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Iowa 1st District Democratic challenger Abby Finkenauer is calling for more policy and less politics in the federal Farm Bill, which currently is stalled in a congressional conference committee at the same time President Donald Trump's trade policies pose a $2.2 billion threat to the state's economy.
Politics has always featured cheap tricks and sloppy expressions of principle, but the sheer scale and promotion of these techniques in the coverage of the Kavanaugh case signal a dangerous trend. My point here is not to argue for his innocence or for his guilt, but to correct some misconceptions - the truth of which our political classes have seen fit to blatantly ignore.
Arizona-based meat producer JBS Tolleson, Inc. is recalling 6,500,966 pounds of "various raw, non-intact beef products" due to an outbreak of salmonella, the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Thursday . The recall was issued after health officials identified JBS as the common supplier of raw ground beef products found to be the "probable source" of reported salmonella illnesses.
Federal officials have ordered a recall of ham products from a North Carolina company after investigators found listeria contamination, which led to one death. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Wednesday the ready-to-eat hams were produced by Johnston County Hams of Smithfield between April 3, 2017 to Oct. 2, 2018 and shipped to distributors in Maryland, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina and Virginia.
USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach and Caroline Young , with the National Peanut Board, get the facts about mushrooms from Mushroom Council Chairperson Gale Ferranto and Mushroom Council Foodservice Director Steve Solomon . Celebrating their record of success, 16 commodity groups and marketing orders participated Sept.
USDA REPORTS 26% OF CORN, 23% OF SOYBEANS HARVESTED Oct. 2, 2018 BrownfieldAgNews reports: The USDA says U.S. corn and soybean harvest activity remained faster than normal last week. As of Sunday, 26% of U.S. corn is harvested, compared to the five-year average of 17%, with 86% of the crop mature, compared to 71% on average.
Dan McCready is a boyish ex-Marine, a solar energy entrepreneur and a favorite candidate of national Democrats hoping to nab a Republican seat in their battle for the House. His company, Double Time Capital, says its mission is to hasten "our country's important transition to clean energy" because of climate change.
Iowa trade and commodity experts say the last-minute trade agreement among North America's three largest nations is a step forward in terms of solving overall trade tensions.
The US, Canada, and Mexico agreed on Sunday to update the North American Free Trade Agreement, rebranding the deal as the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. The deal would make edits to NAFTA's auto, labor, and dispute-resolution rules and open up access to various protected industries like dairy and wine.
While North Carolina leads the nation in sweet potato cultivation, the crop has been something of an unsung hero in the state's agribusiness community. That perception is changing thanks in part to a Nash County company now promoting food and beverage ingredients that align with today's healthier, nutrient-rich diets.
The City is seeking Solar Developers to design, install, own, operate and maintain ground-mounted solar panels on large parcels of underutilized City-owned vacant land. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the Chicago Solar-Ground Mount initiative, a multi-site solar energy development project for city-owned vacant lands.
"There's more grain in the bin on September one than what the market expected," explains AgriTalk host Chip Flory. "On soybeans, to get there [USDA] had to go back and adjust the 2017 soybean crop."
Iowa has reached a record number of pigs on farms as the pork industry continues to expand production amid questionable export demand due to tariff battles with China. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday Iowa has 23.6 million pigs on farms as of Sept.
Tehachapi hosted the California Association for Local Economic Development, Rural Economic Development Exchange meeting at the Slice of Life Enrichment School. A coalition of economic representatives from rural cities met in Tehachapi on Wednesday to gain resources from each other, share ideas and discuss legislative policies that impact their regions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded with the United Nations' highest environmental honour, bestowed upon five other individuals and organisations, for his leadership of the International Solar Alliance and pledge to eliminate single use plastic in India by 2022. Six of the world's most outstanding environmental change makers have been recognised with the Champions of the Earth Award.
It has been more than a week since Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina, and flood waters are continuing to wreak havoc across the Carolinas and Virginia. While much of the destruction caused by the powerful storm was unavoidable, some of it was, and government interventions have only served to exacerbate such tragedies.
More than 130,000 tons of ground beef sold nationwide have been recalled because of fears of E. coli contamination. Cargill Meat Solutions issued the recall of ground beef products made from the chuck portion of a carcass that may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced.
Today, Center for Food Safety, representing a coalition of fishing and public interest groups, won their lawsuit challenging the Department of Commerce's new federal rules that would have permitted, for the first time, industrial aquaculture offshore in U.S. federal waters. "This is a landmark victory for protecting our oceans, for fishing communities and conservationists," said George Kimbrell, CFS Legal Director and lead counsel in the case.
A Union of Concerned Scientists analysis released today highlights the significant health risks posed to military families and communities by a class of synthetic chemicals found in firefighting foam, nonstick cookware and other products. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are long-lasting compounds known to accumulate in the human body and environment, including water supplies.
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [official website] on Monday reversed [opinion, PDF] a district court order that required the Tennessee Valley Authority [official website] to dig up and remove a large amount of coal ash at one of its power plants, holding that the Clean Water Act [materials] does not regulate pollutants that reach navigable waters through groundwater. The appeal concerned a US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee [official website] order requiring the TVA to "fully excavate" the coal ash ponds of its Gallatin Fossil Plant.