Araucana Chickens Laying Naturally Colored Easter Eggs
A Sioux Falls era feature explains Araucana chickens produce blue to olive tinted eggs and multi colored chicks. Hatcheries sell day old Araucana chicks around 1.28 dollars each. The breed is noted as hardy and popular as pets, though not top producers. The piece links Easter traditions and egg rolling to colonial heritage.
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Chile
Kirk DeWalt
Inman Hatcheries
South Dakota
Thurmont
Mr. Rice
McDonald’s
Love
Americ
Egypt
Persia
White House Lawn
Washington, D.C
FDA panel weighs health risk of genetically engineered cow hormone
An FDA advisory panel heard that recombinant bovine somatotropin may pose no direct risk to consumers, though treated cows show higher mastitis rates. The debate centers on antibiotic residues, IGF-1 levels, labeling, and potential impacts on milk supply and small dairies.
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FDA
Gaithersburg
Food and Drug Administration
Agency
Monsanto
Sometribove
Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee
Center For Veterinary Medicine
Consumers Union
Consumer Reports
Vermont
Milk Producers Honor 50-Year Member at Hagerstown Meet
Chester M Leishear of Damascus received a 50 year membership award from the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative at the organization’s banquet in Hagerstown Russel Wachter the president presented the honor. Maryland Comptroller Louis Goldstein toasted Maryland Dairy Princess Laurie Zimmerman and Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy Princess Sandy Gross during the same gathering in Hagerstown.
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Frank Feeser
Taneytown
Monica
Maryland Pork Producers
Feeser
Maryland Association of County Agricultural Agents
Pork Association
Niewspap
Chester M. Leishear
Damascus
Maryland and
Maryland
Louis Goldstein
Laurie Zimmerman
Frederick
Pennsylvania
Sandy Gross
Berks County
Ricky Bauer
Dayton
Pork Industry
Queenstown
Farm prices rise less than 1 percent in March
Prices farmers receive for raw products rose 0.1 percent from February to March while down 2.8 percent from a year earlier. Cattle, corn, eggs and hogs gained, offsetting declines for apples, lettuce, milk and sweet corn. Livestock and poultry values showed month to month gains with meaningful yearly increases in several categories.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
National Agricultural Statistics Service
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G.A. Mitchell
Rebecca Long
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