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Los Angeles Times - Agriculture uses about 80% of California's developed water -- the water delivered from dams and aqueducts. That has to change, or nothing will change. If we can reduce agricultural water use by just 10%, that would almost double the water available ...

MSN UK News - The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization must become a more flexible, leaner and less bureaucratic organization if it wants to survive and meet the challenges of the future, an independent panel of experts recommended in its final report Thursday ...

MSN UK News - Department of Agriculture fears that if the moth, which consumes 250 varieties of plants, crosses into the San Joaquin Valley, the infestation could cause up to $2.6 billion in losses. Hundreds of residents reported feeling short of breath and sharp ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Take for example the fiscal year 2008 agriculture and defense bills. According to fiscal watchdog Taxpayers for Common Sense, the House version of the agriculture appropriations bill (passed in August) contains no less than 410 earmarks requested by ...

Detroit News - The Food Bank Council of Michigan typically provides about six million pounds of food through its Michigan Agriculture Surplus System. The food is purchased from farmers through a state grant that has shrunk from more than $1 million four years ago ...

MSN MoneyCentral - Established in 1913, the Farm Bureau serves the needs of the agriculture community through public relations, education and public policy advocacy. Yan K. Skwara, President and Chief Executive Officer, US Farms, Inc. stated, "We are pleased to ...

Bloomberg - Department of Agriculture said Oct. 29. Soybean harvesting was 84 percent completed as of Oct. 28, compared with 75 percent a week earlier and 82 percent a year ago, it said. ``The two markets were under pressure today on expectations ...

San Francisco Gate - ... are being lobbied vigorously by the state's cotton and rice farmers and fruit and vegetable growers who want more money for research and marketing, and Bay Area environmental and food activists seeking to change the government's role in agriculture ...

Miami Herald - Department of Agriculture does not tie specific reasons to any acre lost, but growers and other industry officials say the problems are plain. Canker and greening forced the destruction of tens of thousands of acres of trees in the past decade, and ...

International Herald Tribune - NEW YORK : Commodities rallied Thursday as investors sought protection from the tumbling dollar, which slid to new lows after a surge in unemployment claims raised concerns about the health of the U.S. job market. Oil surged to a peak; precious ...