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U. S. Panel Opposes Cuts For Wealthy Farmers

March 11, 2010

The House Agriculture Committee on Mar. 3 rejected President Barack Obama’s proposals to reduce crop subsidies to higher-income farmers and federal support for crop insurance. There was little discussion as the committee refused farm cuts requested by the president for the second year in a row. With elections in November, the committee approved a letter

Livestock

Key U. S. Lawmaker Blasts New Livestock-Tracking Plan

By Charles Abbott March 11, 2010

Arevamped U. S. livestock-tracking system will fail as a safeguard against disease and may imperil $20 billion a year in meat exports, says a key House subcommittee chairman. The new system would rely on states, instead of the Agriculture Department, to keep track of cattle, hogs and poultry sold across state lines for meat production.

Livestock

USDA To Boost Wildlife Habitat, Trim Cropland

March 11, 2010

The federal government will maximize enrolment in the land-idling Conservation Reserve, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a policy that would reduce U. S. cropland by 1.5 per cent if successful. The amount of land involved, around five million acres, could produce more than 150 million bushels of wheat, 200 million bushels of soybeans or 700

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Vilsack Says USDA Climate Report Outdated

By Charles Abbott January 7, 2010

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack down-played his own department’s analysis of U. S. climate legislation Dec. 15, saying “more current” studies do not foresee carbon-capturing trees taking over millions of acres of farmland. Up to 59 million acres of pasture and cropland could be converted to woodland by 2050 under a cap-and-trade system, according to the

Country Crossroads

U. S. Official Asks Industry For Eat-Your-Veggies Ads

September 17, 2009

The U. S. produce industry could help Americans trim their waistlines while boosting sales if it would fund public service advertisements encouraging Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Sept. 10. “What if we took five per cent of your marketing budget and set it aside for that purpose?” Vilsack

Cereals, Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Aug. 20, 2009

August 20, 2009

Be slap happy: August 20 is World Mosquito Day – a day set aside to raise awareness of the importance of mosquito control. “Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism, and afflict not only humans, but animals as well,” the American Mosquito Control Association says in a release. The annual event was originated

Hogs, News

U. S. Processors Defiant On COOL

By Ron Friesen May 28, 2009

“It depends on how the political winds blow in terms of how strong he’ll try to push it.” – JURGEN PREUGSCHAS, CPC U. S. food companies are refusing to follow a federal government request to increase country-of-origin labelling (COOL) measures on meat, in a possible showdown with the Obama administration. A recent Canadian delegation to

Livestock

Canada Revives COOL Complaint

May 7, 2009

Canada has revived a complaint at the World Trade Organization about a U. S. meat-labelling law that Canadian producers have complained has hurt their hog and cattle sales, Canada’s Trade Minister Stockwell Day said April 27. Canada has complained a new mandatory rule that meat packers include the country of origin of their products on

Hogs, Livestock, News

Keep Heat On COOL, Livestock Groups Say

By Alex Binkley April 16, 2009

Livestock groups and the processing sector must record any example of Canadian shipments to the United States being hampered by the latest iteration of America’s COOL program, say farm leaders and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “The industry has to document any case that violates our trade agreements with the Uni ted States ,” John Masswohl,

News

U. S. Farm-Cut Fight Far From Over

By Charles Abbott April 9, 2009

The fight to cut U. S. farm subsidies is just beginning in Congress despite a committee vote against a $250,000-a-year cap on payments, a limit supported by the White House, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says. “Let’s see where things end up,” Vilsack said during an interview with Reuters March 27. He said deficit hawks in

Daily Network News

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U. S. Panel Opposes Cuts For Wealthy Farmers

Key U. S. Lawmaker Blasts New Livestock-Tracking Plan

USDA To Boost Wildlife Habitat, Trim Cropland

Vilsack Says USDA Climate Report Outdated

U. S. Official Asks Industry For Eat-Your-Veggies Ads

In Brief… – for Aug. 20, 2009

U. S. Processors Defiant On COOL

Canada Revives COOL Complaint

Keep Heat On COOL, Livestock Groups Say

U. S. Farm-Cut Fight Far From Over

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