USA: Poultry scientist studies impact of stress on health of chickens
- 30.09.2013
Chickens don't commute to work or balance checkbooks, but they do get stressed.
Kristen Navara, an endocrinologist in the poultry science department of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is finding ways to help them relax.
Customs Union: New import quota in Customs Union
- 27.09.2013
By a solution of Eurasian Economic Council custom duty for combines imported into the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia is changed by quota limit. Earlier Russian manufacturers of agricultural machinery had supported an idea with introduction of special import duty. But Kazakhstan was against it.
China: China wants to build a "Black Sea" highway
- 27.09.2013
Chinese state was interested in investing in the construction of "Black Sea" highway, said the chairman of the board of the National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" Asen Antonov during a conference in Varna, dedicated to OP "Transport and transport infrastructure for 2014 - 2020". He said that at this stage the intention of China will develop for a number of features of national and European legislation.
Moldova: Free trade agreement will improve quality of agricultural products
- 26.09.2013
After the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union is signed, the Moldovan producers will go through a difficult period as they will have to comply with the European standards. But this period will be short and afterward, with the help of European funds, the quality of the Moldovan products will be greatly improved. The producers will meet the standards and there will appear competition, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Vasile Bumacov said in the program “Politica” on the channel TV7.
World: Whole fruits protect against diabetes, but juice is risk factor, say researchers
- 26.09.2013
Eating blueberries, grapes, apples and pears cuts the risk of type 2diabetes but drinking fruit juice can increase it, a large study has found.
Researchers including a team from Harvard School of Public Health in the US examined whether certain fruits impact on type 2 diabetes, which affects more than 3 million Britons.