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Dairy chiefs aim to take foot off gas - The Canberra Times Dairy chiefs aim to take foot off gasThe University of Arkansas' Applied Sustainability Centre estimated the dairy industry contributed less than 2 per cent of total US greenhouse gas emissions. But consumers increasingly demanded products that were produced, packaged and distributed in a Dairy industry looks to engineer gasless 'cow of the future' |
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Arkansas Governor Repeals Self-Storage Sales Tax - Inside Self-Storage Arkansas Governor Repeals Self-Storage Sales TaxLast week, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed into law a bill that repeals the sales tax imposed on mini-warehouses and self-storage services, setting an important precedent for the self-storage industry. SB 2, sponsored by Sen. |
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Arkansas Health Plan Sees Higher Costs for Unhealthy Behaviors Our industry has prioritized this issue and has implemented innovative programs to encourage healthier lifestyles,” said Robert Zirkelbach, a spokesperson for America’s Health Insurance Plans, a health insurance trade association in Washington. |
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Milk hauler says dairy fund will avert extinction - Arkansas Democrat Gazette Milk hauler says dairy fund will avert extinctionThe Arkansas dairy industry falls within a regulatory framework that sets minimum prices for the different uses of milk. Total pounds of milk produced in Arkansas fell 22 percent from February 2008 to February 2009,. The decline in production coincided |
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Recession closes in on chicken farmers - Los Angeles Times Recession closes in on chicken farmersIn February, Pilgrim's Pride announced that it would shut down three of its 32 processing plants -- in Georgia, Arkansas and Louisiana -- by mid-May. Citing the steepest drop in consumer food purchases in 60 years, the company said it lost $1 billion |
