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India May Experience Droughts: Pawar

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has finally accepted that India may experience its possibly worst droughts in recent years due to lacking monsoon.

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Fri Jul 10, 2009

Military-World

US moving away from Afghan drug eradication

Operation Khanjar-Wave upon wave of helicopters landed US Marines in the early morning darkness at locations throughout the valley.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Drugs, US Military, US Marine Corps, Science, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Hettinger Hail Out

This afternoon we travel to Hettinger to assess the damage. andamp;quot;Bumper, the crop of a lifetime.andamp;quot; andamp;quot;WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN MOISTURE IN JULY.

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Related Topix: Science, Sports, Video

WATE-TV Knoxville

4 Tenn. counties get farm assistance for flooding

Gov. Phil Bredesen says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved his request for federal farm assistance for four Middle Tennessee counties due to heavy rains and flooding in May.

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The News

G8 announces $15b food security package

L'AQUILA: The G8 group of rich nations and 19 partner countries agreed Friday to put together a package worth at least 15 billion dollars to boost agriculture and food security in the developing world.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Science

TulsaWorld.com - Business

State's winter wheat crop beaten down by elements

Drought, followed by a late freeze, followed by floods combined to reduce the yield.

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Related Topix: Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Oklahoma, Caddo County, OK

Salon.com

House passes bill to boost food stamp spending

Spending for food stamps would rise 14 percent under legislation passed by the House Thursday, giving the program a boost as record numbers of people are using the food assistance.

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Related Topix: Science, Life, Food, Nutrition

Thu Jul 09, 2009

KXMB-TV Bismarck

Mont. declared free of livestock disease

Eds: APNewsNow. Fixes typo in headline, changes 'have lifted' to 'are lifting' in lede.

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Related Topix: Billings Metro, Science, US National Parks, Yellowstone National Park

WGNTV Chicago

G-8 Delegates: President Obama to present $15 billion food initiative for world's farmers

President Barack Obama is expected to announce a $15 billion agricultural investment initiative to help small farmers feed themselves, delegates at a Group of Eight summit said Thursday.

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PennLive.com

Dog breeder fined $150,000 after raid last month

A Lehigh County dog breeder has been fined more than $150,000 and is facing over 230 charges for allegedly violating the state's dog laws.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Science

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VIDEO: Hazmat crews investigate Belding farm

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency believe there are illegally stored and buried hazardous materials on a farm in Orleans Township.Crews in white hazmat suits and masks investigated the property Wednesday, located on Ostrum Road near South Johnson Road.

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Related Topix: Belding, MI, Science, Environmental Law, Law, Environmental, Video

WSAV

Scientists Hope Tiny Insect Can Help Save Soybeans, Us

An insect no bigger than a comma is being studied as a natural predator that farmers could use instead of chemicals to protect the nation's soybean crop from aphids.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science

Wed Jul 08, 2009

WHDH

House considers increase for food stamp program

The House took up a bill on Wednesday that funds a 14 percent increase for food stamps as more and more people become eligible for the program because of rising unemployment.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Illegal Immigration, Science, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Republican

WTVD

Legislators compete in milk-chugging contest

Two NC legislators are competing in a milk-chugging contest for charity Wednesday.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government, North Carolina, Science

TownHall.com

G8 calls for increased food security

Columns, funnies & more in your inbox! Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news.

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WXIA-TV Atlanta

Georgia Gets $4 Million Bonus For Food Stamps

Gov. Sonny Perdue says Georgia will receive a high performance bonus of $4 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its management of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly the Food Stamp Program.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Georgia Government, Science, Life, Nutrition, Food

Seattle's WB

Texas has driest regions in the US; major cities baking in heat, rainfall chances slim

If not for the triple-digit heat, central Texas rancher Debbie Davis could almost think it was a different season entirely.

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Related Topix: Texas, Weather, Life, Beef, Food, Meat, West, TX, Natural Disasters, Drought, Science

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Adelstein nomination gets Johnson's backing

Sen. Tim Johnson appeared before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday and urged the panel to confirm Rapid City native Jonathan Adelstein as administrator of rural development for the Rural Utilities Service.

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Related Topix: Science, Business News, Federal Communications Commission

Tue Jul 07, 2009

AZCentral.com

Congress tackles spending bills

The Senate took up a $42.9 billion measure funding homeland security programs on Tuesday as Capitol Hill's appropriations season revved into high gear.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, George Bush, W., Science, Alabama

Cybercast News Service

Pope Proposes New Financial Order Guided by Ethics

Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for a new world financial order guided by ethics and the search for the common good, denouncing the profit-at-all-cost mentality blamed for bringing about the global financial meltdown.

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Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Science

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