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New requirements for captive deer herds following CWD detection
WJHL | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Rural NewsHunters harvested the deer in Fayette and Hardeman counties. Targeted sampling by the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) indicated the presence of CWD. CWD has no known risk to the health of humans or livestock. However, testing is recommended prior to consuming deer or elk meat harvested within the CWD Management Zone, which includes Fayette, Hardeman, and McNairy Counties. CWD is a contagious and deadly neurological disorder that affects cervids, which are animals in the deer family including deer, elk, moose, caribou, and reindeer.
Deer were rare in Ohio not so long ago
Farm and Dairy | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Rural NewsControlled deer hunting actually got its Ohio start in 1943 when a first-ever, very short, buck only “season” was held in three rural counties with a total kill of just 168 bucks.
Judges side with Trump administration on packer rules
Meating Place (free registration required) | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Agriculture NewsUSDA was not “arbitrary and capricious” in withdrawing an interim final rule that would have made it easier for farmers and ranchers to sue meatpackers on claims of unfair treatment in business contracts, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Rumors of Rural America's Death
Daily Yonder | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Rural NewsFor the umpteenth time, an urban commentator has suggested that small-town residents would be better off if they packed it in and moved to a big city. But Athens, Tennessee, a town of about 13,000 located between Chattanooga and Knoxville, has other ideas. And they live by them. These pieces usually unfold like this: Rural America is poorer, sicker, and less connected than the rest of the country, with fewer job opportunities and wealth to make us players in the global market. High rates of addiction and poverty make rural America beyond saving.
New Residency Program Aims to Keep Doctors in Rural Southeast
Daily Yonder | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Rural, SARL Members and Alumni NewsBoris Calderon was not your typical medical student. At 45 years old, the Army veteran lived in Fayetteville and worked as a paramedic when he applied for only one medical school: a college of osteopathic medicine in Virginia. And when Calderon finished medical school and was looking for a post-graduate residency program in 2015, Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton was beginning its program for medical residents. He signed up and was part of the first graduating class earlier this year. Calderon found the residency at Southeastern to be extremely hands on.
Bioengineered food label rules draw criticism
Capital Press | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Federal NewsWhile farm groups are pleased with USDA’s new disclosure standard for bioengineered foods, others are not.
The most pampered pets of the moment might be our backyard chickens
USA Today | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Agriculture NewsWhen it came time to decorate the new Amish-built house on her 26-acre property near Lansing, Michigan, Danielle Raad went all out. She painted the interior walls a lustrous eggshell blue, and spent hours hand-stenciling one with an intricate pattern. She lined rooms with handmade art, including her own work and that of her kids. She brought in vintage objects such as a chandelier and a painted shelf.
U.S. Farmers Fear Lucrative Japanese Exports Will Wither
The Wall Street Journal | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Federal NewsAfter seeing exports to China tumble, U.S. farmers and ranchers are now bracing for more losses in their next-biggest Asian market: Japan. On Dec. 30, Tokyo will begin cutting tariffs and easing quotas on products sold by some of American agriculture’s biggest competitors—including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Chile—as part of the new 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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House resolution aims to prevent ERS, NIFA move
Meating Place (free registration required) | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Agriculture NewsOn Dec. 20, members of Congress introduced H.R. 7330, the Agricultural Research Integrity Act of 2018, in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would block the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) moves to relocate the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and realign ERS under the chief economist. The proposed bill would amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 first announced in August by U.S.
China bans raising pigs in wild boar areas to block swine fever
Reuters | Posted onJanuary 2, 2019 in Federal NewsChina’s agriculture ministry will ban pig farming in areas inhabited by wild boars to prevent the spread of highly contagious African swine fever. China, the world’s top pork producer, has reported more than 80 outbreaks of African swine fever across the country since early August, leading to the culling of hundreds of thousands of pigs.The ministry said last month a strain of the virus found in a wild boar was different from the one circulating among pigs, and it warned of the risks of an additional strain infecting its domestic herd.