He has been a consultant for cattle breeding associations and for the European Development Fund, too.

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Surfilter Network, which sells Internet security products, rose 5%, and Xinjiang Tianshan Animal Husbandry Bio-Engineering, a supplier of cattle breeding materials, soared 18%.

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But farmers worldwide learned new soil management, new cattle feeding and breeding techniques.

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Texan boots and cowboy hats are a frequent sight at the local airport, but few take the Texan theme as far as Sir Moir: he lives on a ranch in the rolling countryside near the queen's Scottish seat of Balmoral, breeding Aberdeen Angus cattle.

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It does everything from breeding new seeds and cattle, to creating ultra-thin edible wrapping paper for foodstuffs that changes colour when the food goes off, to running a nanotechnology laboratory creating biodegradable ultra-strong fabrics and wound dressings.

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Rural U.S. lawmakers with ties to the cattle industry and economically-strapped horse breeding registries have been pushing to reopen horse slaughter plants in the states since the last three plants shut down in 2007 (two in Texas, one in Illinois).

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Dyess has been embroiled in litigation with local landowners who complain that the aircraft disturb their cattle, putting them off the vital business of breeding.

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He was looking for property to set up a place for his animal breeding operations a hobby that started with rare breeds of cattle, he says.

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