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Johnson: Direct crop subsidies likely to be out of new farm bill
Jan. 17 - Direct subsidy payments to America's farmers are on the chopping block as the new farm bill gets written this year, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., told a round-table group Monday in Rapid City. Johnson repeated what Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., told...Tags: Washington, DC, Conservation, Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Technology, Trade Dispute
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USDA announces $308 million in aid to states
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The nation's top agriculture official is expected to announce Wednesday more than $300 million in emergency assistance to 33 states and Puerto Rico to help them recover from an unusually intense year for natural disasters across...Tags: Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Natural Disasters, Agricultural Research and Technology, Floods, Natural Disasters
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USDA extends Conservation Stewardship signup to Jan. 27
WASHINGTON, D.C. - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White today announced that the cut-off date for the current Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) ranking period has been extended to Jan. 27. Producers who maintain a...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Obama rejects Canada-Texas oil pipeline for now
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — In a politically explosive decision, President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected plans for a massive oil pipeline through the heart of the United States, ruling there was not enough time for a fair review before a looming...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, John Boehner, Washington, DC, Elections
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Senate committee votes to lift Sunday hunting ban
Virginia hunters got some good news Thursday.
A Senate committee has voted to lift a ban on Sunday hunting in the Commonwealth.
The bill now goes to the full Senate for a vote.
Governor McDonnell has said he will support Sunday hunting on private land....Tags: Fairfax County, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Government, Natural Resources, Executive Branch
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Governor McDonnell asks General Assembly to keep uranium mining ban in place for the 2012 session
NEWS7 Senior ReporterUPDATED 4:55 p.m.: A major development in the controversial issue of uranium mining in Southern Virginia. Governor Bob McDonnell asked the General Assembly on Thursday to keep the state's moratorium in place, while Virginia studies mining and develops...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Justice System, Government, Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice
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Salmon in the Classroom comes to Petoskey
Students in the Petoskey area are being offered the opportunity to take part in a unique Northern Michigan outdoors program called Salmon in the Classroom.
The program, which involves students of all ages and grade levels, is sponsored statewide by Trout...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Conservation, Teaching and Learning, Students
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources helps you become an outdoorswoman
I'm lucky.
I grew up in a family of outdoors people. Our parents took us canoeing almost every weekend during the summer, and, allegedly, I guilted my dad into taking me ice fishing when he also had to bring along a diaper bag.
But not everyone grew...Tags: Natural Resources, Conservation, Natural Resource Industry, Defense, Natural Resources
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IID to start contracts for fallowing program, though program not without problems
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterThe Imperial Irrigation District has upped its price for not farming in order to get enough water to transfer to the coast, though some were critical of continuing with the program as is. The district Board of Directors approved increasing the price...Tags: Conservation, Water Supply, Environmental Issues
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Natural Perspectives: 'Rapped' up in new teaching endeavor
Vic must have thought that I didn't have enough to do, what with teaching at the Orange County Conservation Corps, writing this column, and attempting to grow 350 pounds of food this year. He asked me to team-teach his bird and natural history courses...Tags: Book, Geology, History (tv network), Colleges and Universities, Natural Resources
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Border Patrol to toughen policy
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The U.S. Border Patrol is moving to halt a revolving-door policy of sending migrants back to Mexico without any punishment. The agency this month is overhauling its approach on migrants caught illegally crossing the 1,954-mile border...Tags: Punishment, Immigration, George Allen, Organized Crime, Trials
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Land-grant universities have threefold mission
Last week, I started down the road talking about the Land Grant Act, which established colleges of agriculture and mechanics.
As you might remember, the Land Grant Act gave 30,000 acres of public land to each state for each of its senators and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Architecture, Colleges and Universities, Culture, Colleges and Universities
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