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Vilsack says anti-obesity campaign needed to keep next generation competitive, country secure
WASHINGTON — Releasing a new dietary icon that encourages Americans to fill half their plates with fruits and vegetables and facing questions about a congressional plan to stop changes in the school lunch program, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on June 2 seemed to up the stakes in the Obama administration’s anti-obesity campaign, calling it a matter of national competitiveness and national security.
Monday, June, 06, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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WASHINGTON — Releasing a new dietary icon that encourages Americans to fill half their plates with fruits and vegetables and facing questions about a congressional plan to stop changes in the school lunch program, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on June 2 seemed to up the stakes in the Obama administration’s anti-obesity campaign, calling it a matter of national competitiveness and national security.
Monday, June, 06, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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Musical chairs, farm transition
Now more than ever, area farmers need a plan to pass on their farm to the next generation, according to a farm estate planner.
Monday, January, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Now more than ever, area farmers need a plan to pass on their farm to the next generation, according to a farm estate planner.
Monday, January, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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DuPont ethanol plant to be built in central Iowa
NEVADA, Iowa — DuPont has chosen a central Iowa location near Nevada for its next-generation ethanol plant.
Thursday, June, 30, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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NEVADA, Iowa — DuPont has chosen a central Iowa location near Nevada for its next-generation ethanol plant.
Thursday, June, 30, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Funding organic programs a priority
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Your actions today help to ensure the production of healthy organics for you, your family and all generations to come.
Monday, October, 31, 2011 - Organic Farming Research Foundation - Opinion
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Your actions today help to ensure the production of healthy organics for you, your family and all generations to come.
Monday, October, 31, 2011 - Organic Farming Research Foundation - Opinion
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Protecting the future of agriculture
WASHINGTON — In communities across our nation, no tradition runs deeper from generation to generation than that of working on a family farm. By working alongside their parents, grandparents and neighbors, young people learn important life skills and values — the values of hard work, personal responsibility and perseverance. They learn how to problem solve and work on a team to get things done. Agriculture is a way of life; but now the federal government wants to fundamentally change that way of life.
Monday, April, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WASHINGTON — In communities across our nation, no tradition runs deeper from generation to generation than that of working on a family farm. By working alongside their parents, grandparents and neighbors, young people learn important life skills and values — the values of hard work, personal responsibility and perseverance. They learn how to problem solve and work on a team to get things done. Agriculture is a way of life; but now the federal government wants to fundamentally change that way of life.
Monday, April, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Understanding what we do not control
DICKINSON, N.D. — Discussing beef value always generates a lively response. The relationship between seller and buyer always rests in fairness. However, the documentation of what is fair is difficult, if not impossible.
Monday, March, 05, 2012 - Agweek - News
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DICKINSON, N.D. — Discussing beef value always generates a lively response. The relationship between seller and buyer always rests in fairness. However, the documentation of what is fair is difficult, if not impossible.
Monday, March, 05, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Aid to animals, risk to humans
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The possible role of the veterinary use of antibiotics in the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of pathogens that have the potential to cause serious human illness has generated considerable attention in recent years.
Monday, February, 13, 2012 - Agweek - News
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The possible role of the veterinary use of antibiotics in the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of pathogens that have the potential to cause serious human illness has generated considerable attention in recent years.
Monday, February, 13, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Federal lands grazing can be vitalized
WASHINGTON — The U.S. beef industry is diverse, with a presence in all 50 states. Despite that diversity, we all have common goals of raising healthy beef in an environment free of overly burdensome government interference and to pass down successful operations and healthy natural resources to future generations.
Monday, March, 19, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. beef industry is diverse, with a presence in all 50 states. Despite that diversity, we all have common goals of raising healthy beef in an environment free of overly burdensome government interference and to pass down successful operations and healthy natural resources to future generations.
Monday, March, 19, 2012 - Agweek - News
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N.D. grower wins top award
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Third-generation Grand Forks, N.D., farmer Gregg Halverson has been named 2012 Top Producer of the Year by Top Producer magazine.
Tuesday, February, 07, 2012 - Agweek - News
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Third-generation Grand Forks, N.D., farmer Gregg Halverson has been named 2012 Top Producer of the Year by Top Producer magazine.
Tuesday, February, 07, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Corn is king this spring
Robert Stover has been raising corn all his life in eastern North Dakota. His grandfather, Frank Stover, brought ears of corn with him from Indiana when he moved to the Larimore, N.D., area in 1901, and subsequent generations of the Stover family have kept raising it.
Monday, May, 07, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Robert Stover has been raising corn all his life in eastern North Dakota. His grandfather, Frank Stover, brought ears of corn with him from Indiana when he moved to the Larimore, N.D., area in 1901, and subsequent generations of the Stover family have kept raising it.
Monday, May, 07, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Getting to know the lay of the land
TOWNER, N.D. — There’s something to be said for generational knowledge of a piece of ground — when you can steer around a boggy spot because your dad warned you about it when you were a kid driving through the field, or go right to a little-known patch of Juneberries because your mom let you in on the secret of where to find them.
Monday, September, 12, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Opinion
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TOWNER, N.D. — There’s something to be said for generational knowledge of a piece of ground — when you can steer around a boggy spot because your dad warned you about it when you were a kid driving through the field, or go right to a little-known patch of Juneberries because your mom let you in on the secret of where to find them.
Monday, September, 12, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Opinion
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U.N. report: Global renewable energy investment up 32 percent in 2010
TOKYO — Global investment in renewable energy hit a record-high total of $211 billion in 2010, up 32 percent from the previous year's $160 billion, the U.N. Environment Program reported Thursday.
Thursday, July, 07, 2011 - Kyodo - Farm
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TOKYO — Global investment in renewable energy hit a record-high total of $211 billion in 2010, up 32 percent from the previous year's $160 billion, the U.N. Environment Program reported Thursday.
Thursday, July, 07, 2011 - Kyodo - Farm
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October is co-op month
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has signed a proclamation deeming October as “Co-op Month.”
Tuesday, October, 11, 2011 - North Dakota Farmers Union - Opinion
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BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has signed a proclamation deeming October as “Co-op Month.”
Tuesday, October, 11, 2011 - North Dakota Farmers Union - Opinion
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Jury says California chicken egg farm is foul
SAN FRANCISCO — A Central California egg farmer has been ordered to pay its neighbors $500,000 after a federal jury found the massive operation to be a nuisance under state law.
Friday, May, 27, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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SAN FRANCISCO — A Central California egg farmer has been ordered to pay its neighbors $500,000 after a federal jury found the massive operation to be a nuisance under state law.
Friday, May, 27, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Dayton visits Farmfest, promotes farm exports
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he hopes to boost the state's farm exports when he goes on a couple of trade missions this fall.
Friday, August, 05, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he hopes to boost the state's farm exports when he goes on a couple of trade missions this fall.
Friday, August, 05, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Report: Things looking up for Minnesota organic farms
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A new report says things are looking up for Minnesota's organic farms.
Wednesday, August, 31, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A new report says things are looking up for Minnesota's organic farms.
Wednesday, August, 31, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Paraguay bans beef exports in foot-and-mouth case
ASUNCION, Paraguay — Paraguay is banning all beef exports in response to outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that could devastate its cattle industry.
Friday, September, 23, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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ASUNCION, Paraguay — Paraguay is banning all beef exports in response to outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that could devastate its cattle industry.
Friday, September, 23, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Heinz quarterly profit climbs, raises dividend
PITTSBURGH — H.J. Heinz Co.’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 16 percent as the world’s largest ketchup maker expanded its global reach.
Thursday, May, 26, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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PITTSBURGH — H.J. Heinz Co.’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 16 percent as the world’s largest ketchup maker expanded its global reach.
Thursday, May, 26, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Federal judge: Biofuels deal was a scam
NATCHEZ, Miss. — A federal judge agrees with regulators’ charges against a man who claimed he had developed a revolutionary process to more than double fuel production from soybeans — and to do so without waste or the tiniest bit of pollution.
Thursday, July, 28, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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NATCHEZ, Miss. — A federal judge agrees with regulators’ charges against a man who claimed he had developed a revolutionary process to more than double fuel production from soybeans — and to do so without waste or the tiniest bit of pollution.
Thursday, July, 28, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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UNL professor donates to support grain research
LINCOLN, Neb. — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor has made a donation to the university to make sure grain research work continues.
Thursday, September, 01, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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LINCOLN, Neb. — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor has made a donation to the university to make sure grain research work continues.
Thursday, September, 01, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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