Ord to host carbon credit, wind power meeting ORD Nebraska Farmers Union (NEFU) is teaming up with the Loup Basin Resource, Conservation, and Development Center (RC&D) to inform farmers and ranchers about the financial opportunities of Carbon Sequestration and Community Owned Wind Energy. Ord to host carbon credit, wind power meeting ORD Nebraska Farmers Union (NEFU) is teaming up with the Loup Basin Resource, Conservation, and Development Center (RC&D) to inform farmers and ranchers about...

Friday, June 29, 2007 By Sara Burgin It's mid-December and 35 to 45 percent of students at each Plymouth County school are absent due to illness and ten percent of law enforcement, health care and other emergency personnel are absent from work due to illness or caring for ill family members. Friday, June 29, 2007 By Sara Burgin It's mid-December and 35 to 45 percent of students at each Plymouth County school are absent due to illness and ten percent of law enforcement, health care and...

Gary Leong, one of Canada's top health supplement experts, had a graphic demonstration of lax Chinese oversight of its food business on a factory inspection. Around 100 people died in Panama last year after taking cough syrup contaminated with diethylene glycol, a sweet-tasting poison used in antifreeze and brake fluid, from China. He frets that many Chinese companies have "a total disregard" for safety standards and view customers "as someone you make money off, not someone with whom you...

There is a 60-team limit for the hog wrestling with both men s and women s divisions competing for prize money. Sponsor fees are $30 and a contestant wristband fee is $5 which allows entry to the day, plus evening events. If you also wish us to consider publishing your comments in our newspaper and on our Web site, please fill out the required fields below. Activities begin with gates open at noon on Saturday, a parade of costumes at 1:30 p. All weekend there will be children s games and...

Cuba does not and will never recognize the spurious mandate of the so-called Personal Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, an aberration invented and institutionalized by the United States with the aim of stepping up its campaigne of lies and propagandist manipulation against the Cuban people. Cuba does not and will never recognize the spurious mandate of the so-called Personal Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, an aberration invented and...

African swine fever, a contagious viral disease in pigs, is widespread across Georgia, a U. Controlling animal movement and slaughtering infected pigs is the only way to prevent the disease from spreading to healthy animals, wildlife and even local ticks, the agency said. According to the agency, neighboring countries have not reported outbreaks, but nations that share borders with Georgia should be on the alert. food agency said Tuesday, urging a national campaign to control the movement...

During six daily competitions, the Swifty Swine pigs don colorful jerseys to compete for more than just the title of the fastest oinker in the bunch. For years, Schurdell said, the pig races have been a family tradition, one so important that her daughter Trinity, 7, couldn't wait for the race to start. For each competition Saturday, the crowd was divided into four sections, so that each section could root on a specific pig as it raced around the sawdust track and into the awaiting...

Doug Groth, a local veterinarian and a partner with Prairieland Investment Group LLC, announced last week that his group has recently bought the two-block former college campus on the east edge of town. Groth said the first priority is to turn Anthony Hall into office space for the veterinary clinic and swine management operations. Other ideas for the property, Groth said, include turning one of the buildings into temporary housing for new employees who need a place to stay while looking...

Jun 21, 2007 (CIDRAP News) A study from the University of Iowa suggests that veterinarians who work with poultry have a significantly higher risk of infection with avian influenza, compared with nonveterinarians. However, Halvorson expressed doubt about the authors' idea that, in view of their findings, vets should have priority access to pandemic flu vaccines. Further analysis of the data revealed no evidence that the elevated avian flu antibodies were accidental results of seasonal flu...