current situation and until this crisis is resolved, the ASPCA is recommending pets be fed products containing US - sourced protein supplements only. The expansion that was announced on Tuesday now brings the number over 100 of brands recalled...

Both shelters depend on donations to operate and said they need pet food donations so they don't have to keep dipping into their funds to buy pet food. Both shelters have been devastated by having to toss out pet food as a result of the recall. The federal agency now is investigating the recall, which started in the middle of March. Just enter your name and other important information and get a handful of approval values and rates in return. This material may not be published, broadcast,...

The breakthrough discovery enables scientists to determine whether pet food has been contaminated in a matter of minutes a process which currently takes several hours or longer. Researchers at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, have developed a new method of fine-tuning a mass spectrometer to rapidly identify foreign substances in pet food. The idea to use the method came after Vail learned that some of the cans of pet food she recently had purchased for her own dogs were...

The distiller's grain, a by-product of ethanol production intended for use as animal feed, does not work with all livestock such as poultry and pigs, Hutson said. Livestock producers may take a beating if feed prices continue to climb. Lyons, who is an investor in the plant, said he usually grows 600 acres of soybeans and 600 acres of corn on his farm each year, rotating the fields in which the crops are grown. April 8, 2007 By Carrie Napoleon Post-Tribune correspondent While higher per...

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Adding the chemical to food is illegal under American law, and while no laws govern the use of melamine in China, the government last week said it was banning its application in food products. There is no evidence that any of the two contaminated batches of wheat gluten and rice protein from China ended up as an ingredient in human food, "but it's prudent to look," said David Acheson, assistant FDA commissioner for food protection. The scandal concerns the use of the mildly toxic chemical...

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The new growth should be protected carefully as the freeze injury set-back the alfalfa. These insects can injure the root system and growing points and cause the inside of the whorl to die or the complete plants. Alfalfa should be scouted for alfalfa weevil, variegated cutworm and potato leaf-hopper. Be sure to monitor wheat for diseases and the impact of freeze injury. Injured wheat may be used as forage if potential yields are not acceptable. These insects will move the first emerging...