A disease spreading through Maine's fish farms has forced officials to destroy more than 700,000 farm-raised salmon, and the governor says the situation is likely to get worse before it gets better. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman is calling on Congress to spend more money on things like food safety and the environment, instead of just the usual subsidies for grain and cotton. The Bush administration is developing an agriculture policy to present to Congress. The report also says that ammonia linked to the hog operation in the area is being detected in the water.
Companies use copied cows for milk, meat and to preserve the gene pool.
Adding capsaicin, the spicy component of peppers, to the diet of neonatal broiler chicks appears to increase their resistance to Salmonella, according to Audrey McElroy, assistant professor of poultry science at Virginia Tech. Factory hog farms are pressuring Congress to pass a bill that would use taxpayer dollars to help the farms pay for cleaning up their environmental messes. They apparently want to avoid new, costly regulations to reduce pollution. Canadian scientists say they've created pigs that leave less phosphorus in their droppings, making them more environmentally friendly. A deal for Smithfield to phase out its swine waste lagoons in North Carolina could be in jeopardy .