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Market Integration in the North American Hog Industries

About 8 percent of the hogs slaughtered in the U.S. in 2004 will originate in Canada - many more than 10 years ago. Canadian hogs have flowed into the U.S., in response to significant structural changes in the U.S. pork industry concurrent with policy changes in Canada. This, combined with...

Tags: Free Trade, Strategy, Finance, Management, U.S., Hog, Integration, Industry, U.S. Department Of Agriculture

White papers 2004-11-01

Effects of US Dairy Policies on Markets for Milk & Dairy Products

This report examines the economic effects of the principal programs authorized under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 that influence the U.S. dairy sector. The analytical results presented in this study were used as input to a broader study mandated by Congress, which required an evaluation of...

Tags: Payment, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Study, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing

White papers 2004-05-01

A Geospatial Decision Support System For Drought Risk Management

Drought affects virtually all regions of the world and results in significant economic, social, and environmental impacts. Congress enacted the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to encourage the United States Department of Agriculture USDA Risk Management Agency RMA and farmers to be more proactive in managing drought risk. The...

Tags: Security, Financial Services, Management, Finance, Financial Planning, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Drought, U.S. Department Of Agriculture

White papers 2004-04-02

An Introduction to Risk in Agriculture

The article states that the business environment agricultural producers operate in today is vastly different from the environment that existed prior to the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 FAIR Act. The United States Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has defined five primary categories of risk; production,...

Tags: Security, Finance, Management, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Tort Liability, Risk Management, Strategy, Income, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Marketing

White papers 2003-01-01

The New Agricultural Trade Negotiations: Background and Issues for the U.S. Beef Sector

This report focuses on the negotiations on trade in agriculture that were initiated by the World Trade Organization WTO in 2001. These negotiations were focusing on extending the gains to world trade achieved in the 1994 Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture URAA. For the beef sector, the URAA, continuing a...

Tags: Free Trade, Negotiation, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, U.S., Finance

White papers 2001-12-01

ADC Digivance Long-Range Coverage Solution Approved by USDA's Rural Utilities Services; Rural Carriers Now Able to Finance Purchases of Digivance LRCS Through Infrastructure Loan Programs

MINNEAPOLIS -- ADC (NASDAQ:ADCT) (www.adc.com), today announced that its DigivanceR Long-Range Coverage Solution LRCS has been granted product acceptance by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Services RUS. This approval enables rural telephone operators to finance purchases of infrastructure equipment, including Digivance, to further network services and enable high-speed...

Tags: ADC Telecommunications Inc., finance, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Research articles 2005-08-18

Allocation increased for export market promotion program - $200 million of USDA 1991 Market Promotion Funds allocated to assist U.S. producers finance export market promotion of agricultural products; $96 million for promotion of horticultural products -

Almost Half of the 1991 Market Promotion Funds Are for Horticultural Products, With Citrus Fruits and California Wine Receiving the Largest Allocations.

Tags: allocation, finance, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Research articles 1991-08-01

Tainted rice testing state farmers' trust: bioengineered variety threatens finances.

A worldwide controversy over the risks and benefits of genetically modified foods has taken center stage in the rice fields and courts of Arkansas, pitting farmers against massive multinational corporations. And what many people once viewed as an e A worldwide controversy over the...

Tags: Bayer AG, farmer, finance, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Research articles 2006-12-04

Morgan Keegan and USDA Partner to Finance Rural Hospital in Arkansas

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., chosen to spearhead financing efforts for a new hospital in Booneville, Arkansas, obtained a $16.65 million Community Facilities Guarantee through the United States Department of Agriculture USDA to help fund the project.

Tags: finance, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Research articles 2007-08-28

Additional Resources

Enablence's FTTx Network Products Accepted by US Government Financing for Rural Communities

Enablence Technologies (TSX VENTURE: ENA), a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-premises FTTP equipment for residential and business services, today announced that it has received U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service USDA RUS acceptance for the TRIDENT7 Optical Line Terminals and Optical Network Terminals for deployment under the Rural Development Broadband...

Articles 2008-07-28

ZANA Network's Unique Worldwide Partnership Portal Helps Small & Medium Businesses Boost Revenue

Thousands of Partners Around Town or Worldwide are Available via Largest Partnership Portal DETROIT -- ZANA Network, the world's largest contract portal and business development resource for small and medium enterprises SMEs worldwide, today announced an industry-defining partnership portal to help companies expand and build...

Articles 2008-07-08

U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: July 7, 2008

U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Ineffective assistance of counsel BOTTOM LINE: Because defendant's counsel failed to investigate reasonably available mitigating evidence about defendant's mental impairment, their performance was constitutionally deficient, and the state MAR...

Articles 2008-07-07

Chembio to Present at Collins Stewart Emerging Growth Opportunities Conference

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.'s (OTCBB: CEMI) ChiefExecutive Officer, Lawrence Siebert, will present at the Collins StewartFourth Annual Growth Conference on Tuesday, July 8th at 4:00PM EDT at NewYork City's Mandarin Oriental Hotel. A live webcast of the presentation will be available through the followinginternet link: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/clst/cemi.ob/ . ABOUT...

Articles 2008-07-02

CNH (Case New Holland) Announces Participation in U.S. Department of Commerce's Trade Mission to Erbil, Iraq

CNH Case New Holland (NYSE: CNH) todayannounced its participation as one of nine U.S. companies in the U.S.Department of Commerce's DoC Trade Mission to Erbil, Iraq. Led by DoC Deputy Secretary John J. Sullivan, the Trade Mission served as aplatform for non-petroleum U.S. companies to interact with leading...

Articles 2008-07-01

Titan Global Holdings Energy Group Announces Formation of Titan Global Energy Resources

TiGER Strengthens Management with Appointment of James Peeples as Executive VP, Biofuels Development & Government Relations RICHARDSON, Texas -- Titan Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TTGL), a high growth diversified holding company, today announced the formation of Titan Global Energy Resources ("TiGER") and the appointment...

Articles 2008-06-30

On National HIV Testing Day Chembio Reports Completion of Pediatric Study Needed for Expanded Product Usage

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB: CEMI)("Chembio" or the "Company") reported today, National HIV Testing Day, thatit has completed a clinical study designed to evaluate the performance ofits two FDA (United States Food & Drug Administration) approved rapid HIVtests on a pediatric subpopulation (ages 13-17 years of age). The objectiveof...

Articles 2008-06-27

eFoodSafety's OraPhyte™ Patent Granted by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Positive Results of the Company's Product Lead to Continued Testing Through Several Major Universities SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- eFoodSafety.com, Inc. (OTCBB: EFSF, www.efoodsafety.com), a researcher, developer, and marketer of whole foods and nutraceutical products, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Knock-Out Technologies, Ltd., has received approval from the...

Articles 2008-06-26

Groups Urge USDA to Act Promptly to Permit Early Releases from CRP

WASHINGTON -- With tight crop supplies and increasing demand for grains and oilseeds, the Alliance for Agricultural Growth and Competitiveness AAGC urged U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Edward T. Schafer to act quickly to grant penalty-free early releases from the Conservation Reserve Program CRP for non-environmentally sensitive...

Articles 2008-06-26

CLEANUP RECIPE: BURGERS, TIME

By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL CHAPMAN - Michele Wood and her 9-year-old daughter, Erica Zeik, looked through the stacks of canned food, paper goods, and other items lying on a table and the floor at American Legion Post No. 240...

Articles 2008-06-25

CLEANUP RECIPE: BURGERS, TIME

By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL CHAPMAN - Michele Wood and her 9-year-old daughter, Erica Zeik, looked through the stacks of canned food, paper goods, and other items lying on a table and the floor at American Legion Post No. 240...

Articles 2008-06-25