| Social security activists fight Peru pact http://www.miamiherald.com/... Agriculture Articles Miami Herald - ... environmental rules in Peru, the House is now set to take up the Peruvian trade agreement, perhaps as early as next week. The agreement would immediately eliminate most of Peru's industrial tariffs, as well as many of the barriers to U.S. agriculture ... |
| Groups to Praise Introduction of Farm Bill Reform Legislationon Eve on ... http://www.forbes.com/prnew... Agriculture Articles Forbes - What: Teleconference by groups interested in reforming U.S. farm policy to praise a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators for introducing legislation to reform farm policy on the eve the Senate Agriculture Committee markup of the 2007 farm bill ... |
| State: No new cases of plum pox virus in state http://www.philly.com/phill... Agriculture Articles Philadelphia Inquirer - HARRISBURG, Pa. - For the first time in eight years, there are no new cases of Plum Pox Virus in Pennsylvania. State Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff says more than 230,000 stone fruit trees were tested this year in Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Erie ... |
| State's tough new raw milk standards for upset consumers, farmers http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b... Agriculture Articles San Francisco Gate - The California Department of Food and Agriculture, which inspects dairies and tests raw and pasteurized milk monthly, strongly backs the new raw milk standard. "A coliform count by itself doesn't mean there's an organism that will make you sick ... |
| Consumer Sentiment Index in U.S. Probably Fell to One-Year Low http://www.bloomberg.com/ap... Agriculture Articles Bloomberg - Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner said on Oct. 16. Wheat futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange touched a record last month and are up 65 percent this year as bad weather damaged crops in several countries. The price increases are ... |
| Bion Announces Press Conference at Clarkson University to Discuss ... http://news.moneycentral.ms... Agriculture Articles MSN MoneyCentral - Bion's technology creates the opportunity to develop sustainable integrated agriculture operations, comprised of large scale livestock operations balanced with highly-efficient biofuel production, in locations that maximize market opportunities ... |
| Miss. governor talks Katrina on his reelection bid http://www.latimes.com/news... Agriculture Articles Los Angeles Times - As soon as the winds abated, he was there," said Mike Espy, a former Democratic congressman and Agriculture secretary under President Clinton. Last month, Espy joined a number of prominent state Democrats in endorsing Barbour's reelection bid. The ... |
| 2nd staph infection confirmed at Port Townsend school http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Agriculture Articles Seattle Times - The Idaho Department of Agriculture and Bonner County Public Works want to test 2,4-D, triclopyr, diquat bromide and other weed killers in colder water temperatures. Eurasian milfoil, once commonly sold as an aquarium plant, originated in Europe and ... |
| Japan ups productivity with robots http://www.miamiherald.com/... Agriculture Articles Miami Herald - The average farm worker in Japan is 63, the Agriculture Ministry said. I want to have a robot that can always work together with me because working on my own is kind of lonely,'' Takahashi said. Still, I don't like the fact that people can eat only ... |
| Height of zoo's tiger exhibit wall doesn't meet national standard http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b... Agriculture Articles Height of zoo's tiger exhibit wall doesn't meet national standard |