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IGEN Networks signs memorandum of understanding for rights to patented diagnostic technology
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 11:45 pm

IGEN Networks Corp. (IGEN: OTCBB) LAS VEGAS, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mr. Monty Ormsby reports: IGEN Networks Corp. [News Source]

Alice Waters protested for supporting using human waste as compost (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 10:04 pm

In a story that continues to amuse and fascinate, it appears that the human biosolids compost shit show we wrote about last week has left town… and ended up in, of all places, Alice Waters’ own backyard garden. [News Source]

Beef producers slam Ottawa over BSE cases
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 9:20 pm

Lawyers, seeking compensation for thousands of beef producers across the country, blast the federal government's failure to keep BSE out of Canada at a meeting in central Alberta. [News Source]

Beef producers slam Ottawa over BSE cases (CBC Calgary)
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 9:20 pm

Lawyers, seeking compensation for thousands of beef producers across the country, blast the federal government's failure to keep BSE out of Canada at a meeting in central Alberta. [News Source]

Court: California can apply animal ban to pigs
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 8:53 pm

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a California law against slaughtering livestock that is unable to walk can be applied to pigs. [News Source]

Court: California can apply animal ban to pigs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 8:53 pm

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a California law against slaughtering livestock that is unable to walk can be applied to pigs. [News Source]

Two US Reports Cite Problems, Progress On Trade Barriers
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 6:06 pm

Two US Reports Cite Problems, Progress On Trade Barriers [News Source]

Two US Reports Cite Problems, Progress On Trade Barriers (Fox News)
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 6:06 pm

Two US Reports Cite Problems, Progress On Trade Barriers [News Source]

Talk Softly and Carry a Big Sirloin (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 5:18 pm

Vilsack is prepared to try a new approach next week when he visits Japan in hopes of expanding the long-crippled beef trade. Seriously, I think it's a smart change in tactics. [News Source]

FACTBOX-US “most wanted” list for top farm trade offenders (AlertNet)
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 2:59 pm

Source: Reuters March 31 (Reuters) - The United States Trade Representative issued a report on Wednesday listing the most egregious technical trade barriers for farm goods. The USTR said it would focus on the top ... [News Source]