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A Jay man was sentenced to one year and a day in prison for federal program fraud during a hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Court before Judge Jon D. Levy. Timothy P. Gallagher, 47, also was ordered to undergo three years of supervised release upon completion of his prison term and to pay $79,639 in restitution, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has temporarily closed six offices in five states after receiving several anonymous threats, USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick said Tuesday. The affected offices are in Fort Collins, Colorado; Hamden, Connecticut; Beltsville, Maryland; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Kearneysville and Leetown, West Virginia.
The Agriculture Department said Tuesday it had closed offices in five states after receiving anonymous threats that it considered serious. USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick said in a statement that the department had received "several anonymous messages" late Monday that raised concerns about the safety of USDA personnel and facilities.
The Australian state of Victoria has announced a ban on fracking and all unconventional onshore gas exploration. The ban is in response to widespread community opposition to these industries and a recent Government consultation that demonstrated a wide range of objections.
Experts are calling it a perfect storm -- low milk prices and high feed costs -- and it means our region is losing as many as 10 dairy farms a month. "Dairy farming is pretty tough right now," said Ed MacGlaflin, who has been milking cows for more than 40 years.
Tax Roundup, 8/29/16: IRS to again entertain "spin-off" business purpose rulings. Also: rollover relief, crop insurance, and other great links! IRS National Office no longer a no-spin zone.
Donald Trump warned Saturday of a "war on the American farmer," telling a crowd in Iowa that rival Hillary Clinton "wants to shut down family farms" and implement anti-agriculture policies. Trump's speech at the annual "Roast and Ride" fundraiser for Republican Sen. Joni Ernst came just hours after Clinton received her first national security briefing as the Democratic presidential nominee.
Donald Trump warned Saturday of a "war on the American farmer," telling a crowd in Iowa that rival Hillary Clinton "wants to shut down family farms" and implement anti-agriculture policies.
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SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARINGS ON AG COMPANY MERGERS Aug. 24, 2016 Des Moines Register reports: Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said Tuesday he will hold a hearing next month to discuss a wave of consolidation among seed and chemical producers, including the merger of Dow and DuPont. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he is calling the hearing because some producers have expressed a "great deal of concern" about the mergers.
There is way too much cheese in America, so the US Department of Agriculture is buying a massive amount of it. According to a release from the USDA, it will purchase 11 million pounds and distribute it to food banks around the country.
China National Chemical Corp. received approval from U.S. national security officials for its takeover of Swiss agrochemical and seeds company Syngenta AG, seen as the biggest regulatory hurdle that the $43 billion acquisition faces. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has cleared the transaction, the companies said in a statement Monday.
I was in the grocery store and started wondering, what am I really getting when I buy organic fruits and vegetables? What makes one onion organic, and another not? The United States Department of Agriculture answers your question this way: "Organic agriculture produces products using methods that preserve the environment and avoid most synthetic materials, such as pesticides and antibiotics," and "a are grown and processed according to federal guidelines addressing, among many factors, soil quality, animal raising practices, pest and weed control, and use of additives." The key words in that rather long definition are "according to federal guidelines."
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When the USDA released its August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report on Friday, August 12 the grain markets held their collective breath. The corn, soybean and wheat markets have been highly volatile over recent months.
Cotton was a superstar in 2011 when the price traded to an all-time high of $2.27 per pound. Before those dazzling highs, futures contracts on the fiber never traded above $1.1720.
To cut, or not to cut. That's the question many wheat farmers have asked this harvest season as they grapple with unusual temperature swings and bouts of rain.
Advisers to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pledged to U.S. agricultural groups that he will give growers and states a say on national farm policy should he be elected, two association leaders said on Friday. Eleven groups representing farmers, seed companies and other players in the sector met for the first time with Trump's top agricultural advisers in Washington on Monday to make recommendations on policy, following a similar meeting with representatives of rival Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in June.
In 1965, Huerta helped organize the United Farm Workers' national grape boycott, which caused grape growers in California to sign a three-year collective bargaining agreement, raised the consciousness of the nation about deplorable working conditions for farm workers, and launched a movement to improve those conditions that continues to this day. Huerta, eighty-six, has been engaged in the struggle for justice for most of her life.