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#Pennsylvania Game Commission creates second #CWD #deer management area
Lehigh Valley WildThe Pennsylvania Game Commission has established the state’s second Disease Management Area in parts of four counties in response to three hunter-killed deer that tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. Through an executive order, PGC Executive... -
USDA starts new program to track farm animals
MILWAUKEE - The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease. It is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's second attempt at implementing such a system,...Tags: Scabies , Tuberculosis, Food Industry, Agriculture, Brucellosis
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Budget would increase grazing fees, lower estate tax exemption levels
The thought of a balanced budget in Washington is one that many of us find hard to believe. President Obama released his 2014 budget proposal last week, and though the proposal won't likely fly with Congress, it is important to note the impacts the...Tags: Land Resources, Agriculture, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress
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CROP and LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS South Dakota
For the week ending April 21, 2013, cooler than normal temperatures, snow, and freezing rain continued to limit field work in most areas of the state, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, South Dakota Field Office. Average...Tags: Arable Farming, Agriculture, Water Supply
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Don't Label Genetically Engineered Food
The Hartford CourantThe recent call for labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients — especially on a state-by-state basis as in Connecticut — is unnecessary, unrealistic and uninformed. As someone who grew up and attended college in...Tags: Health Organizations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Allergies, Biotechnology, Consumer Goods Industries
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Drier spell soon to boost lagging U.S. corn seedings
Reuters* Northern Midwest to see corn planting this week * Still too wet in the west and south * Bulk of Corn Belt seen drier early next week By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May 6 (Reuters) - Rainfall in the western and southern Midwest this week will slow corn...Tags: Chicago Board of Trade, Arable Farming
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Review finds mud-blocking K-rails no longer needed in La Caņada
Three years after the Station fire denuded the hills above La Caņada Flintridge, a federal agency has determined that important earth-holding vegetation has recovered to the point that bulky concrete barriers put in place to protect homes from mudflows...
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LIVESTOCK-U.S. live cattle futures sag with beef prices
Reuters* Lower corn prices pressure CME cattle, hogs * Eroding packer margins also weigh on hog futures By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 6 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Monday on expectations that wholesale beef...Tags: Chicago Board of Trade, Memorial Day
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Another look at USDA program
Discrimination in the delivery of USDA programs is a painful and complex subject. I am deeply disturbed by the misleading information published in the April 30 editorial about the USDA Farm Loan settlements and New York Times story it relied on. Both...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, The New York Times, Discrimination, Social Issues
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Dealing with Drought: Impact on agriculture
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsKansas farmlands were scorched last summer by extreme heat, and no moisture. There were massive crop losses and ranchers had to sell off herds due to rising costs of feed and water. This spring, the rains have returned. But it may be too late to help...Tags: Droughts, Natural Disasters
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READER SUBMITTED: Second Annual School Breakfast Summit - East Windsor Takes Third Place
East WindsorGovernor Dannel P. Malloy today joined State Department of Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, the Connecticut Breakfast Expansion Team (CBET) at the Second Annual School Breakfast Summit. CBET, a collaboration of End Hunger CT!, the Connecticut No Kid...Tags: Nutrition, Dannel P. Malloy , Government, Politics, Sprague
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Honeybee decline linked to disease, parasites, genetics, report says
A new federal report has found that the nation's honeybee decline, which threatens up to $30 billion worth of agriculture production, is being caused by several factors, including disease, parasites and poor genetics. After colony collapse disorder...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Productivity, Science and Technology
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