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The colorful chicken-festooned sign hoisted by Corbin Reischman resonated with city slickers and cow punchers Friday night at a massive rally in opposition to construction by Tyson Foods of a $320 million chicken production and slaughtering hub in Leavenworth County.
President Donald Trump is moving toward allowing energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for the first time in several decades, according to a report Friday from The Washington Post. Interior Department officials are modifying decades' old regulations that have traditionally prevented the agency from conducting seismic studies seen as the first step towards drilling, the report notes .
USDA: HELP ON WAY FOR HOUSEHOLDS HIT BY IRMA Sep. 15, 2017 Source: USDA news release American families coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Irma will receive much needed nutrition relief, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced. Notably, packages of American grown and produced nutritious USDA Foods will be available across hurricane-stricken areas in Florida.
While discussion of climate change remains highly polarized, another topic is getting not just traction, but meaningful action across the political spectrum: resilience planning. Vice President Mike Pence answers a reporter's question on Sept.
FDA is pushing back the compliance dates for most agricultural water testing standards outlined in the Food Safety Modernization Act's Produce Safety Rule to "simplify our approach to make compliance less burdensome and less costly, while still being protective of public health," the agency's commissioner announced Sept. 12. Speaking to attendees at the annual conference for the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture in New Orleans, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb recognized that "agricultural water can be a major conduit of the pathogens that contaminate produce," such as those that lead 2006 E. coli outbreak in bagged spinach that sickened 200 people nationwide and killed three.
Later, Baldwin heard from constituents concerned about President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to the very same USDA program. She vowed to fight those and other suggested funding reductions from her perch on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Many parts of the federal government are hard at work helping state and local officials cope with the massive problems Hurricane Harvey has created. While it isn't the lead agency for rescue efforts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is playing an important role in facilitating recovery from this immense natural disaster.
Poor families are more likely to suffer from heart attacks - even if they stick to a healthy diet, according to new research. POOR families are more likely to suffer from heart attacks - even if they stick to a healthy diet, according to new research.
In this Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, file photo provided by the Governor's Press Office, Gov. Rick Scott looks out the window of a C-130 as he assesses damage to the Florida Keys during the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
After Hurricane Harvey plowed through east Texas with roof-peeling winds and never-before-seen rain, millions of Americans were left not knowing what to do or where to turn. President Donald J. Trump made two trips to the flattened, flooded region.
New data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed that 12.3 percent of U.S. households were food insecure in 2016, declining further from a peak of 14.9 percent in 2011. Bread for the World warned that significant cuts to programs that help people living in hunger and poverty could reverse the progress that has been made.
As Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters recede, 80-year-old Frances French is left clinging to five decades of memories made in her modest Pearland, Texas, home. She recalls family gatherings, her children playing in the sunny front yard and the dream she had of growing old there with her late husband.
Hurricane Irma sent farmers and food companies scrambling to protect processing facilities, farm fields and animal herds in the South and Southeastern parts of the United States on Wednesday. Florida sugar and citrus processors rushed to secure rail cars and equipment that could be crushed, blocked or turned into flying projectiles.
Half of the Environmental Protection Agency's entire workforce can retire with full benefits within the next five years, according to a review of documents The Daily Caller News Foundation obtained Wednesday. Nearly 25 percent of the agency's current workforce can retire today with full benefits, while another 25 percent can retire in the next five years with full benefits, according to the documents, which were part of a wider trove of material released to Reuters and TheDCNF.
DTN/THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER CONFIDENCE INDEX SHOWS FARMER OPTIMISM FADES Sep. 6, 2017 Source: DTN/ The Progressive Farmer news release The post-2016 presidential election bump, which was credited with giving farmers and others in rural America high hopes for the future, appears to be flattening, according to the most recent DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agricultural Confidence Index . The survey, which was conducted in August 2017, shows that while farmers are more optimistic than August 2016, the strong optimism they started the year with is waning.
An 11-4 season-ending win against Portland on Monday, giving the Fisher Cats nine wins over the final 14 games, wasn't enough to prevent the team from posting its worst win total and winning... "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two" was the title of an article by George Miller whose premise was that most people can keep a seven-digit number ... (more)
Greg Ibach was nominated Sept. 2 to be the Undersecretary of U.S. Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
An 11-4 season-ending win against Portland on Monday, giving the Fisher Cats nine wins over the final 14 games, wasn't enough to prevent the team from posting its worst win total and winning... "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two" was the title of an article by George Miller whose premise was that most people can keep a seven-digit number ... (more)
U.S. farmer net income is forecast to rise this year for the first time since 2013, suggesting a bottom to an agriculture slump that left profit at half of the peak.