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"Black Earth, White Bread: A Techno-Political History of Russian Agriculture and Food" by Susanne A. Wengle explores the transformation of Russia's food systems from the Russian Revolution to the present day. The book argues that Russian agriculture and diets have been shaped by political agendas and technological advancements. It examines the rise of agroholdings, vertically integrated corporations that dominate Russian food production, and the implications of this transformation for the country's politics, population, and environment. The book also highlights the role of technology in shaping food production and the interdependence between subsistence and state agriculture. Additionally, it explores the impact of agricultural practices on the natural world and human health. Overall, "Black Earth, White Bread" provides a comprehensive and informative account of Russia's food system throughout history. [Extracted from the article]

Theunissen emphasises that subsequent Warmblood improvement following the state stud farm scheme's rollback in fact closely followed original government plans to increase utilisation of artificial insemination and produce more horses for the sports market. Theunissen likewise shows how opposition in the late 1970s by Warmblood horse breeders to a government stud farm was similarly motivated by the failure of top-down improvement schemes to account for breeder interests. Accounts of twentieth century agricultural development that present it as an almost inexorable march towards intensive, industrialised farming, leading to the marginalising or superseding the farmer's tacit knowledge and intuitive hand, have been subjects of recent scholarly criticism. [Extracted from the article]

In Leonard Lawler's investigation of "absolute freedom" in I History of Madness i , he argues that a notion of animal freedom might be derived from this in a way that helps us to rethink animal life and human-animal relations. Also included is Clare Palmer's important chapter opening Part Two, originally published as a 2001 article in I Environmental Ethics i , which summarizes Foucault's conception of power and how effectively this can be used to examine human-animal power relations in different contexts. But as these chapters are important seminal examples of early applications of Foucault to human-animal relations, to which several of the other authors refer in framing and situating their contributions, their presence in the collection is coherent as well as convenient. [Extracted from the article]

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The article reviews the book "Art and Science in Breeding: Creating Better Chickens," by Margaret E. Derry.

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Reviews several pregnancy testers for hogs. Findings from tests on six pregnancy-testers; Key features; Value of accurate pregnancy tests; Includes comparisons for the six testers, including Scanopreg, Preg-Tone II, and ILIS Preg-Test. INSET: Units not shown include:..

Reviews the advantages and disadvantages of double-muscle breeding of cows. Fertility; Beef production; Recommendations.

The article reviews two books including "Cattle Feeding Buildings in the Midwest" and "Cow-Calf Production in the U.S. Corn Belt."

A review of the DVD release of the "Pig Husbandry Techniques and Methods: Key Factors," which provides an insight into pig husbandry is presented.