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4.23.2012Climate Change to Affect Corn Prices, Study Says -- The New York Times NewsFeed"Researchers have found that climate change is likely to have far greater influence on the volatility of corn prices over the next three...
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4.20.2012Developing World Lags on Global Targets Related to Food and Nutrition, Says IMF-World Bank Report -- The World Bank NewsFeed"The developing world’s progress is seriously lagging on global targets related to food and nutrition, with rates of child and maternal...
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4.20.2012Senate Ag Committee Will Mark up Farm Bill Wednesday -- Brownfield NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] The Senate Agriculture Committee has announced that it will meet next Wednesday to mark up the...
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4.20.2012TRANSPORTATION: GOP Wants to Tap Private Capital to Maintain Waterways -- Environment & Energy Daily NewsFeed"House Republican leaders yesterday said they want to attract private investment dollars to help pay for the multibillion-dollar...
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4.20.2012Insight: U.S. Barnyards Help China Super-size Food Production -- Reuters NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] The Chinese eat nearly 10 percent more meat than they did five years ago, and the change in diet...
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4.20.2012Lawmakers Join Livestock Groups to Oppose HSUS, UEP Legislation -- Agri-Pulse NewsFeed"Congressmen Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Joe Courtney, D-Conn., hosted a briefing with animal agriculture representatives for congressional...
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4.20.2012Farm Bureau, Northern Commodities Voice Farm Bill Concerns as Markup Approaches -- The Hagstrom Report NewsFeed"The American Farm Bureau Federation and seven agricultural groups that represent commodities grown mostly in the North sent Senate...
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4.19.2012Net Payments to Farmers by Crop Insurance: Historical Trends and the 2012 Farm Safety Net Debate -- farmdocDAILY NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] This paper looks at historical trends in crop insurance, from the perspective of net insurance,...
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4.19.2012Poll Shows Strong Voter Support for School Nutrition Standards -- EurekAlert.org NewsFeed"Eighty percent of American voters favor national standards that would limit calories, fat, and sodium in snack and à la carte foods sold...
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4.19.2012Howard Buffett, Son of Billionaire Investor, Asks Fellow Farmers to Help Feed Rural US Poor -- The Washington Post NewsFeed"Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, wants to enlist fellow food producers in a new...