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• Page 1 • Page 2 • Page 3 • Page 4 •Alpacas Catching BronchitsTopics: • agriculture •
Due to the colder than normal conditions in the Andean regiion 34% of the region's 233,324 alpaca population has come down with either bronchitis, bronchopneumonia or general malnourishment as grazing areas hae been killed off by bitter cold. A call for an immediate supply of antibiotics and vitamins has been dispatched.
Peru News Digest 80,000 alpacas affected by severe cold in Apurimac, Peru (LivinginPeru.com)
Posted: 03/05/07 22:05 by Shannon
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Not Merlot - But CarmenereTopics: • agriculture •
Winemakers for centuries have believed that an insect epidemic devastated vineyards and killed out the carmenere grape in the late 19th century. Until about a decade ago this was believed to be true until a wine consultant state the Merlot was too spicy and too dark and did DNA tests to confirm it was the carmenere grape. Now Chile touts carmenere as its own and is wining top honors in the wine industry.
Chile News Digest While known for reds, Chile also produces whites (The Mercury News)
Posted: 03/05/07 21:24 by Shannon
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Larger agriculture budgetTopics: • agriculture •
Elias Jaua, Venezuela’s Minister of Land and Agriculture, announced that Hugo Chavez has approved an additional $800 million for supporting agriculture. The increase will be used to help finance 270,000 small farmers and 25,000 ranchers and to improve infrastructure.
Venezuela News Digest Venezuelan Government to Triple Agriculture Budget for 2007 (Venezuelanalysis.com)
Posted: 03/02/07 21:31 by Crissy
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Lawyers Threaten Fines In Banana WarsTopics: • agriculture •
Europe is imposing illegally high tariffs to protect banana producers in the Canaries Islands, Caribbean territories and its former African and Caribbean colonies according to Ecuador. This has caused them to ask lawyers at the World Trade Organization to threaten finces and sanctions. After 15 years of battling this along other nations may now join.
Ecuador News Digest Ecuador Furious At EU Tariffs, Reignites Banana Wars (cattlenetwork.com)
Posted: 02/27/07 23:10 by Shannon
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