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Kendall's warning for organic sector
'Prof Urs Niggli, director of the Research Institute for Organic Agriculture, Switzerland, added that so far, organic farming was one of the bestsystems for dealing with the trade-off between productivity and the environment.'
http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/latest-news/kendalls-warning-for-organic-sector/37106.article
Target concentrates at individuals this summer
'WITH dairy feed prices predicted to be around the £250 per tonne mark this summer, Duncan Rose of Carrs Billington Agriculture looks at whether dairy farmers can afford to feed concentrates in the coming months.'
http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/livestock/livestock-features/target-concentrates-at-individuals-this-summer/36964.article
Achieving US feed ‘holy grail’ to drive milk output
'You don’t have to up cow numbers to get more milk.'
http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/livestock/livestock-features/achieving-us-feed-‘holy-grail’-to-drive-milk-output/37009.article
China bids to ease drought with $1bn emergency water aid
'World's biggest wheat producer resorts to desperate measures in attempt to protect harvest from worst drought in 60 years.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/11/china-drought-emergency-water-aid
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