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3 hrs ago | Daily Kos

OR-Sen: CREDO Action Joins Jeff Merkley's (D) Call To Repeal The Monsanto Protection Act

CREDO Action is joining forces with Senator Jeff Merkley in the fight to repeal the Monsanto Protection Act: "One of the most outrageous special interest provisions in years." That's what Senator Jeff Merkley calls the Monsanto Protection Act, which became law in March.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, Food Science, Liberal Political News

4 hrs ago | KTVN Reno

St. Vincent's Food Pantry Holds 'Thanksgiving in May'

We're used to turkey dinners in November, but Wednesday it was "Thanksgiving in May" at St.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, US News

7 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Summer health tips: Food safety, sunscreen, bugs and eating boogers?

Memorial Day weekend means summer is upon us! The USDA released information for keeping food safe at Memorial Day barbecues and picnics on May 21.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Food Science, US News

9 hrs ago | Agricultural Market

In the following season, Ukraine has a chance to fight for the second ...

In the following season, Ukraine has a chance to fight for the second place on the world grain export market - V.Klimenko According to the forecast of the USDA, in 2013/14 MY the general grain production in Ukraine may reach 56.6 mln tonnes, which would allow to the country to take the 7th position among the world producers of grains, declared ... (more)

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14 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Goat loose on Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City backs up traffic for miles around

A goat that apparently escaped the blade at a slaughter house caused an accident on the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City and brought traffic to a standstill from Route 440 to Route 3 when she wandered onto the highway during yesterday morning's rush hour.

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16 hrs ago | Southwest Farm Press

New herbicide-tolerant crops - USDA to assess environmental impact

USDA/APHIS has announced that it will prepare two environmental impast statements for dicamba- and-2,4-D resistant crops.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, Chemicals, Dow AgroSciences

20 hrs ago | EERE Network News

USDA to Boost Rural Electric Grid Efficiency and Reliability in 8 States

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on April 29 announced funding for four rural electric projects in eight states-Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Wyoming.

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Related Topix: US News, Agriculture, Science, Colorado, Colorado Government, Nebraska Government, Nebraska

Tue May 21, 2013

The Baltimore Sun

Policy pits candy against sugar

Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth.

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Related Topix: US News, Agriculture, Science, Senator Ben Cardin, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Jeanne Shaheen

Salem-News.com

California Firm Recalls Ready-to-eat Grilled Chicken Strips Due to...

The recalled product bears the establishment number "P-20923" inside the USDA mark of inspection and a use-by date of "JUN 22 2013" printed on each tray.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Meat, Chicken, US News, Food Science, Agriculture, Science

WOZZ-FM Appleton

Farmers in Northeast Wisconsin worry about delayed spring planting

And the outlook isn't too good, as some are making a gamble on getting corn in the ground before it's too late.

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Government Executive

Agriculture Close To Avoiding Furloughs

Senate appropriators have approved the department's request to shift funds within the Rural Development division to avoid furloughing about 4,800 employees because of sequestration, according to an aide.

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The Moultrie News

CBP Agriculture Specialists intercept invasive ant

A team of United States Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists were busy screening and inspecting foreign arriving cargo and vessels when they discovered that a ship was infested with big headed ants.. However, once the CBPAS opened a container manifested with aluminum scrap metal from Costa Rica, It started off as a normal day at ... (more)

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Entomology, US News

Government Executive

Cass Sunstein's 8 Simple Rules for Making Government 'Simpler'

Where you see a pyramid, replace it with a plate. So goes the mantra of Cass Sunstein, author of Simpler: The Future of Government and President Obama's former "Regulatory Czar." The "plate not pyramid" slogan advocated by Sunstein, who spent four years as the Administrator of the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, refers ... (more)

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Journal Gazette

How to keep food safe at Memorial Day cookouts

WASHINGTON, MAY 21, 2013 As the days grow longer and temperatures rise, it is time to shelve the coats and boots and dust off the grill.

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Reuters

Showers to slow U.S. corn seedings from blistering pace

Occasional rainfall over the next week to 10 days will slow seedings of the U.S. corn crop, which was planted at a record fast pace last week, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday.

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The Post-Standard

DEC: Emerald ash borer confirmed in Delaware and Otsego counties

The Emerald Ash Borer has been confirmed for the first time in Delaware and Otsego counties by the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service , New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens announced today The EAB was found just south of the village of Unadilla in Delaware County and just north of the village of ... (more)

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Mon May 20, 2013

US News & World Report

Sugar, Monsanto and Tobacco All in Crosshairs on Senate Farm Bill

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., will introduce an amendment that would repeal the Farmer Assurance Provision,which allows farmers who use biotech seeds to keep planting them even as courts reassess whether the USDA followed protocol when it approved the use of the seeds.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, Democrat, Agriculture, Science, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Mark Kirk, Senator Patrick Toomey, Republican

Peak Of Ohio

Crop update - Wet fields cause lengthy 2013 planting season

Jay Ackley is a crop and dairy farmer who works about 2,700 acres of corn, beans, hay, and wheat each year in the eastern half of the county.

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MLive.com

MPI Research of Mattawan fined $6,911 for Animal Welfare Act...

Stop Animal Exploitation Now says a fine issued by the USDA against Mattawan-based MPI Research is not enough to force the company to change what SAEN considers improper animal-handling. MATTAWAN, MI - Scientific testing company MPI Research was fined $6,911 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday for violations of the U.S. Animal Welfare ... (more)

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, MPI Research, Healthcare Industry, Mattawan, MI, Animal Rights, US News, Agriculture, Science

Horticulture

Vegetable Plants That Give You Something to Replant

Perpetual vegetables-these are the vegetables that, although they don't automatically come up each year, will provide you with what you need to continue to harvest season after season without having to buy anything new.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Vegetables, US News, Potatoes