Holiday News Headlines

Pigeon King responds to Iowa

Iowa’s Attorney General’s office has confirmed that it is reviewinginformation it ordered an Ontario company to provide concerning business practices. On Dec. 21, the office stated: “Pigeon King International provided areply on Dec.19, 2007, to the Iowa Attorney General’s Civil Investigative Demand. The Farm Division of the Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the materials submitted by Pigeon King International.”

Feds roll out new safety nets 

Call it a gift card to be cashed in now, or later

Farmers can expect to get a federal letter in the mail in the week after Christmas. By responding to the letter a farmer is requesting a share of the $600 million that the federal government has put forwardin its AgriInvest program.Governments back making of controversial E. coli vaccine An Ontario company that specializes in animal and human health products will get a $10 million provincial loan and a $5 million federal grant to scale up production on an E. coli cattle vaccine whose U.S. licensing application has been put on hold.

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