Recent Agriculture Articles page 11

Bloomberg - The FDA regulates about 80 percent of U.S. food, valued at more than $466 billion a year, and the Agriculture Department 20 percent. The FDA's total budget is more than $2 billion. Agency officials defend their record and say a plan, soon ...

Globe and Mail - The chaotic and often violent seizures of thousands of white-owned farms disrupted the agriculture-based economy of what used to be a regional breadbasket. The government has cracked down hard on Mr. Mugabe's critics, arresting and beating opposition ...

Baltimore Sun - Department of Agriculture recommended cutting the herd by 100. Marksmen using silencer-equipped rifles killed deer on two nights, Feb. 28 and March 1, until the quota was reached, the News-Post reported. More articles Copyright © 2007, The Baltimore ...

International Herald Tribune - Congress would oblige the Agriculture Department to buy surplus domestic sugar caused by the expected influx of Mexican sugar next year. Then the government would sell it, most likely at a steep discount, to ethanol producers to add to their ...

CNBC - Although the share of agriculture in overall GDP has declined over the years from around 38 pct in 1980-81 to less than 20 pct in 2006-07, agriculture continues to play an important role in the Indian economy as almost 60 pct of the population ...

Bloomberg - U.S. exporters reported sales of 105,664 tons of corn to Japan, the Department of Agriculture said yesterday. Philippine feed millers are asking the government to hold a tender for 200,000 tons of corn, the National Food Authority said ...