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May 27, 2012
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The following articles have been tagged with "Board_of_agriculture":
UK researchers: 'we have a permit for the bees'
Science & Technology: 29 Apr 12
The research team behind the project to translocate a 100 short-haired bumblebees in a bid to re-establish a population in the UK, has insisted that it has the full backing of the Swedish authorities despite widespread criticism.
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Swedish alcohol intake hikes after EU entry
Politics: 28 Apr 12
Contemporary Swedes drink significantly more alcohol and eat more meat since the country joined the European Union in 1995, according to a new report.
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'Swedes should eat more rabbits': scientist
Science & Technology: 20 Feb 12
Swedes are eating more meat each year and in order to reduce the effect this has on the climate, they ought to change beef or chicken for rabbit meat, according to an expert on agricultural science.
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Sweden braces for EU-induced egg boom
Business & Money: 14 Dec 11
A ban on bare cages for egg-laying poultry, which comes into effect in the new year, could mean an egg boom for Sweden if the demand rises quicker than the European poultry farmers have time to adjust.
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Swedish roosters bred to become lip fillers
Science & Technology: 16 Oct 11
Swedish roosters are bred for the sole purpose of becoming lip enhancements and anti-wrinkle creams, according to a report in Swedish media.
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Salmonella scare shutters Swedish petting zoo
Society: 5 Aug 11
Concerns about a salmonella outbreak have forced a petting zoo in southern Sweden to close its doors, after it was confirmed that at least one foal was infected with the highly contagious disease.
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Outbreak prompts probe of old anthrax cases
Science & Technology: 27 Jul 11
An outbreak of anthrax at a farm in central Sweden has prompted veterinary officials to launch an investigation into where cows that died from the disease have been buried in Sweden going back to 1916.
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Anthrax found on Swedish farm
National: 24 Jul 11
A case of anthrax has been discovered at a cattle farm outside Örebro, in central Sweden, with more animals suspected to have been infected.
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Pet abuse on the rise in Sweden: agency
National: 12 Jul 11
Hundreds of cats being kept in a small apartment, lame horses kept unwatered and battered and bruised pooches - the number of pet-owners losing their right to keep animals on the grounds of abuse is increasing steadily in Sweden.
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Swedish stores shun "ugly" produce: report
Business & Money: 7 Jul 11
Swedes throw away food worth billions every year, and vegetables considered unattractive never even reach stores, reveals a new report from Swedish agriculture authorities.
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Swedish man convicted of sex with sheep
Society: 10 Jun 11
A man who forcibly had sex with a sheep has been convicted of violating Sweden's animal cruelty laws.
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Sweden close to pig ear export deal with China
Business & Money: 23 May 11
The Swedish government has confirmed that it is close to signing an agreement for the export of pig ears to China, where the anatomical organ is a sought-after delicacy.
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Swedish man accused of sex with sheep
Society: 20 May 11
A Swedish man in his fifties who was allegedly caught having sex with a sheep near Alingsås in western Sweden denies being guilty of animal cruelty.
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Swedes eat more meat
Society: 27 Mar 11
As meat prices continue to fall, Swedes are taking the chance to eat more and more, new figures show.
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Swedish group to study horse whispering youth
Society: 21 Sep 10
A research team drawn from three Swedish universities is planning to study how children from various cultural backgrounds communicate with horses.
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Sweden set for worst grain harvest in 15 years
Business & Money: 19 Aug 10
Sweden is set to experience the worst grain harvest in 15 years due to adverse weather conditions during the sowing season and the summer, according to a new forecast from the Swedish Board of Agriculture.
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Minister: Mink neglect must stop
National: 11 Aug 10
Sweden's agriculture minister Eskil Erlandsson has demanded an end to the neglectful treatment of minks after having been presented with macabre film footage from Sweden's mink farms.
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Fungal disease threatens Swedish wheat harvest
Science & Technology: 4 Aug 10
The wheat harvest in many parts of Sweden is under threat by the fungus disease Tilletia contraversa (dwarf bunt), with the Board of Agriculture fearing its spread in central Sweden.
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Tourism creates jobs, boosts export earnings
Business & Money: 6 Jul 10
Tourism helped to create new jobs and higher export earnings in 2009, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket) reported on Tuesday.
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Sweden preps for post-hunt wolf imports
National: 28 Jan 10
The government on Thursday ordered the Board of Agriculture to prepare for the active import of foreign wolves into Sweden from the east on the heels of a controversial wolf hunt carried out earlier this year.
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Swedish Meats chair quits over pig scandal
National: 29 Nov 09
Lars Hultström has resigned as chair of Swedish Meats and all other leadership positions within the pig farming industry. Hultström owns one of the pig farms at the heart of an animal rights scandal.
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Old meat rations on sale in Sweden
National: 26 Sep 09
Following revelations that Swedish meat supplies from the Cold War era are being served up in restaurants in Poland, its has been revealed that tinned rations are also on sale in Sweden.
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Rancid Swedish Cold War meat sold to Poland
National: 25 Sep 09
Meat from Swedish stockpiles dating back to the Cold War has been sold to Poland to be served in restaurants.
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Agency puts its foot down in Sweden's battle with killer slugs
Science & Technology: 18 Jun 09
Agriculture authorities in Sweden are setting up battle stations in the country’s continuing struggle to fight off killer slugs.
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Agency steps up efforts to unmask strawberry cheats
Science & Technology: 3 Jun 09
Agriculture authorities in Sweden are going hi-tech to crack down on the sale of imported strawberries which have been falsely marked as Swedish.
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Swedish grocers selling 'Spanish' fruit from Israel
Society: 20 Jan 09
Stores from two separate grocery chains in Sweden have changed the country of origin displays for fruit imported from Israel.
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Blue tongue disease continues to spread
National: 15 Sep 08
Authorities in western Sweden on Monday morning discovered the latest in a series of cases of animals infected with blue tongue disease at a farm in Halland.
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Blue tongue disease hits Swedish farm
National: 8 Sep 08
Two animals infected with blue tongue disease have been destroyed, as Sweden’s agricultural ministry gears up to prevent a wider outbreak of the feared livestock disease.
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No use crying over school milk
Society: 13 Jul 08
New rules for EU subsidies for school milk pose a challenge to Swedish officials, with some milk products set to be excluded from the scheme.
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French man with two asses surprises Swedish officials
Society: 30 Jun 08
Customs officials in Gothenburg were at a loss as to how to deal with Jacques Abdelaziz and his two four-legged pack animals.
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Killer slugs to meet their match
National: 19 Apr 08
The Swedish Chemicals Agency has approved the use of tiny roundworms to fight the scourge of the Spanish 'killer' slugs.
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Sweden regulates pet ownership
National: 26 Mar 08
The Board of Agriculture has issued an extensive set of new guidelines regulating how pet owners treat their dogs and cats.
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Sweden acts after German bird flu outbreak
Science & Technology: 19 Dec 07
Authorities in Sweden have ordered all poultry and tame birds to be kept under cover after the H5N1 bird flu virus was found in Germany and Poland.
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Food prices 'will fall over next decade'
Business & Money: 17 Sep 07
World food prices will fall over the next decade despite increased demand for grain to make fuel, the Swedish Board of Agriculture has predicted.
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Increased meat consumption 'harms environment'
Science & Technology: 27 Jul 07
Swedes are eating 50 percent more meat today than 15 years ago - and a study has just revealed that producing 1kg of beef causes the same amount of greenhouse emissions as driving 250km in a car. Eat less meat, say the authorities.
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Sweden orders birds indoors over flu worries
Science & Technology: 28 Feb 07
Poultry and other birds in captivity in Sweden will have to be kept indoors from March following recent outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu strain in Europe, the Swedish Board of Agriculture has said.
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Camel-counting season underway in Sweden
Society: 26 Feb 07
The Swedish Board of Agriculture has asked local councils nationwide to carry out a head count of camels, alpacas, llamas, dromedaries and yaks. We want to avoid them spreading disease, says a spokeswoman.
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Farmer forced to kill 22,000 ducks
Science & Technology: 3 Aug 06
A salmonella outbreak in southern Sweden has left a farmer forced to kill 22,500 ducks. "It feels terrible," says Jan Bang.
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More dogs smuggled into Sweden
Society: 17 Jul 06
An increasing number of small dogs are being imported into Sweden, with more sick animals being impounded. Customs officials are blaming Paris Hilton for the trend for micro-pooches.
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Bird flu restrictions relaxed
Science & Technology: 12 May 06
Swedish hens, ducks and geese will soon be allowed to roam around outside, after authorities decided that the immediate danger from H5N1 avian influenza has passed.
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Bird flu in Skåne
Smörgåsbord: 11 Apr 06
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Stockholm birds 'had H5 strain'
Science & Technology: 21 Mar 06
Two birds found in central Stockholm were carrying the highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu, it has been confirmed. Further tests are needed to confirm that it was H5N1.
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Stockholm swans had bird flu
Science & Technology: 20 Mar 06
Two swans with an aggressive form of bird flu have been found in the heart of Stockholm. Measures to prevent the virus spreading to domestic birds have been taken by authorities.
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Puppy smugglers arrested in Karlskrona
Society: 19 Mar 06
Smugglers were caught trying to bring eleven puppies into Sweden via Karlskrona on Saturday night. A trade being fed by the fashion for small dogs, customs officers say.
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Swedish bird flu confirmed as H5N1
Science & Technology: 15 Mar 06
The first two dead ducks from Sweden to be tested in the EU's bird flu laboratory had the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus. In its most aggressive form, the virus has killed 100 people worldwide.
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Birds on Gotland have flu
Science & Technology: 10 Mar 06
The first cases of a highly pathogenic strain of H5 bird flu have been found on Gotland, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Sweden to 13.
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Search for birds continues
Science & Technology: 9 Mar 06
The hunt for sick and dead birds is continuing along Sweden's east coast following the discovery on Wednesday of a number of birds with suspected H5N1 bird flu.
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Bird flu found in two Swedish towns
Science & Technology: 8 Mar 06
The aggressive form of bird flu has been found in birds in two towns in south-eastern Sweden. Experts say that they expect more cases to be found elsewhere in the country.
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Swedish consumers to pay price for BSE controls
Science & Technology: 4 Mar 06
After the first confirmed case of BSE in Sweden, the county is likely to tighten its slaughter regulation. The cost, both for the industry and for consumers, will be high.
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Experts 'very sure' flu is deadly strain
Science & Technology: 3 Mar 06
Two ducks that died of bird flu in the Oskarshamn area of Sweden were almost certainly carrying the deadly H5N1 strain, the EU reference laboratory in the UK has confirmed. Another eight ducks were also very likely to have been infected.
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Swedish mad cow case confirmed
National: 3 Mar 06
The European Commission confirmed on Friday that the first case of case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, has been detected in Sweden. It's sad, says agriculture minister Ann-Christin Nykvist.
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Bird flu: "Keep cats indoors"
Science & Technology: 2 Mar 06
The Swedish government raises the classification of the H5N1 variant of bird flu to "constituting a public danger". At the same time, EU veterinary experts advise people to keep cats indoors and dogs on a leash.
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Bird flu controls tightened
Science & Technology: 1 Mar 06
Bird flu reaches Sweden
Examination of the area where birds were found with possible H5N1 virus is stepped up as controls are introduced across Sweden. Bird owners in many parts of the country are being asked to register with local officials.
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Bird flu reaches Sweden
Science & Technology: 28 Feb 06
Bird flu 'doesn't worry Swedes'
An aggressive form of bird flu has been found in Sweden. The virus was found in wild birds near Oskarshamn, in Småland in the south of the country. "Serious but not unexpected," says Sweden's agriculture minister.
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Bird flu reaches the Baltic
Science & Technology: 15 Feb 06
Sweden introduces emergency measures as it is confirmed that two dead swans found in the Baltic Sea 100km from the southern tip of Sweden were carrying the deadly H5N1 virus. All Swedish poultry must be taken indoors, says the Board of Agriculture.
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Stockholm and Gothenburg poultry ordered indoors
Science & Technology: 27 Oct 05
All commercial poultry in Sweden's two main metropolitan areas is to be kept indoors from Thursday in a bid to prevent the spread of bird flu. And duck hunting is banned.
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Bird flu "could already be in Sweden"
Smörgåsbord: 21 Oct 05
Apparently ditching the 'no panic' message of last week, health experts are on high alert, warning that bird flu could already have reached Sweden. And opposition politicans say that the government's measures are inadequate.
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EU to block Swedish egg law
National: 28 Mar 05
An EU Commission has ruled that Sweden's law against battery hens, also known as Astrid Lindgren's law, is not valid. The commission now intends to use the European courts to force Sweden to drop the law.
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Rabies risk as dog smuggling increases
Smörgåsbord: 10 Mar 05
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"Cheaper food in Sweden" after EU expansion
Society: 8 Mar 05
The addition of ten new member states to the European Union last year has had a dramatic effect on the cost of living in Sweden - and Swedes are becoming more carnivorous.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
The story of K Composite Magazine »
"I’m working on a couple long articles which will be posted here soon. While those are in the works, I thought I’d share this article and interview about my magazine, K Composite, which was recently published on the site Design-Milk.com. Enjoy! Scott Ritcher launched his now digitally glossy mag, K Composite, back when Macs were used..." READ »
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