Recently, the African Insect Science for Food and Health and the Biovision Foundation launched an Internet platform that will give farmers in East Africa free access to information on sustainable control of disease vectors and pests.
The INFONET-BioVision Information Platform aims to strengthen sustainable development of farmers and rural communities in Africa by making information on key topics available through an internet platform and other creative solutions and dissemination strategies.
According to a story in Business Daily Africa, the new platform is different from other sites and services "because it has been designed with farmers, and their trainers in mind. Our approach has been to see things from their perspective."
Saturday 16 February 2008
Agriculture briefs
Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton,OH,USA
Assistant Agriculture Director Doug O'Brien will serve as keynote speaker for the conference. He will share the Ohio Department of Agriculture's vision for ...
Assistant Agriculture Director Doug O'Brien will serve as keynote speaker for the conference. He will share the Ohio Department of Agriculture's vision for ...
Farm bill status uncertain
Jamestown Sun - Jamestown,ND,USA
The status of the new farm bill seems to be anybody’s guess, according to North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson. “Nobody really knows right ...
The status of the new farm bill seems to be anybody’s guess, according to North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson. “Nobody really knows right ...
UN Calls For Increased Agriculture Investment For Rural Poor
AHN - USA
Rome, Italy (AHN) - The annual meeting of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has wrapped up with participants issuing ...
Rome, Italy (AHN) - The annual meeting of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has wrapped up with participants issuing ...
Farm to School: Healthy Kids, Thriving Farms Conference
March 12, 2008
Traverse City, Michigan
This regional conference for schools, camps, parents, students and farms seeks to help kids eat healthy, learn well, and connect to their community with locally grown foods. Healthy Kids, Thriving Farms builds on the experiences of more than 30 schools in the region that have added a dozen local farm foods to their menus. Speakers, workshops, and exhibits are planned.
Traverse City, Michigan
This regional conference for schools, camps, parents, students and farms seeks to help kids eat healthy, learn well, and connect to their community with locally grown foods. Healthy Kids, Thriving Farms builds on the experiences of more than 30 schools in the region that have added a dozen local farm foods to their menus. Speakers, workshops, and exhibits are planned.
Organic Growers School Spring Conference
March 8, 2008
Flat Rock, North Carolina
This 15th annual event offers a day of workshops for beginning gardeners to advanced commercial growers. This year's school will include tracks on gardening, healthy soils, livestock, alternative energy, commercial farming, pest management, homesteading, urban growing, fruit production, herbs, sustainable forestry, sustainable landscaping and more.
Flat Rock, North Carolina
This 15th annual event offers a day of workshops for beginning gardeners to advanced commercial growers. This year's school will include tracks on gardening, healthy soils, livestock, alternative energy, commercial farming, pest management, homesteading, urban growing, fruit production, herbs, sustainable forestry, sustainable landscaping and more.
Building a Market Community with Farmers, Customers and Community
March 6-8, 2008
Rochester, New York
This professional farmers' market managers training program is sponsored by USDA SARE Professional Development Program and represents the second in a three-year series of workshops. The goal of the program is to develop the skills of farmers' market managers, develop standardized procedures, and raise the overall quality of management of farmers' markets to create profitable marketing venues for small family farmers, reliable venues for local residents to find fresh local foods, and build a sense of community with a farmers' market at its core.
Rochester, New York
This professional farmers' market managers training program is sponsored by USDA SARE Professional Development Program and represents the second in a three-year series of workshops. The goal of the program is to develop the skills of farmers' market managers, develop standardized procedures, and raise the overall quality of management of farmers' markets to create profitable marketing venues for small family farmers, reliable venues for local residents to find fresh local foods, and build a sense of community with a farmers' market at its core.
Emerging Markets Program
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announces the availability of funding for the Emerging Markets Program (EMP) for fiscal year (FY) 2008. The EMP assists U.S. entities in developing, maintaining, or expanding exports of U.S. agricultural commodities and products by funding technical assistance activities that promote U.S. products in emerging foreign markets. The Program is intended primarily to support export market development efforts of the private sector, but program resources may also be used to assist public organizations. Estimated total program funding is $10 million.
Proposals are due February 25, 2008.
Proposals are due February 25, 2008.
Commodity Partnerships Small Sessions Program
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces the availability of approximately $500,000 (subject to availability of funds) for Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Management Education Sessions (Commodity Partnerships Small Sessions Program). The purpose of this cooperative partnership agreement program is to deliver training and information in the management of production, marketing, and financial risk to U.S. agricultural producers in small sessions. The program is to give priority to educating producers of crops not insurable with Federal crop insurance, specialty crops, and underserved commodities, including livestock and forage. A maximum of 50 cooperative partnership agreements will be funded, five each in ten designated RMA Regions. The maximum award for any agreement will be $10,000.
Proposals are due March 24, 2008.
Proposals are due March 24, 2008.
New Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary Available
The USDA National Agricultural Library has published 2008 editions of its NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary of Agricultural Terms in both Spanish and English. The 2008 edition of the Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary adds about 70 new definitions in Spanish and English, with expanded terminology for some terms. USAgNet reports the Thesaurus and Glossary website features a new format presenting parallel English and Spanish language interfaces, enabling users to search and read all background materials in either language.
Value-Added Producer Grant
USDA's Rural Business-Cooperative Service is seeking applications for the Value-Added Producer's Grant (VAPG) program. Approximately $18.4 million is available through the program this year for grants to assist independent producers, agriculture producer groups, farmer and rancher-owned cooperatives, and majority controlled producer-based business ventures with the production, processing and marketing of value-added agricultural products. Value added products include those created through a change in physical state, through differentiated production or marketing, or physical segregation. Both working capital grants of up to $300,000 and planning grants not exceeding $100,000 are available through the program, with documentation of either cash or in-kind matching funds required. All potential applicants are strongly urged to contact their Rural Development State Office to discuss their projects and make inquiries concerning the application process.
Proposals are due March 31, 2008.
Proposals are due March 31, 2008.
Scientists Developing Tests for Synthetic Fertilizers
Researchers in Spain have developed a method that uses nitrogen isotopic discrimination to test whether plants received synthetic fertilizers, says a story on Food Navigator.com. Their research was published in the Journal of Environmental Quality. With organic markets growing, it may be important to have means of detecting organic fraud, such as the use of synthetic fertilizers on supposedly organic products. This research found that the use of synthetic fertilizers significantly reduced the ratio between the nitrogen isotopes 15N2 and 14N2 in plant leaves, stems, roots and fruits, compared to what is observed naturally in the atmosphere.
Database Offers Resources on Community, Food and Agriculture
Philip H. Howard, an assistant professor in Michigan State University's Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, has compiled and is making available a searchable online bibliography of 226 books and films related to community, food, and agriculture. This database focuses on recent, introductory, non-fiction works. Books are listed with ISBN numbers, while film listings include links to the producer.
Toolkit Helps Link Local Foods with Kindergartens
The Kindergarten Initiative toolkit, released in December 2007, outlines the story of how The Food Trust created a program that promotes healthy eating through education, snacks from local farms, parent involvement, and community support. It also demonstrates options for implementing a similar program in your area by tailoring the Kindergarten Initiative to suit your particular needs. A CD and booklet include useful resources that will save you the trouble of re-inventing things that have worked in Philadelphia including classroom lessons, sample press releases, and planning guides. The toolkit may be ordered for $5, or downloaded free.
National Organic Program Reorganized
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced organizational and structural changes for the National Organic Program (NOP). The NOP is reorganizing into three branches: Standards Development & Review; Accreditation, Auditing & Training; and Compliance & Enforcement. Also underway is the creation of an "electronic reading room," where all NOP records that can be made publicly available will be accessible electronically, including a new Q&A site to provide answers to questions posed to NOP.
Crop Profitability Calculator Available
Research funded by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture led to the development of an on-line calculator that will help farmers determine the profitability of various food crops. Recently completed work studied the costs and decision-making processes of independent restaurateurs, local food producers, and restaurant patrons. Increased understanding of these attitudes may help expand the availability of locally grown foods in Iowa restaurants. The free Produce Profitability Calculator, helps producers create scenarios to help make decisions about what and how much to plant as well as sales decisions such as how, where, when and setting a price. The tool was developed as part of a Leopold Center competitive grant to the Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management (HRIM) program at ISU. A user's manual (PDF/515 KB) for the calculator is also available.
Wheat Nears Record on Supply Concerns
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US wheat exporters have sold more than 15 million bushels a week for seven of the last 11 weeks, well above the US Department of Agriculture's weekly target ...
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US wheat exporters have sold more than 15 million bushels a week for seven of the last 11 weeks, well above the US Department of Agriculture's weekly target ...
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Malawi: Subsidising Agriculture is Not Enough
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
It is a good opportunity for our farmers - we have to invest in agriculture," said Patrick Kabambe, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture. ...
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It is a good opportunity for our farmers - we have to invest in agriculture," said Patrick Kabambe, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture. ...
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Bioniche E. coli vaccine in line for US Agriculture Dept ...
The Canadian Press -
... E. coli O157:H7 cattle vaccine is eligible for a conditional licence after the US Department of Agriculture decided it met the "expectation of efficacy. ...
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... E. coli O157:H7 cattle vaccine is eligible for a conditional licence after the US Department of Agriculture decided it met the "expectation of efficacy. ...
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Kee receives the Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service to ...
American Farm - Easton,MD,USA
The award was given in recognition of meritorious service to Delaware agriculture. “Many men and women in Delaware have made significant contributions to ...
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The award was given in recognition of meritorious service to Delaware agriculture. “Many men and women in Delaware have made significant contributions to ...
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Discovery Technologies, Inc. Announces Name Change to China Green ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
''We are very happy to have successfully completed changing our name to China Green Agriculture, Inc.,'' stated the Company's CEO, Mr. Tao Li. ...
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''We are very happy to have successfully completed changing our name to China Green Agriculture, Inc.,'' stated the Company's CEO, Mr. Tao Li. ...
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Agriculture campaign on wheels
Hindu - Chennai,India
Coimbatore (PTI): A mobile van campaign, to popularise the activities of the World Bank funded project 'Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and ...
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Coimbatore (PTI): A mobile van campaign, to popularise the activities of the World Bank funded project 'Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and ...
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First-graders learn tasty, healthy lessons about agriculture
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
Tolliver's students made butter and cornbread pancakes Friday during an Agriculture in the Classroom lesson and talked about the importance of agriculture ...
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Tolliver's students made butter and cornbread pancakes Friday during an Agriculture in the Classroom lesson and talked about the importance of agriculture ...
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Agriculture Futures Rise on CBOT
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CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures traded higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery jumped 30 cents to $9.73 a bushel; ...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures traded higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery jumped 30 cents to $9.73 a bushel; ...
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EPA Nixes Pumping Mississsippi Wetlands Dry for Agriculture
Environment News Service - USA
The world's largest hydraulic pumping plant would be used to drain wetlands to open the land up to agriculture. In 2000, the EPA concluded that the Yazoo ...
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The world's largest hydraulic pumping plant would be used to drain wetlands to open the land up to agriculture. In 2000, the EPA concluded that the Yazoo ...
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Ag. Dept. flags lowered to honor Butz
Indianapolis Star - United States
By Maureen Groppe WASHINGTON -- Flags at US Department of Agriculture facilities will fly at half staff to honor former Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz, ...
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By Maureen Groppe WASHINGTON -- Flags at US Department of Agriculture facilities will fly at half staff to honor former Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz, ...
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Cattle Disease Nearly Eradicated
WASHINGTON (AP) — A disease that can sicken cattle and cause them to abort their calves is nearly eradicated in all 50 states, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Considered one of the most serious livestock diseases, brucellosis is a contagious disease that can spread from animals to humans. Its main threat is to cattle, bison and swine — causing decreased milk production, infertility, lameness and loss of young. There is no known treatment for the disease.
The Department of Agriculture announced that Texas was the last state to become "brucellosis free" last week, saying it is the first time in 74 years that all states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have reached that status for commercial herds.
Still, the disease could pose threats in the West, where the presence of brucellosis in free-ranging bison and elk in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park could affect herds in surrounding states.
If brucellosis is found in more than one herd of cattle in a brucellosis-free state within two years, the state loses its brucellosis-free status and may face restrictions on interstate cattle movement. Montana discovered the disease in a herd in May 2007.
"Our work is not done," said Bruce Knight, agriculture undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs. "We must now focus our efforts on eradicating brucellosis from the free-ranging elk and bison populations in the Greater Yellowstone Area in order to protect our national cattle herd against future outbreaks."
Agriculture a factor in rising interest rates
ABC Online - Australia
The Reserve Bank board is meeting today, and will announce its decision on official interest rates this afternoon. CommSec's Savanth Sebastian says the ...
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The Reserve Bank board is meeting today, and will announce its decision on official interest rates this afternoon. CommSec's Savanth Sebastian says the ...
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Agriculture futures higher on Chicago Board of Trade
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CHICAGO - Agriculture futures traded higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery jumped 30 cents US to $9.73 a bushel; ...
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CHICAGO - Agriculture futures traded higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery jumped 30 cents US to $9.73 a bushel; ...
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Conference will discuss climate change effect on agriculture
ABC Online - Australia
The new head of the Australian Crawford Fund says climate change is the biggest economic threat to agriculture in Australia and the developing world. ...
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The new head of the Australian Crawford Fund says climate change is the biggest economic threat to agriculture in Australia and the developing world. ...
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Earl Butz
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Earl Butz, who died on Saturday aged 98, served as US Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and courted scandal by telling ...
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Earl Butz, who died on Saturday aged 98, served as US Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and courted scandal by telling ...
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Census of Agriculture Forms Still Being Accepted
PA Farm News - Quarryville,PA,USA
HARRISBURG -- The deadline for returning completed Census of Agriculture forms may have come and gone, but it’s not too late for Pennsylvania farmers to ...
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HARRISBURG -- The deadline for returning completed Census of Agriculture forms may have come and gone, but it’s not too late for Pennsylvania farmers to ...
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Fed pushes farmers to respond to census
BusinessWeek - USA
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN The US Department of Agriculture sent out more than 3 million agriculture census forms to farmers and ranchers across the country at ...
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN The US Department of Agriculture sent out more than 3 million agriculture census forms to farmers and ranchers across the country at ...
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SCHAFER OUTLINES PRESIDENT BUSH'S FY 2009 AGRICULTURE BUDGET
USDA.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
4, 2008-Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today released details of President Bush's FY 2009 US Department of Agriculture budget, which advances the ...
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4, 2008-Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today released details of President Bush's FY 2009 US Department of Agriculture budget, which advances the ...
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9 groups sue agriculture department
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
By PAMELA WOOD, Staff Writer The Chesapeake Bay's riverkeepers are suing the Maryland Department of Agriculture because they've been denied the opportunity ...
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By PAMELA WOOD, Staff Writer The Chesapeake Bay's riverkeepers are suing the Maryland Department of Agriculture because they've been denied the opportunity ...
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Agriculture Futures Rise on CBOT
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CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures rose broadly Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery rose 14 cents to $9.57 a bushel; ...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures rose broadly Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery rose 14 cents to $9.57 a bushel; ...
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Sarkozy sees energy, migration, agriculture as EU presidency ...
Xinhua - China
4 (Xinhua) -- Energy and climate policies, migration, agriculture and security will be the priorities of France's half-year rotating presidency of the ...
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4 (Xinhua) -- Energy and climate policies, migration, agriculture and security will be the priorities of France's half-year rotating presidency of the ...
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Cunene: Vice Minister of Agriculture Assesses Impact of Drought
AngolaPress - Angola
Ondjiva, 02/04 – Angolan deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Zacarias Sambeny, is since Sunday in Cunene province, to assess the impact of ...
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Ondjiva, 02/04 – Angolan deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Zacarias Sambeny, is since Sunday in Cunene province, to assess the impact of ...
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Agriculture Will Be Major Thrust During The 11th Five-Year Plan ...
Stock Watch - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced that the agriculture sector would be the main intention during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12). ...
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External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced that the agriculture sector would be the main intention during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12). ...
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Camson Bio to provide complete solutions for Agriculture
Equity Bulls - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Camson Bio Technologies Ltd has announced that the Company has to provide complete solutions in the field of agriculture. It is active in the areas of ...
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Camson Bio Technologies Ltd has announced that the Company has to provide complete solutions in the field of agriculture. It is active in the areas of ...
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Agricultural Development Will Be The Basis Of The Struggle For ...
People's Democracy -
THE 22nd state conference of CPI(M) calls for the struggle of industrial development with emphasis on the development in agriculture. ...
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THE 22nd state conference of CPI(M) calls for the struggle of industrial development with emphasis on the development in agriculture. ...
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Pennsylvania Young Farmers to Host Spokesperson for Agriculture ...
SolancoNews.com - Quarryville,PA,USA
HARRISBURG -- The Pennsylvania Young Farmers Association will host an agricultural media blitz at 9:15 am on Tuesday, February 5, during the Spokesperson ...
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HARRISBURG -- The Pennsylvania Young Farmers Association will host an agricultural media blitz at 9:15 am on Tuesday, February 5, during the Spokesperson ...
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Agriculture Ministry aims to keep Gaza diseases at bay
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By YAAKOV LAPPIN Officials at the Agriculture Ministry are deeply concerned about the porous border between Gaza and Egypt and say the risk of animal and ...
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By YAAKOV LAPPIN Officials at the Agriculture Ministry are deeply concerned about the porous border between Gaza and Egypt and say the risk of animal and ...
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AGRICULTURE: In great demand
Grand Forks Herald (subscription) - Grand Forks,ND,USA
"And it's not just in agriculture," Lamp said, listing off the impact of oil and gas discovery being the hottest in 30 years, too. ...
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"And it's not just in agriculture," Lamp said, listing off the impact of oil and gas discovery being the hottest in 30 years, too. ...
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Agriculture secretary courted controversy
Chicago Tribune - United States
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Funeral services have been scheduled for Saturday here for Earl L. Butz, the outspoken US agriculture secretary forced from office in ...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Funeral services have been scheduled for Saturday here for Earl L. Butz, the outspoken US agriculture secretary forced from office in ...
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Sister Islands to host annual Agriculture Show
Cayman Net News - grand cayman,Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands Week of Agriculture features the Sister Islands Annual Agriculture Show weekend in Cayman Brac on Saturday, 9 February and Sunday, ...
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Cayman Islands Week of Agriculture features the Sister Islands Annual Agriculture Show weekend in Cayman Brac on Saturday, 9 February and Sunday, ...
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Agriculture briefs
Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque,IA,USA
Crawford County University of Wisconsin-Extension Agriculture Agent Vance Haugen will present a summary of information on methane digesters from around the ...
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Crawford County University of Wisconsin-Extension Agriculture Agent Vance Haugen will present a summary of information on methane digesters from around the ...
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Major thrust on agriculture: Pranab
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a major thrust in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12) will be on agriculture and the aim would be to achieve a ...
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External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a major thrust in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12) will be on agriculture and the aim would be to achieve a ...
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Agriculture survey soon complete
AntiguaSun - St' John's,Antigua and Barbuda
by Afeefah Beharry Antigua and Barbuda’s first agricultural census in over 20 yeas is expected to be completed within a few weeks. The census which began in ...
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by Afeefah Beharry Antigua and Barbuda’s first agricultural census in over 20 yeas is expected to be completed within a few weeks. The census which began in ...
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S Korea's agriculture deficit hits record high in 2007
Xinhua - China
4 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's agriculture deficit reached a record high at 10.92 billion US dollars in 2007 due to a sharp rise in global grain and feed ...
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4 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's agriculture deficit reached a record high at 10.92 billion US dollars in 2007 due to a sharp rise in global grain and feed ...
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Earl Butz, Ex-US Agriculture Secretary, Dies at 98 (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
3 (Bloomberg) -- Earl Butz, the US secretary of agriculture who was forced to resign after telling an obscenity- laced racist joke in 1976, died yesterday ...
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3 (Bloomberg) -- Earl Butz, the US secretary of agriculture who was forced to resign after telling an obscenity- laced racist joke in 1976, died yesterday ...
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Sharad Joshi's discourse on Agriculture
Merinews - New Delhi,India
This article reviews Sharad Joshi's thesis on agriculture. He expounded it at a conference in Kolkata. He wants the government to just stop interfering in ...
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This article reviews Sharad Joshi's thesis on agriculture. He expounded it at a conference in Kolkata. He wants the government to just stop interfering in ...
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Agriculture deficit hits record high in 2007
Yonhap News - Seoul,South Korea
4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agriculture deficit reached a record high last year fueled by a sharp rise in global grain and feed prices, ...
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4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agriculture deficit reached a record high last year fueled by a sharp rise in global grain and feed prices, ...
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State to achieve 4 per cent growth in agriculture
Hindu - Chennai,India
Bangalore: Despite serious challenges and several impediments, the State is confident of achieving 4 per cent growth in the agricultural sector during the ...
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Bangalore: Despite serious challenges and several impediments, the State is confident of achieving 4 per cent growth in the agricultural sector during the ...
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Former Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz dies at 98
WLBT-TV - Jackson,MS,USA
Butz was an assistant agriculture secretary during the Eisenhower administration before becomming dean of the Purdue University School of Agriculture in his ...
Butz was an assistant agriculture secretary during the Eisenhower administration before becomming dean of the Purdue University School of Agriculture in his ...
Butz, Former Agriculture Secretary, Dies
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Earl L. Butz, an outspoken US agriculture secretary forced from office in 1976 for making a racist joke and once a dean at ...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Earl L. Butz, an outspoken US agriculture secretary forced from office in 1976 for making a racist joke and once a dean at ...
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All eyes are on the new agriculture secretary, thanks to stalled ...
Baltimore Sun - United States
The country has a new secretary of agriculture. He's Ed Schafer, a former two-term governor of North Dakota. He's also the grandson of a farmer who ...
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The country has a new secretary of agriculture. He's Ed Schafer, a former two-term governor of North Dakota. He's also the grandson of a farmer who ...
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Medvedev vows to back agriculture
Reuters - USA
By Denis Dyomkin VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's drive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) will not divert state support for agriculture, ...
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By Denis Dyomkin VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's drive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) will not divert state support for agriculture, ...
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Governor Rendell Announces Latest Support for Agriculture, Tourism
FOXBusiness - USA
"A significant part of Pennsylvania's economic health depends on how we help those in the agriculture and tourism industries stay competitive," the Governor ...
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"A significant part of Pennsylvania's economic health depends on how we help those in the agriculture and tourism industries stay competitive," the Governor ...
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Landowner group unlikely to get agriculture-tax break
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
14, Surprise Center Development Co. filed for an agricultural land-use designation for eight parcels totaling more than 450 acres in the area bound by Bell, ...
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14, Surprise Center Development Co. filed for an agricultural land-use designation for eight parcels totaling more than 450 acres in the area bound by Bell, ...
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2008 MATE focuses on newest agriculture technologies
The Prairie Star - Great Falls,MT,USA
14-16 at the MetraPark in Billings, Mont., the 2008 MATE Show offers farmers and ranchers the chance to visit 220 agriculture vendors, learn the newest ...
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14-16 at the MetraPark in Billings, Mont., the 2008 MATE Show offers farmers and ranchers the chance to visit 220 agriculture vendors, learn the newest ...
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Houston Chronicle - United States
While no children have reported getting ill from the beef, the US Department of Agriculture is investigating the Hallmark Meat Packing Co. for allegedly ...
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While no children have reported getting ill from the beef, the US Department of Agriculture is investigating the Hallmark Meat Packing Co. for allegedly ...
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Agriculture top priority for RDC
The Nation Newspaper - Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE Haynesley Benn has promised that the priority for the Rural Development Commission (RDC) would be agriculture. ...
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MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE Haynesley Benn has promised that the priority for the Rural Development Commission (RDC) would be agriculture. ...
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Wash.: Districts Warned of Beef
Houston Chronicle - United States
... California slaughterhouse being investigated by the US Agriculture Department have been told to not serve any of that meat, state officials said Friday. ...
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... California slaughterhouse being investigated by the US Agriculture Department have been told to not serve any of that meat, state officials said Friday. ...
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Agriculture Minister Invites Friends to Beat Up the CWB
savemycwb.ca - Swan River,Manitoba,Canada
This explains Gerry Ritz, the ostrich-farmer agriculture-minister and his meeting slated for January 29 in the nation's capital. Ritz has called together ...
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This explains Gerry Ritz, the ostrich-farmer agriculture-minister and his meeting slated for January 29 in the nation's capital. Ritz has called together ...
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11-month agriculture exports up 13.8%
Inquirer.net - Philippines
MANILA, Philippines -- Exports of agricultural products rose 13.8 percent to $3.63 billion in the January-November period from $3.19 billion in the same ...
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MANILA, Philippines -- Exports of agricultural products rose 13.8 percent to $3.63 billion in the January-November period from $3.19 billion in the same ...
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Nicaragua, Japan sign health, agriculture accords
Xinhua - China
1 (Xinhua) -- The governments of Japan and Nicaragua signed on Friday cooperation accords in the health and agricultural sectors with a total of 4.8 million ...
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1 (Xinhua) -- The governments of Japan and Nicaragua signed on Friday cooperation accords in the health and agricultural sectors with a total of 4.8 million ...
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Appeal as bluetongue hits Ulster
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
This is despite appeals to farmers from Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew to "wise up" and stop risking agriculture as the province's first case of ...
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This is despite appeals to farmers from Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew to "wise up" and stop risking agriculture as the province's first case of ...
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Grant aids agriculture study
Welland Tribune - Ontario, Canada
The Education Foundation of Niagara is giving a $4000 grant towards agriculture education at District School Board of Niagara secondary schools. ...
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The Education Foundation of Niagara is giving a $4000 grant towards agriculture education at District School Board of Niagara secondary schools. ...
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Rooted in agriculture
Daily Inter Lake - Kalispell,MT,USA
By KRISTI ALBERTSON The Daily Inter Lake Montana students have been part of the national organization for the last 78 years, though agriculture has been an ...
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By KRISTI ALBERTSON The Daily Inter Lake Montana students have been part of the national organization for the last 78 years, though agriculture has been an ...
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Revised drafts to revitalise trade-talk agenda
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
By DAN EATON - The Press | Saturday, 02 February 2008 New Zealand's World Trade Organisation (WTO) ambassador is close to completing a revised agriculture ...
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By DAN EATON - The Press | Saturday, 02 February 2008 New Zealand's World Trade Organisation (WTO) ambassador is close to completing a revised agriculture ...
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Zambia: Govt Move on Agriculture Should Be Praised
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
IN as far as agricultural out put is concerned, Zambia as a country has enjoyed a good spell for the past three seasons or so. During those good years, ...
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IN as far as agricultural out put is concerned, Zambia as a country has enjoyed a good spell for the past three seasons or so. During those good years, ...
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World Bank's Zoellick turns to African agriculture
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
By Lesley Wroughton ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick told African leaders on Friday he wanted to step up spending on agriculture ...
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By Lesley Wroughton ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick told African leaders on Friday he wanted to step up spending on agriculture ...
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PA Agriculture Secretary Announces $500000 Investment in Healthy ...
FOXBusiness - USA
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan 31, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today that Pennsylvania will invest $500000 in ...
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan 31, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today that Pennsylvania will invest $500000 in ...
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ND Farmers Renew Hemp Licenses
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Last February, the North Dakota Agriculture Department granted commercial hemp farming licenses to Hauge and Monson. Hemp, a cousin of marijuana, ...
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Last February, the North Dakota Agriculture Department granted commercial hemp farming licenses to Hauge and Monson. Hemp, a cousin of marijuana, ...
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Agriculture Ministry warns of spread of fruit diseases, fire ants
Xinhua - China
1 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Agriculture has urged farmers in south and east China about the spread of fruit diseases and destructive pests, such as Banana ...
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1 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Agriculture has urged farmers in south and east China about the spread of fruit diseases and destructive pests, such as Banana ...
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Wheat Rises as US Grain Sales Increased; Corn, Soybeans Gain
Bloomberg - USA
24, a 20 percent increase from the prior week, the US Department of Agriculture said yesterday. Advance sales to overseas buyers are up 66 percent since ...
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24, a 20 percent increase from the prior week, the US Department of Agriculture said yesterday. Advance sales to overseas buyers are up 66 percent since ...
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Investigation prompts Seattle schools to stop serving beef
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The US Agriculture Department announced this week that it would investigate Westland Meat Co. of Chino, Calif., after uncover cameras apparently showed a ...
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The US Agriculture Department announced this week that it would investigate Westland Meat Co. of Chino, Calif., after uncover cameras apparently showed a ...
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Impoverished Areas Of Africa And Asia Face Severe Crop Losses From ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
"The majority of the world's 1 billion poor depend on agriculture for their livelihoods," said lead author David Lobell, a senior research scholar at FSE, ...
"The majority of the world's 1 billion poor depend on agriculture for their livelihoods," said lead author David Lobell, a senior research scholar at FSE, ...
Can`t commit farm duty cuts without services deal: India
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
India has said that it is difficult for it to offer lower tariffs and subsidies in agriculture and further open up its industrial market without knowing ...
India has said that it is difficult for it to offer lower tariffs and subsidies in agriculture and further open up its industrial market without knowing ...
Energy and agriculture
However, I noted that the Summit agenda did not include areas that would greatly impact on agriculture, women, and the poor. Organizations like Pilipina ...
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Drought causes drop in agriculture graduates
ABC Online - Australia
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Australia's agricultural industry is facing a brain drain, with school leavers scared off by images of drought and despair. ...
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ELIZABETH JACKSON: Australia's agricultural industry is facing a brain drain, with school leavers scared off by images of drought and despair. ...
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ON THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Walla-Walla,WA,USA
Natalie Norby, center, makes a point to McKenzie Sirmon during a presentation Thursday by the Walla Walla High School Agricultural Issues Team. ...
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Natalie Norby, center, makes a point to McKenzie Sirmon during a presentation Thursday by the Walla Walla High School Agricultural Issues Team. ...
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Friday 15 February 2008
Agriculture research – II
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
Last week I had written on the institutional weaknesses of agriculture research and this is continued to day as Pakistan’s dependence on agriculture ...
Last week I had written on the institutional weaknesses of agriculture research and this is continued to day as Pakistan’s dependence on agriculture ...
Md. Inducts Two Families Into Agriculture Hall of Fame
Lancaster Farming - Ephrata,PA,USA
Martin O’Malley last week joined more than 850 agricultural leaders and legislators from across the State to induct two farming families into the Governor’s ...
Martin O’Malley last week joined more than 850 agricultural leaders and legislators from across the State to induct two farming families into the Governor’s ...
Policies Key as Ethanol 'Revolution' Links Agriculture, Energy Sectors
AScribe (press release) - USA
15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The recent boom in production of ethanol from corn grain has tightly linked the agriculture and energy sectors in an unprecedented ...
15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The recent boom in production of ethanol from corn grain has tightly linked the agriculture and energy sectors in an unprecedented ...
Agriculture Futures Mostly Rise on CBOT
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CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery rose 13 cents to $10.45 a bushel;
CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery rose 13 cents to $10.45 a bushel;
EU critical of new WTO negotiating drafts
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
"All parts of this negotiation must move forward in concert -- goods, agriculture and services," a statement from the commission's trade office said. ...
"All parts of this negotiation must move forward in concert -- goods, agriculture and services," a statement from the commission's trade office said. ...
Restructure public expenditure on agriculture: World Bank
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The report has also noted agriculture labour productivity has not increased as rapidly in India as compared to even Bangladesh. ...
The report has also noted agriculture labour productivity has not increased as rapidly in India as compared to even Bangladesh. ...
Which of the 6 Agriculture ETFs is Best?
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
regarding the recent run up in the prices of agricultural commodities. It makes the point that as the US and other countries search for alternative fuel ...
regarding the recent run up in the prices of agricultural commodities. It makes the point that as the US and other countries search for alternative fuel ...
PowerShares DB Agriculture ETF: 'Optimum Yield' or Undue Risk?
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Of those, the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA) is the sixth-best performer over the last year (through Feb. 8), with a market return of 50.3%, ...
Of those, the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA) is the sixth-best performer over the last year (through Feb. 8), with a market return of 50.3%, ...
Commodities to Rise in 2008, Led by Agriculture, Merrill Says
Bloomberg - USA
15 (Bloomberg) -- Agricultural commodities and precious metals may gain in 2008 as demand from emerging economies surges and investors look for alternatives ...
15 (Bloomberg) -- Agricultural commodities and precious metals may gain in 2008 as demand from emerging economies surges and investors look for alternatives ...
Government to fast-track land distribution
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
The government intends acquiring 5-million hectares of land next year in an effort to have 30 percent of agricultural land in the hands of black farmers by ...
The government intends acquiring 5-million hectares of land next year in an effort to have 30 percent of agricultural land in the hands of black farmers by ...
The agricultural sector interests me. How can I invest in it?
Indianapolis Star - United States
The agricultural sector is still a major part of Indiana's economy. If you would like to try your hand at investing in individual commodities or in ...
The agricultural sector is still a major part of Indiana's economy. If you would like to try your hand at investing in individual commodities or in ...
State plans Bay Area pesticide spraying
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The state agriculture department plans to use airplanes at night this summer to spray a pesticide intended for farm use over urban San Francisco, ...
The state agriculture department plans to use airplanes at night this summer to spray a pesticide intended for farm use over urban San Francisco, ...
Bipartisan Farm-Bill Plan Offers an End to Stalemate
Wall Street Journal - USA
This week, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer praised the Peterson-Goodlatte proposal, saying its funding limits "represent the real reform sought by the ...
This week, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer praised the Peterson-Goodlatte proposal, saying its funding limits "represent the real reform sought by the ...
Interview with IFAD President, Lennart Båge
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The performance of the agriculture sector has been markedly poor in Africa compared to other regions, with little improvement in crop yields or rural ...
The performance of the agriculture sector has been markedly poor in Africa compared to other regions, with little improvement in crop yields or rural ...
Environmentalists blast Bay Area moth spraying plans
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
Opponents of the aerial spraying say the California Department of Food and Agriculture has not adequately investigated residents' health complaints from ...
Opponents of the aerial spraying say the California Department of Food and Agriculture has not adequately investigated residents' health complaints from ...
Deere Leaps
Motley Fool - USA
This is a company that's reeling in positive results on the basis of its ability to benefit from the world's expanding agriculture picture, the growth in ...
This is a company that's reeling in positive results on the basis of its ability to benefit from the world's expanding agriculture picture, the growth in ...
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