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Daily News Update, Nov. 26, 2007
Ethanol proves to be the big letdown of 2007
Ethanol, the centerpiece of President Bush's plan to wean the U.S.
from oil, is 2007's worst energy investment. The corn-based fuel
tumbled 57 percent from last year's record of $4.33 a gallon and
drove crop prices to a 10-year high.
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S. Korea
to introduce nationwide cattle, beef tracking systems in later 2008
"Because comprehensive information on cows and beef will be
provided, consumers will not be overly concerned if there are
reports of animal diseases in the country or abroad," a ministry
official said. He said in the past mad cow reports caused consumers
to stay away from all beef because there was no way to tell where
the meat came from.
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Paul Hitch resigns as NCBA’s
president-elect
Paul Hitch, cattle producer
from Guymon, Okla., has resigned his position as president-elect of
the National Cattlemen's Beef Association due to cancer.
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TCEQ to collect
agricultural waste pesticides
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is offering rural
Texans the opportunity to dispose of banned or unwanted pesticides,
properly rinsed plastic pesticide containers, used motor oil, oil
filters, and lead-acid batteries
free of charge in
the following counties: Dec. 4-Uvalde, Dec. 5-Wilson, Dec. 6-Nueces,
Dec. 11-Fisher, Dec. 12-Tom Green and Dec. 13-Gillespie.
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