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- Escape to the farm
- At New York Farm Day late last month in Washington, D.C., Sen. Hillary Clinton announced plans to help farmers sell produce and products directly to colleges throughout the state. Now, the farmers want to school tourists on site. In conjunction with Amtrak, the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets...
- Research articles 2008-10-06
- Rutgers Is Warming To Solar Power
- Last Tuesday, Rutgers University broke ground on what is being touted as the largest campus-based solar energy facility in the country. Rutgers president Richard L. McCormick, state Board of Public Utilities commissioner Joseph L Fiordaliso and other officials gathered at a sevenacre site at the Livingston Campus where a $10...
- Research articles 2008-09-29
- 7. Supplemental tables
- Table 7.1. Selected Per Capita Product and Income Series in Current and Chained Dollars [Dollars] Line ...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Congress funds grapegrowers; Farm Bill funds research, pest prevention and more
- The latest U.S. Farm Bill, which defines farm policy for a period of five years, for the first time seriously addresses the needs of specialty crop producers--including those of grapes and wine. The legislation includes numerous new assistance opportunities for specialty crop industry needs, including marketing, research and pest management....
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Washington outlook
- After more than 18 months of debate and deliberation, Congress passed the Farm Bill (HR 2419), officially titled the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007. The bill, which passed 318-106 in the House and 81-15 in the Senate, has been hailed as a bipartisan effort since many of those...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- CCAGW Assails Farm Bill Debacle
- WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste CCAGW today reacted to the farce known as the Farm Bill. After President Bush vetoed the Farm Bill on Wednesday, the House moved to immediately override the veto, but it was discovered that the President did not receive the correct copy...
- Research articles 2008-05-22
- The U.S. Court of Appeals rules in favor of Farm Market ID and requires USDA's Farm Service Agency to release data on farms that participate in various payment and benefit programs
- The U.S. Court of Appeals rules in favor of Farm Market ID and requires USDA's Farm Service Agency FSA to release data on farms that participate in various payment and benefit programs. For many years FSA routinely released data and the court decision reaffirms that FSA was correct to...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Iraq: small fry thrive as Al-Qaeda big fish flee
- KHIDR, Iraq AFP — The Sunni Arab sheikh smiled happily as a torch in a darkened room lit up a water tank teeming with pin-sized larvae. Now that the Al-Qaeda big fish have fled, the carp small fry are thriving. "Last year Al-Qaeda prevented us from doing any fish...
- Research articles 2008-04-28
- SKorea upgrades bird flu alert, troops on standby
- SEOUL AFP — South Korea on Wednesday issued a nationwide bird flu alert, deployed troops and put firefighters on standby to try to contain the spread of the disease, officials said. The agriculture ministry said in a statement the "orange" vigilance level was extended to the whole country after...
- Research articles 2008-04-16
- Pig farms bloom in Muslim Morocco thanks to tourism
- AGADIR, Morocco AFP — Shunned by most Muslim countries where pork consumption is a religious taboo, pig farming is blooming in Morocco thanks to a growing tourist industry and pragmatic breeders like 39-year-old Said Samouk. "If there's tourism, it would be better to have pigs," said Samouk, who raises...
- Research articles 2008-03-25
- An ugly Heritage: the poor man's national park; the citizen's burden
- A FEW years ago, Lee Ott was driving around his vegetable farm in Yuma, Ariz., when he spotted a crew of surveyors putting stakes in his land. "I stopped and asked them what was going on," he recalls. It turned out they were marking the boundaries of the Yuma Crossing...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Chinese official calls farm produce safety a 'major challenge'
- BEIJING AFP — A top official said China faces a "major challenge" maintaining the safety of its farm produce despite declaring success in a four-month food quality crackdown, state media reported Wednesday. "Managing 220 million farming families is a lot more difficult than managing, say, 500 large farms," the...
- Research articles 2008-01-08
- 'Labour hero' executed in NKorea: aid group
- SEOUL AFP — A cooperative farm chief who was once honoured by North Korea's founding president has been publicly executed for starting a private farm to support his luxurious lifestyle, a South Korean aid group said Thursday. The unidentified man -- said to be a member of the national...
- Research articles 2008-01-02
- U.S. publications
- NOTE: Data is believed to be accurate but not guaranteed. Contact the publisher for the most current information. AG ALERT 2300 River Plaza Dr, Sacramento, CA 95833; 916/561-5570, FAX: 916/561-5695 Web site: www.cfbf.com Parent company: California Farm Bureau Federation Number of employees: 12 Publisher:...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- U.S. radio networks
- AG INFO CENTER NETWORK 4104 Country Ln, St. Joseph, MO 64506; 816/233-8881, FAX: 816/279-8280 Web site: www.aginfocenter.com 18 stations in KS, MO and NE all carrying farm programming VP: Mark Vail (mark.vail@eagleradio.net) Farm Broadcaster: Tom Brand# Ad Sls: Gary Exline, 816/233-8881 (gary.exline@eagleradio.net); Mark Vail,...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Editorial | The Farm Bill
- When Congress returns to work next month, lawmakers need to improve a farm bill by modernizing the way taxpayers subsidize crops. The $286 billion farm bill approved by the Senate preserves many outdated rules and overcompensates big corporate farms, not the family farm of lore. Five crops in about 30...
- Research articles 2007-12-28
- Polish government says new H5N1 flu confirmed
- WARSAW AFP — A new outbreak of the potentially lethal H5N1 avian flu has been detected in northern Poland where cases have already been reported, the Polish Agriculture Ministry said Saturday. "Veterinary authorities received the results Saturday morning from the national laboratory that confirm the presence of the H5N1...
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- AVMA Lauds Senators for Approving 2007 Farm Bill Legislation that Includes the Veterinary Workforce Grant Program
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Tom McPheron of American Veterinary Medical Association, +1-847-285-6781, or cell, +1-773-494-5419, tmcpheron@avma.org SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Veterinary Medical Association AVMA commends the U.S. Senate for passage of the Veterinary Workforce Grant Program VWGP as part of the 2007 Farm Bill. This important veterinary...
- Research articles 2007-12-19
- Senate backward on subsidies
- AN amendment to the 2007 farm bill that would have limited federal payments to well-to-do farmers failed in the Senate on Thursday. The vote was 56-43 -- in favor of the measure. How can a bill backed by a substantial bipartisan majority not pass? Welcome to the wonderful world of...
- Research articles 2007-12-15
- Senate goes backward on farm subsidies
- AN amendment to the 2007 farm bill that would have limited federal payments to well-to-do farmers failed Thursday in the Senate. The 56-43 was in favor of the measure. How can a bill backed by a substantial bipartisan majority not pass? Welcome to the wonderful world of agriculture politics. ...
- Research articles 2007-12-15
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