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The ag machinery market generated some surprising data in the AEM report.
Wire ReportsLOS ANGELES -- Meat in the U.S. may be widely contaminated with strains of drug-resistant bacteria, researchers reported Friday after testing 136 samples of beef, chicken, pork and turkey purchased at grocery stores.Nearly half of the samples -- 47 percent -- contained strains of Staphylococcus aureus, the type of bacteria that most commonly causes staph infections. Of those bacteria, 52 percent were resistant to at least three classes of antibiotics, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.DNA testing suggested the animals were the source of contamination. Environmental health scientist Lance Price, the study’s leader, said the animals most likely harbored these drug-resistant pathogens because they are fed to livestock to promote growth and prevent disease in crowded pens on large farms.
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson wants answers from the EPA.
The Barley family, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, has been chosen as Farm Family of the Week.
“The numbers are starting to add up to a size where they can’t hide.”
Winter wheat acreage is down, especially along the Mississippi River corridor.
Farm Journal Legacy Project needs your help with this project survey mentioned in the January 2011 issue of Farm Journal magazine.
Heifer International, Farm Journal’s premier charity partner for Farmers Feeding the World, announced today the appointment of Pierre U. Ferrari as chief executive officer.