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4.11.2012Tackle Fungal Forces to Save Crops, Forests and Endangered Animals, Scientists Say -- Phys.org NewsFeed"More than 600 million people could be fed each year by halting the spread of fungal diseases in the world's five most important crops,...
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4.11.2012U.S. Tightens Rules on Antibiotics Use for Livestock -- The New York Times NewsFeed"Farmers and ranchers will for the first time be required to get a prescription from a veterinarian before using antibiotics in cattle,...
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4.10.2012MARKETS: Southeastern Rice Farmers Hope to Cash in on Calif.'s Cap and Trade NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] New standards that would allow farmers to get credit for reducing emissions from their rice...
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4.10.2012Playing Politics with Food Stamps -- The Hill NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] In this opinion piece, Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), who serves on the House Committee on...
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4.10.2012Food Stamps Helped Reduce Poverty Rate, Study Finds -- The New York Times NewsFeed"A new study by the Agriculture Department has found that food stamps, one of the country’s largest social safety net programs, reduced the...
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4.10.2012E.P.A. Denies an Environmental Group’s Request to Ban a Widely Used Weed Killer -- The New York Times NewsFeed"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said that the widely used herbicide 2,4-D would remain on the market, denying a petition...
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4.9.2012Agroterrorists and Al Qaeda Target US Agriculture -- Western Farm Press NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] Agriculture is particularly vulnerable to attack from terrorists, according to Tom Knowles, a...
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4.9.2012The Folly of Big Agriculture: Why Nature Always Wins -- Yale Environment 360 NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] In this opinion piece, Verlyn Klinkenborg, a member of the editorial board at The New York Times...
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4.9.2012The New Farm Bill Alphabet Soup: ARRM, ARC, RLAP and RAPA -- DTN The Progressive Farmer NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] In his latest Ag Policy Blog, author Chris Clayton lays out some of the proposals that have been...
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4.9.201290 Hunger and Nutrition Organizations Urge Congress to Protect Nutrition Programs in the Upcoming Farm Bill -- MarketWatch NewsFeed"Over 90 national and regional hunger relief, public health, faith-based and other advocacy organizations sent a letter to Congress today...