Culling badgers is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of controlling cattle tuberculosis, scientists advising the government have concluded. Independent government advisors on the issue said that, while badger culling reduced cattle TB, it would have to be so extensive it would be uneconomical. Many say that research proves the badger population is spreading the disease and that culling controls that. That data showed that culling was associated with increased TB in the badgers; areas...

Some analysts even suggest that price controls on beef have created shortages because producers have elected to leave their cattle in the field, waiting for better prices. President Nestor Kirchner, who could seek re-election this fall, is widely acknowledged as having guided South America's economic sick man back to health. Whether navigating the arch-enemies of the Americas, or battling inflation at home, Kirchner governs as if the specter of economic doom were at the door. Nine million...

Dairy farmers pay higher prices to feed cows because ethanol production depends on corn and other grains, the Tribune said. Corn prices surged 73 percent during the past year on higher ethanol demand, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday. Ethanol blamed for higher food prices CHICAGO, June 15 (UPI) -- Increases in milk and food prices have been blamed on a new competitor: ethanol production that takes corn that U. Corn rose to a three-month high Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade,...

Sean Considine realized after last season that trying to break into the NFL as a starting safety is more than just learning the playbook and coming up with interceptions and big hits. Considine learned about cattle in junior high, when he worked as a farmhand for his best friend's family. His in-laws' farm includes 3,000 pigs and 600 Black Angus cattle, which further piqued Considine's interest in farming. After taking off three weeks at the end of last season, Considine trained at Iowa...

Department of Agriculture said Thursday that farmers are reluctant to increase the size of their herds when prices for feed are rising faster than the price of milk. He said dairy farmers are paying higher prices to feed their cows as a result of ethanol production that depends on corn and other rough grains. Already, consumers are paying 8 percent to 10 percent more for breakfast foods than a year ago because of the rising prices for corn, wheat, milk and other commodities, according to...

Padraig Walshe, president of the 85,000 member IFA, contacted the Taoiseach s office with a request that he should take urgent action. Irish Examiner . Irish News . News from Ireland. He said the IFA had already established that Brazilian beef is not fit to enter Europe, but Mr Mandelson was determined to destroy family farming in Europe to further the interests of big business, and commodity traders who will exploit consumers and Irish producers once they have control of the market. He...