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UGA gets $1.2M grant to study nutrition in pecans
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A University of Georgia researcher on Friday was awarded a $1.2 million federal grant to study the nutritional benefits of pecans and offer those findings to help promote the nuts, which are fetching record prices thanks to exploding demand in China and other markets overseas.
Thursday, October, 20, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — A University of Georgia researcher on Friday was awarded a $1.2 million federal grant to study the nutritional benefits of pecans and offer those findings to help promote the nuts, which are fetching record prices thanks to exploding demand in China and other markets overseas.
Thursday, October, 20, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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States file brief to 'tailpipe rule' challenge
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has filed the opening brief in a legal challenge it and eight other states are making to the Environmental Protection Agency's “tailpipe rule.”
Tuesday, June, 07, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has filed the opening brief in a legal challenge it and eight other states are making to the Environmental Protection Agency's “tailpipe rule.”
Tuesday, June, 07, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Southeast a holdout in mandating renewable energy
ATLANTA — States across the country are gradually forcing or cajoling their electric companies into buying renewable energy, but the trend has fallen flat in the Southeast.
Tuesday, August, 09, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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ATLANTA — States across the country are gradually forcing or cajoling their electric companies into buying renewable energy, but the trend has fallen flat in the Southeast.
Tuesday, August, 09, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Reputation beef
There’s Midwestern nice and Southern charm. New York has its bright city lights and there’s the West Coast sunshine.
Monday, July, 04, 2011 - - Farm
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There’s Midwestern nice and Southern charm. New York has its bright city lights and there’s the West Coast sunshine.
Monday, July, 04, 2011 - - Farm
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Organic Farming Research Foundation rallies for greater investment in industry
WASHINGTON — Congress should increase mandatory spending on organic farming in the next farm bill to $185 million over five years to encourage the already-expanding industry, the Organic Farming Research Foundation said in Washington recently.
Tuesday, September, 27, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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WASHINGTON — Congress should increase mandatory spending on organic farming in the next farm bill to $185 million over five years to encourage the already-expanding industry, the Organic Farming Research Foundation said in Washington recently.
Tuesday, September, 27, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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Peanut shortage sending peanut butter prices up
ATLANTA — Consumers should be prepared to shell out a bit more for peanut butter soon.
Saturday, October, 15, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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ATLANTA — Consumers should be prepared to shell out a bit more for peanut butter soon.
Saturday, October, 15, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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USDA announces $308 million for disaster-stricken states
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The nation’s top agriculture official on Wednesday announced 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 the U.S.
Wednesday, January, 18, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The nation’s top agriculture official on Wednesday announced 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 the U.S.
Wednesday, January, 18, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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36 million pounds of turkey recalled in salmonella outbreak
WASHINGTON — Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of turkey after a government hunt for the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened dozens more.
Thursday, August, 04, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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WASHINGTON — Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of turkey after a government hunt for the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened dozens more.
Thursday, August, 04, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Earmark-style authority needed for ag?
WASHINGTON — With the end of earmarks, the Agriculture Department may need to ask Congress for the kind of authority that the National Science Foundation has to initiate new research facilities on its own, Agriculture Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics Catherine Woteki said in a wide-ranging interview with Agweek.
Monday, September, 19, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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WASHINGTON — With the end of earmarks, the Agriculture Department may need to ask Congress for the kind of authority that the National Science Foundation has to initiate new research facilities on its own, Agriculture Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics Catherine Woteki said in a wide-ranging interview with Agweek.
Monday, September, 19, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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Focus shifts to sprouts in E.coli outbreak
BERLIN — Official test results Monday are likely to show that sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany caused the E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people, sickened more than 2,200 and left Europeans across the continent uneasy about eating raw vegetables.
Monday, June, 06, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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BERLIN — Official test results Monday are likely to show that sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany caused the E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people, sickened more than 2,200 and left Europeans across the continent uneasy about eating raw vegetables.
Monday, June, 06, 2011 - Associated Press - Farm
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Obama touts ag record
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s Aug. 15 to 17 bus trip continued to make news days after it ended with a series of developments:
Monday, August, 29, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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WASHINGTON — President Obama’s Aug. 15 to 17 bus trip continued to make news days after it ended with a series of developments:
Monday, August, 29, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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Vilsack grilled on budget request
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack may have thought he was complying with the mood in Congress recently when he presented a budget with a minimum of increases, but at a four-hour hearing before the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee he got a full dose of members’ views on cuts to the programs they think are important.
Monday, February, 27, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack may have thought he was complying with the mood in Congress recently when he presented a budget with a minimum of increases, but at a four-hour hearing before the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee he got a full dose of members’ views on cuts to the programs they think are important.
Monday, February, 27, 2012 - Agweek - News
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More than 180 Century Farms honored in 2011
ST. PAUL, Minn.— The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize 185 Minnesota farms as 2011 Century Farms. Qualifying farms have been in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years and are 50 acres or more.
Friday, May, 27, 2011 - Agweek Wire Reports - Farm
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ST. PAUL, Minn.— The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize 185 Minnesota farms as 2011 Century Farms. Qualifying farms have been in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years and are 50 acres or more.
Friday, May, 27, 2011 - Agweek Wire Reports - Farm
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AGWEEK EXCLUSIVE: Russia timeline
Monday, June, 13, 2011 - Agweek - Farm
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Monday, June, 13, 2011 - Agweek - Farm
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Obama heads to rural America
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s three-day Midwestern bus tour the week of Aug. 15 gave him an opportunity to invite farm and rural leaders who are likely to help him get re-elected to a White House-sponsored event. It also has given him a chance to hear directly about those issues that rural Americans say the administration has not handled very well and could pose problems in convincing them to vote for him in 2012.
Monday, August, 22, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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WASHINGTON — President Obama’s three-day Midwestern bus tour the week of Aug. 15 gave him an opportunity to invite farm and rural leaders who are likely to help him get re-elected to a White House-sponsored event. It also has given him a chance to hear directly about those issues that rural Americans say the administration has not handled very well and could pose problems in convincing them to vote for him in 2012.
Monday, August, 22, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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Farm bill: ‘National and equitable’
WASHINGTON — Reflecting on the turbulent weather that continues in his home state, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said the country still needs a strong, comprehensive farm bill.
Tuesday, October, 11, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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WASHINGTON — Reflecting on the turbulent weather that continues in his home state, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said the country still needs a strong, comprehensive farm bill.
Tuesday, October, 11, 2011 - Special to Agweek - Farm
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AGWEEK EXCLUSIVE: A career on the grow
MOSCOW- Watching as Howard Dahl reads signs in public notices and signs in downtown Moscow, I am amazed at how he has been able to read the signs that have led to success for his company and so many North Dakotans.
Monday, June, 13, 2011 - Agweek - Farm
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MOSCOW- Watching as Howard Dahl reads signs in public notices and signs in downtown Moscow, I am amazed at how he has been able to read the signs that have led to success for his company and so many North Dakotans.
Monday, June, 13, 2011 - Agweek - Farm
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