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Relevant Links Finally, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will visit Eastern Cape’s Ncera Farms Training Centre, Qamata Irrigation Scheme and Queenstown’s Sirwood Agricultural Project. Read more on AllAfrica.com Farmworkers rights bill gets further review The bill intended to provide farmworkers with labor rights similar to those that employees in other industries are entitled to is headed to the Agriculture Committee. Read more on The Palladium-Times Animal abuse measure put on hold Advocates hoping to attach felony penalties to animal abuse in South Dakota will not see the law change this year, but waiting until 2011 might help their cause. Agriculture groups that worked to stymie a felony cruelty bill during last year’s legislative session and planned to do the same this year will sit down with those advocates in the summer to try to forge a compromise. Ag groups plan to … Read more on The Argus…. Click here to Read More

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Intensive dairy systems produce less emissions Targeted attacks on large-scale intensive dairy systems for their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is unfounded, according to farm business consultant, Graeme Surtees speaking at the 2010 British Cattle Breeders Conference, Telford. Read more on Farmers Weekly Interactive Naqvi courts arrest over price rise Rampur (UP), Jan 31 (PTI) Protesting against the Centre over spiralling price rise, Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi along with hundreds of party activists formed human chain and jammed highway before courting arrest here today. Read more on Press Trust of India Drink Russian vodka then say ‘celiac sprue’ three times Seven years ago, during an endoscopy for what was thought to be acid reflux, the doctor looked at the screen and exclaimed “Oh! Celiac sprue!” “I’m awake. Read more on Stamford…. Click here to Read More