If You See These White Stripes on Chicken, You Should Think Twice Before You Eat It
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Category Archives: Agriculture
An odd trend in wheat country: not much wheat
In this 2015 photo provided by the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council, farmer Howard Jones, chairman of the Idaho Pea and Lentil Commission, inspects his chickpea field near Genesee, Idaho. Changing consumer tastes for healthy high protein food are driving a boom in the demand for crops like chickpeas and lentils and some farmers, faced with the lowest wheat prices in nearly a century, have chosen to plant less wheat and more of these higher profit crops driving them to record production levels this year.
‘Smothered’ and ‘shoved aside’ in rural America
"Come on! Come on! Go girls!" Annette Sweeney was on horseback, hollering at her chocolate-colored cows on a perfect Iowa morning, happy that her life is better since Donald Trump became president. Sweeney, 60, raises Angus cows and corn on the flat, green farmland of central Iowa.
Sausage sent to CT Trader Joe’s stores pulled for mislabeling
DiLuigi Foods Inc., a Danvers, Mass. establishment, is recalling approximately 3,448 pounds of chicken breakfast sausage products A- some of which was distributed in Connecticut A- due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.
Sunday Toons of the Near-Catastrophic Moment
Guest: Journalist Zachary Roth; Also: Juan Cole responds to listeners; Nat'l Monuments, power grid reviews; Hurricane Harvey vs TX... Trump halts study on mountaintop removal coal mining; NOLA in flood emergency as hurricane brews; VW electrifying iconic minibus; PLUS : CA again makes a liar of Trump...again... 'Where Never is Heard a Discouraging Word, and the Coal Dust Isn't Toxic All Day': 'BradCast' 8/23/17 Guest: Historian, Middle East expert Juan Cole on Trump's Afghanistan 'flip-flop', why the hell we're there & if we'll ever be able to get out... Monsanto pesticide decimating crops; Federal climate advisors not going away easily; Court lets Exxon off hook ; PLUS : Trump's NPS ends plastic bottle ban... This week, PDiddie's collection of political toons mark what could be a seminal point in the Trump Presidency, examining the issue 'on many sides, many sides'... Guest: Political ... (more)
Maine blueberry crop falls with disease, lack of pollination
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U.S. not getting kids to eat veggies, critique of claim says
The Department of Agriculture has invested seven years and several million dollars in a popular program that claims it gets students to eat significantly more fruits and vegetables. But as a recent critique of the research behind the program reveals, "significantly more" often means an amount as small as a single bite of an apple.
Firm buys trio of nursing homes
WINNEBAGOa S- Heartland Senior Living, a local non-profit community corporation, has recently purchased three senior care providers in southern Minnesota from current owner ElderCare of Minnesota. The three senior care providers are Parker Oaks Community in Winnebago, Parkview Care Center in Wells and Truman Senior Living in Truman.
Maine delegation calls for dairy farmer relief from USDA
Maine's congressional delegation is calling for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make emergency changes to help dairy farmers who are struggling with low prices. Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree says farm milk prices have dropped nearly 40 percent in recent years, leaving New England dairy farmers in trouble.
On the record
The city received a $160,000 loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Community Facilities Loan Fund for the vehicle and equipment; a Approved purchase of a power load system and floor mount from Southeastern Emergency Equipment, not to exceed $24,000, for the ambulance. The USDA loan will cover costs.
Trump’s USDA pick talks same-sex marriage, pedophilia
The man who President Trump wants to be his Chief Scientist at the Department of Agriculture is actually not a scientist. Veuer's Nick Cardona has that story.
Optimism in advance of Ohio crop harvest
Though some of Ohio's corn and soybean farmers might be pessimistic about this year's yield, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is not. Despite the excessive rain that fell in Ohio and the necessary replanting for many, sometimes multiple times, the USDA has a reasonably sunny prediction for Ohio's average yield on corn, soybeans and wheat.
More restrictions announced for toxic pesticide
California moved a step closer Friday to banning a widely used agricultural pesticide linked to birth defects, openly departing from the Trump administration's decision to walk back an Obama-era effort to ban the chemical. Growers and other users will be asked to increase the buffer zone between fields where they spray the pesticide and inhabited areas such as homes and schools, the state Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday.
Six bogus arguments against Trump’s immigration reform bill
No sooner had President Trump embraced the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and David Perdue, R-Ga., than the predictable eruption of false and deceptive claims spewed forth from every direction. What does it really do? The RAISE Act cuts unskilled and family chain migration.
Senators: Federal purchase to help NY concord grape growers
Concord grape growers in New York are getting a boost from the federal government, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture planning to buy juice for nutrition programs. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say the USDA will use up to $18 million to purchase surplus grape juice, which will help stabilize prices farmers receive.
Border Patrol vehicle sprayed with manure after immigration argument
A Vermont man's alleged weapon of choice during an argument about immigration enforcement with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was liquid manure. Mark Johnson, who says his livelihood in agriculture has been nearly ruined by illegal immigrants working on local farms, is accused of spraying a border patrol vehicle with manure on Aug. 3 at the edge of a farm field about two miles south of the Canadian border.
Warner pledges to help – food deserts’ in Danville visit
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, learns how the recently reopened Save-A-Lot grocery store on Piney Forest Road helps provide Danville residents with fresh, healthy food options.
US Table Top Trade Show , Goa August 18-19, 2017
The largest gathering of american food importers in goa under forum of indian food importers and us department of agriculture PANAJI, India - Aug. 16, 2017 - PRLog -- Goa -- US Government's Department of Agriculture in India and Forum of Indian Food Importers have partnered together to do the first ever Table top trade show featuring American food and beverages in Goa. Hospitality partners Hotel Grand Hyatt and Hard Rock are hosting the event for 24 importing firms and U.S. cooperator groups, who represent various high quality US food and beverages brands in country.
Dakotafest brings in farmers from all over the region
About 500 businesses in the agriculture industry will be in Mitchell for the 21st annual Dakotafest. The farmer's show will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the city.
Futures Files
Kim Jong-un responded by threatening to bomb the U.S. island of Guam. Secretary of Defense Mattis has also voiced warnings to North Korea while many other prominent U.S. politicians and world leaders have asked that both the U.S. and North Korea deescalate the rhetoric.