AGRICULTURE REPORT - Making a Dairy Farm Work with Grass-fed

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Making a Dairy Farm Work with Grass-fed Cows By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Raising cows for

Better Conditions Make for Happier Cows and Farmers

Better Conditions Make for Happier Cows and Farmers It turns out that happy cows produce better milk. The finding is not new. The California Milk Advisory Board has been saying it for years. But now a team of researchers, working with the University

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American Cowboys Bring Beef Cows to Russia After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians ate most of their beef cows as the system of reproduction broke down. Now American ranchers are working to rebuild Russia's herd. Darrell Stevenson, an Americ

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Im a big meat-eater. I love meat of all kinds. I have eaten all sorts of meat. Even though I love meat, I could easily stop eating it, and I dont think Id miss it. A long time ago I heard the vegetarian slogan Meat is Murder. If you think about it, t

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Tianjin wants to increase the sales of dairy products. 天津想增加乳制品的销售量。 This northern city wants to develop its dairy industry. 这个北方城市想发展其乳制业。 The goal is to increase the number of cows from 40，000

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Statistics New Zealand is a government department. The census information is an important part of their job but they also give us a lot of information about our country, people and economy at other times. You might like to look at these two web sites

Fears Increase After Attack on Indian Dairy Farmer

Rakbar Khan was walking his two cows home to Kolgaon village when he was attacked last month in the Indian state, Rajasthan. The attackers were a group of suspected cow vigilantes. Khan later died in the hospital of his injuries. Groups of Hindus cal

新西兰英语 221 Indoor Dairy Farms

Three companies want to build big dairy farms in the centre of the South Island called the Mackenzie Country. This is a beautiful part of New Zealand with lakes and mountains. It is near Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki and Lake Ohau. If you drive t

美国国家公共电台 NPR When Robots Milk Cows, Farm Families Taste Freedom

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: On a growing number of dairy farms, people don't decide when the cows need to be milked. The cows do. That's because farmers have called in robots to do the milking - day or night. And for some families - the ones that run small d

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chasing A Dream Built On Dairy, This Master Of Milk Came Home

SCOTT SIMON, BYLINE: We've been hearing stories of people who've pursued their American dream through food in bakeries, restaurants - now on a farm. Mike McCloskey is one of the biggest and most influential producers of milk in America - makes him so

美国有线新闻 CNN Just How Organic Is Your Milk? Well, It Depends On The Dairy It Came From

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Organic milk is widely available these days, but what does that label really mean? A new Washington Post investigation found that there are considerable differences between the organic milk you can buy in a grocery store and the ki

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Milk Production Cools In Summer, Farmers Try To Help Cows Take The Heat

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Climate change disrupts our lives in all kinds of ways, including in the icebox. It turns out, global warming is hurting global milk production. As part of our summer series on heat, Mose Buchele of member station KUT has this. (SO

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Im a big meat-eater. I love meat of all kinds. I have eaten all sorts of meat. Even though I love meat, I could easily stop eating it, and I dont think Id miss it. A long time ago I heard the vegetarian slogan Meat is Murder. If you think about it, t

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When was Sam and Penny at the stationer's ? They were at the stationer's on Monday. When were you and Susan at the office? We were at the office on March 23rd. When was I in India? You were in India in 1985. When were you and Penny in Australia? We w

Dairy Goat Production

By Gary Garriott Broadcast: September 2, 2003 This is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats have provided meat and milk for people longer than sheep or cows. More people

新西兰英语 260 Indoor Dairy Farms on Hold

The three companies that were planning 16 indoor dairy farms in the Mackenzie country have decided not to go ahead at the moment. They said it had cost them nearly $4m already but now the Environment Ministry wants more information about the effluent

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Canadian Dairy Farmers Escape The Global Milk Glut

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump has amended several of his positions since inauguration. One thing has remained consistent, though, Trump's belief that the United States is getting a raw deal from international trade agreements. STEVE INSKEEP, H

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The floods in Nelson from the rain on Wednesday and Thursday are still causing problems. Some roads are still closed including the road to Cable Bay, just 15 minutes east of Nelson. Supplies of food and fresh water were dropped by helicopter; boats a

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If you live in New Zealand, remember to put your clock forward tomorrow morning. Officially the change to daylight saving time is 2.00am which becomes 3.00am but for most of us, we change our clocks before we go to bed or when we wake up. For example

新西兰英语 474 Kiwi dollar still high

The Kiwi dollar was 88.3 cents against the US dollar a few days ago but by 5pm today it had dropped to 83.7 cents. This is still too high for exporters. New Zealand exports dairy products, meat, wool, timber, fruit, wine and many other products which