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South Dakota looking to add more dairy cows
SIOUX FALLS (AP) - South Dakota is on the lookout for dairy cows. Gov. Dennis Daugaard and state agriculture officials traveled this week to the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., with the goal of doubling the state's current herd of about 92,000 dairy...Tags: Plant Openings, Consumer Goods Industries, Dennis Daugaard, Personal Income
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Amherst vineyard owner named Virginia's top grape grower
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefEven in the dead of winter, there's plenty to see on Len Thompson's farm. His vineyard is a year-round labor of love. "There are easier ways to make money, but you've got to like what you do," said Thompson. For almost 14 years, he and his wife, Kay,...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Amherst County, Wines, Grapes
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Former Dairy Owner Indicted for Federal Fraud
Channel 2 NewsThe former co-owner of Valley Dairy, which does business as Matanuska Creamery, faces federal charges for using agricultural grant money for his own personal gain. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Retta Randall, 48-year-old Kyle Beus of Wasilla...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Cheese, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Sweet-Tooth Tax: Should Consumers Have to Pay Extra For Candy And Soda?
Tobacco can make you sick and kill you. So can too much sugar in your diet, which most scientists agree is keyed into the obesity epidemic that's producing a generation of bloated kids and fat-plagued adults. We tax the hell out of cigarettes to...
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure
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Local farmers doubt milk prices will double
Daily American Staff WriterThe predictions are dire: milk prices doubling, dairy markets collapsing, family farms folding. These are the potential results of congressional inaction on a new federal farm bill and the impending "fiscal cliff." But according to Milford...Tags: Farms, Laws, Consumer Goods Industries, Fiscal Cliff, Justice System
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Let the Girl Scouts cookies just be cookies
Are you ready for a road trip? Dade City in Pasco County is hosting its annual Kumquat Festival on Saturday, an event that honors the sweet-sour citrus. From 9 a.m.-5 p.m., visitors can sample all manner of kumquat cuisine from pies, smoothies, marmalade,...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Girl Scout Cookies, Mangos
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Tax relief act is a disappointment for dairy farmers
After years of work to bring dairy policy reform to fruition, we are extremely disappointed that Congress has turned its back on dairy farmers. Although passing the American Tax Relief Act of 2012 averted a 'dairy cliff' that would have devastated the...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
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PASSINGS: Daniel J. Edelman
Daniel J. Edelman, 92, who built one of the world's top public relations companies and pioneered celebrity endorsements and media tours, died of heart failure Tuesday at a Chicago hospital, said his son, Richard Edelman. Edelman is credited with...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, CBS Corp., Advil (drug), Johnny Carson, Nolan Ryan
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Fight brews on Maryland drink deposit law
In a bid to boost recycling and reduce litter, a trio of lawmakers announced plans Monday to push for legislation that would levy a refundable nickel deposit on every beverage container sold in Maryland.
But the announcement drew prompt opposition from...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Consumer Goods Industries, Bethlehem Steel, Global Warming, Government
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New year's resolution
2012-13 Somerset County Dairy PrincessIt is a new year that means you made a new year's resolution. Either making some new friends or promising yourself you are going to lose weight. There is an easy solution to that, just drink milk, 3-Every Day. Happy New Year! I am Cheyenne Saumier,...Tags: Tomatoes, Consumer Goods Industries, Honey, Awards and Prizes, Turkey (animal)
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Ky. Ag Commissioner Comer: Area farmers fared well
smojica@amnews.comMost Danville and Lancaster area farmers fared better than expected in 2012 and should have a very profitable 2013, according to Kentucky Agricultural Commissioner James Comer. “In this region of Kentucky, they suffered a mild drought but It wasn&...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Economic Policy, Business, Agriculture
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Pulaski County packaging company expanding, creating 100 new jobs
A packaging company in Pulaski County is expanding its operation in the New River Valley, and will create 100 new jobs. Governor Bob McDonnell’s office announced Friday morning that Phoenix Packaging Operations will invest $20 million into an...
Tags: Pulaski County (Virginia), Paper and Product Packaging Industry
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