On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 the 33rd Annual Centralia Swine Research Update will be held at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre. The featured speakers include Dr. Yolande Seddon, Prairie Swine Center who will deliver a presentation ...
Reducing feed bunk losses, zoonotic disease concerns and succession planning are the major topics that will be covered during the 2014 Dairy Cow College. Dairy Cow College is a joint educational effort of the North Dakota State University ...
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The North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Veterinary Medicine will be hosting two seminars-one for horse owners and one for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary students, and farriers-on Feb. 8-9. All proceeds will ...
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A new report on farmer perspectives on climate and agriculture, gathered in a 2012 survey of nearly 5,000 farmers from 11 Corn Belt states, presents survey results by watershed. "Farmer Perspectives on Agriculture and Weather Variability ...
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The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) and International Certified Floorcovering Installers Association (CFI) have partnered to present the Carpet Installation Inspection Workshop, which will be facilitated by Jim Walker, CFI's CEO, on ...
This Editorial appears in the Jan. 13 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Washington, D.C., is often the butt of jokes for its year-after-year inaction. But this week - one filled with transportation events - ...
This story appears in the December 2013/January 2014 issue of iTECH, published in the Dec. 16 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. A new "blue paper" by the research department of investment bank Morgan ...
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Home furnishings Internet marketing company FurnitureDealer.Net is leaving the Retailer Resource Center at the World Market Center in Las Vegas to open what it will call the Hangout Lounge in Building B. The 1,500-square-foot space, ...
Most clinical studies of vitamins are "flawed by poor methodology", review finds Most large clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including those that have concluded supplements are of no value or even harmful, have a “flawed ...
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In order to provide a clear definition and construction rules to PV buildings, a Chinese Committee has come up with two drafts related to such topics, norms and projects and may announce them as an official standard in February. According ...
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Steven Purcell for Transport Topics American Trucking Associations has appointed Dave Osiecki to be its top lobbyist and lead its government affairs office after the departure of Mary Phillips. Osiecki also is senior vice president of ...
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Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration say they want to hear from people if they think a tobacco product is defective or causes a health issue. The Department of Health and Human Services' Safety Reporting Portal was revised ...
The program director with the Banff Pork Seminar says the willingness of pork producers to explore alternative feed ingredients has helped ease the problem of high feed costs. The Banff Pork Seminar is slated for January 21 to 23 at the ...
The 20th Cotton and Grain Pre-Plant Conference will be held Jan. 16 at the Sam Sparks Auditorium at Rio Farms in Monte Alto. Rio Farms is located at 25601 Farm-to-Market 88, some 10 miles north of Expressway 83 in Weslaco. Registration ...
AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host a series of meetings this February for fruit and vegetable growers on transplanting, advanced high tunnel tomato production, drip irrigation and water management, and ...
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