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Maple Leaf Foods selling turkey operations

TORONTO — Maple Leaf Foods announced July 22 that it has entered into  definitive agreements to sell the company's commercial turkey farms to Ernald...

USDA seeks applications to finance rural broadband

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that applications are being accepted for grants to finance broadband deployment in remote, rural areas. "The Obama...

College Aggies Online scholarship competition to begin

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Animal Agriculture Alliance's fifth annual College Aggies Online (CAO) agriculture advocacy scholarship competition will kick off on Sept. 9, 2013,...

USPOULTRY updates carbon footprint estimation toolkit

TUCKER, Ga. — U.S. Poultry & Egg Association recently updated its Carbon Footprint Estimation Toolkit. The toolkit was first released in the summer of...

Women’s conference focus is leadership skills

TUCKER, Ga. — Working women in all sectors face unique roles and challenges, from entry to senior executive level. Optimizing individual performance and being...

Vilsack announces American Egg Board appointments

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed one member and two alternates to the American Egg Board for the remainder of the 2013-2014...

NC assets of Townsend auctioned for $5.36 million

McClatchy Newspapers CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A group led by a California auction company cast the winning bid in a bankruptcy auction for the North Carolina...

AMI President Boyle to step down after 24 years

WASHINGTON — American Meat Institute President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle announced July 19 that he will step down at the end of 2013...

KFC drops bones,Colonel in upmarket restaurant

The Associated Press NEW YORK — KFC is tossing out the bones and the quaint image of founder Col. Harland Sanders as it gets ready...

AFBF: Trade negotiations hold promise

WASHINGTON — "The beginning of comprehensive trade negotiations, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), between the United States and the European Union holds...

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