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#AgAlerts: Another milk bankruptcy; GM crops; Impossible Pork
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Borden Dairy Co., one of America's oldest and largest dairy companies, on Monday became the second major milk producer to file for bankruptcy in the last two months.
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Agribusiness
Recent flooding costs grain trader Archer Daniels Midland millions in losses
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Severe weather and flooding that impacted much of the Midwest are expected to cause multinational agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland to lose millions of dollars.
Labor
Farm Safety Trainers: Consistent Advice For Preventing Grain Bin Fatalities Is Lacking
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Grain bins, a common sight for anyone traveling through Iowa and other corn belt states, are a source of contention for agriculture safety specialists. Lack of research means specialists are unable to provide consistent advice to farmers about working in the storage bins. The safety experts are “dropping the ball,” said LaMar Grafft, a rural health and safety specialist.
Labor
Firefighters learn the ropes of grain-bin rescues
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On Sept. 17, 2013, Danville firefighters spent the day training for grain-bin rescues. Dave Newcomb, the agriculture rescue program manager for the Illinois Fire Service Institute, taught the intensive, eight-hour training course. The course included sessions on using grain-bin rescue tubes, sawing through grain-bins and evaluating grain hazards.
Labor
Video: Grain-bin rescue training
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As harvest season approaches, rescue workers prepare themselves for the possibility of grain-bin entrapments. On Sept. 17, 2013, the Illinois Fire Service Institute and the Danville Fire Department met at a Bunge Milling facility for grain-bin rescue training. Dave Newcomb, agriculture rescue program manager for the institute, was the main instructor. In this video, he describes what happens during training.