Archives for January 15, 2004

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Poultry production costs rocket

Rocketing feed costs are pushing up poultry production costs, making a substantial price increase in poultry meat inevitable, warned the British Poultry Council (BPC) this week. Widespread drought in the UK and across cereal producing areas of the...

Should the spread of GM be a cause for concern?

For the seventh consecutive year, farmers around the world continued to plant genetically modified (GM) crops at a double-digit pace, with the 2003 total up 15 per cent to 67.7 million hectares, according to a report released this week by the...