In a wide-ranging speech, Jim Anderton emphasised the importance of the primary industries to the economy but also the need for them to develop products that have high value and are sophisticated, globally integrated and diverse. New Zealand is the world s largest dairy and sheep meat exporter and a major player in world trade in horticultural products. I mention this not to diminish the importance of our primary industry, but to highlight the potential, the opportunities and the...

In sheep the disease is known to wipe out 70 per cent of the herd, but experts believe the strain on the Continent may be less virulent, and suggest a mortality rate of 30 per cent in a sheep flock and as low as 10 per cent in cattle. A hot, dry spell could produce a shortage of feed, and there could be the overcrowding and suffering among livestock seen in the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. The bluetongue virus, which hit Northern Europe for the first time last summer as a result...

Ewu Nwadiana And All That Jazz Uche Nworah - 1/4/2007 I didn't make it to the village this past Christmas but I kept in touch with my people, whip President Obasanjo any which way you like, but thank his administration for giving Nigerians GSM (pronounced g-i-s-i-m) mobile phones. Ewu Nwadiana And All That Jazz Uche Nworah - 1/4/2007 I didn't make it to the village this past Christmas but I kept in touch with my people, whip President Obasanjo any which way you like, but thank his...

Here s some local farms that sell naturally raised meat to local cooks. A half or quarter animal is usually sold by hanging weight, the pre-cutting weight that usually includes bones, skin and other parts most people don t want. Some may be able to sell you some today, while others won t have what you want for a month or more. Packages are combinations of cut and ground meat sold primarily by the pound. Expect finished meat to be roughly two-thirds of the hanging weight. The shift from...

BSE, more commonly known as mad-cow disease, nearly crippled the sheep business in Canada with prices dropping to about one-third of the normal selling price. Co-owner Karen Moilliet said the ranch took a turn from a strictly agricultural base toward tourism last year after they nearly went bankrupt due to the 2004-2005 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak, which closed the Canada-U. A fourth generation of Moilliets are now raising sheep on the working ranch, and have opened...

The family placed hay in the mudroom, put sheets on couches to protect them from being chewed, bought diapers for the lamb (who can't be housebroken), and took Faith Lily for walks on a dog's leash. After four weeks with the lamb as a pet, the Styers had spent extra money on diapers but saved the animal's life twice. And they searched for a permanent place for the sheep, who could grow to around 200 pounds. The two stronger ones were returned to the ewe after a day, once she recovered from...