Pygmy Goats Attract Town Visitors In Frederick County
Lewistown resident Ann Biser raises Pygmy goats admired by passers by at a property ten miles north of Frederick. The goats, smallest of breeds, trace origins to Africa and Scandinavia and now retail for 50 to 150 dollars. Biser cares for four adults and four kids, noting each has a unique personality and the herd serves as a beloved family project.
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Frederick County
Ann Biser
Lewistown
Africa
Scandinavia
U.S
Richard Hahn
Catoctin Mountain Zoo Society
Mr. Hahn
America
Mrs. Biser
Frederick
Junior
Aon Biser
Minnesota Farmer Faces Oxytocin Milk Boost Controversy
Gary Meyer of Freeport Minnesota acknowledges his cows were injected with oxytocin to boost milk, a practice under FDA review and tied to a broader debate over farm drug use. Meyer plans to stop and notes consumer safety concerns, while regulators caution the drug’s safety data is incomplete.
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Minnesota
Gary Meyer
Freeport
Minn
Meyer
Federal Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Bill Coleman
Minnesota Agriculture Department
Nancy King
Center For Veterinary Medicine
Mr. Meyer
Bush attends Madigan oath as new agriculture secretary
Washington AP report notes Edward Madigan sworn in privately March 8 then publicly Tuesday with President Bush in attendance. Bush praised Madigan for honesty and farming knowledge, pledging support for free and fair trade and fast track authority under GATT.
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Washington
Edward Madigan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
National Potato Promotion Board
Bush
D-Wash
Congress
USDA
Madigan
House
Defense
Dick Cheney
Robert Michel
Kimberly
Evelyn
Mr. Bush
Illinois
Ed Madigan
Mr. Madigan
U.S
America
United States
Canada
Mexico
National DHIA to Meet This Weekend in Maryland
The 26th annual National Dairy Herd Improvement Association convention and trade show will gather hundreds of dairy enthusiasts at the Omni Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore. DHIA members from nearly 40 states plus Canada and Puerto Rico attend, with tours, a trade show, technology symposiums, and an awards banquet planned through March 26.
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Maryland
America
Mid-East Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative
National Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DHIA
Omni
Lee Majeskie
University of Maryland
Annapolis
Washington, D.C
Majeskie
Dhia Convention Board
National Dhia Board
Mr. Long
Maryland pesticide council seeks public input at Annapolis meeting
Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer's Pesticide Council invites public participation at its March 27 meeting in Annapolis. The 14-member body encompasses manufacturers regulators scientists users environmentalists and the public. Subcommittees on regulatory use storage disposal and education will make April recommendations to the governor. Written requests to address the council must arrive by March 25.
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Annapolis
William Donald Schaefer
Pesticide Council
Maryland
Eccles
Governor’s Pesticide Council
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Harry
Trumac Parkway
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Dallas
Pye
Kelly Hahn
By Sharon Schmickle
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Star Tribune
New
National
Council
Nspar Lrahualvr
Cides
Christine Eccles
Rebecca Long
Lilac Syndicate
Gay-Ridge Holsteins
Sjamsville
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