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-New Push to Bring Horse Slaughterhouses Back
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03/09/2010 -
A galloping effort to bring horse slaughterhouses back to Illinois is dividing animal-rights activists.
The founder and president of the Hooved Animal Rescue and Protection Society, Donna Ewing, is applauding a bill hoping to repeal the 3-year-old ban on commercial horse slaught... read more>>>
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-Bovine Respiratory Disease: New Research to Tackle Major Concern for Cattle Industry
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03/09/2010 -
A multi-disciplinary team of Oklahoma State University scientists and practitioners is tackling one of the most challenging concerns of Oklahoma's $4.6 billion cattle industry: Bovine Respiratory Disease.
BRD is the most common disease among feedlot cattle in the United States, accounting for... read more>>>
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-Ag commissioner wants minimum price set for class I milk
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03/07/2010 -
Albany, NY -- New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker recently wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack encouraging him to consider establishing a national base price for Class I milk.
By doing so, Class I prices for fluid milk would ultimately be separated fr... read more>>>
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-Farm Income Shows Small Rebound
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03/07/2010 -
Economists often like to point out that we have two hands. “On the one hand,” they’ll say as they state a fact, and then they’ll introduce an alternative viewpoint with “on the other hand.” So it’s no surprise that many of the predictions in USDA’s rec... read more>>>
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-Ag Secretary Vilsack Outlines Strategy for Rural America
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03/06/2010 -
It’s important for the entire nation to understand and appreciate the condition and state of rural America, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told more than 1,000 farmers attending the Commodity Classic this week in Anaheim, Calif. “We need America to understand why trade agreements are ... read more>>>
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-American Farm Bureau Federation Announces Internship
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03/06/2010 -
The American Farm Bureau Federation is seeking one student for a summer internship with the public relations department in its Washington, D.C. office. Preference will be given to students just completing their junior years with a major in communications, journalism or a related field, but other stu... read more>>>
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-Blueberry Assessment Vote Canceled
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03/06/2010 -
The USDA recently announced that it is withdrawing a proposal to amend the Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order. The proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on July 27, 2009, would have increased the assessment rate annually from $12 to $24 per ton on growers who produce or ... read more>>>
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-AFBF Backs Bipartisan House Effort to Nullify EPA Proposal
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03/04/2010 -
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed scheme to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act is “economically harmful, legally suspect and environmentally indefensible,” according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
AFBF is urging House members to support a bipa... read more>>>
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-Chicken group asks FDA to revise egg rule
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03/02/2010 -
The National Chicken Council has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to modify a rule that would virtually eliminate the $5M annual market for hatching eggs that are not needed for broiler production and are sold to companies that can use them for processed food products.“FDA’s r... read more>>>
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-USDA Announces New CRP Acreage
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03/02/2010 -
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA has approved an additional 300,000 acres for conservation projects under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). These additional areas include 150,000 acres for the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Initiative; 50,000 acres for the Duc... read more>>>
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