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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.
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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.
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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 …
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