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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

Livestock

U. S. Dairy Subsidies

April 9, 2009

The U. S. Agriculture Department is in discussions with other U. S. agencies whether it is appropriate to revive dairy export subsidies as a response to U. S. surpluses, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Vilsack said consultations included the U. S. trade representative and the State Department and that the ramifications on U. S. trade

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Ritz Rattles Sabres Over WTO Challenge To COOL

By Ron Friesen March 12, 2009

“The WTO challenge is idling at the curb, waiting to go.” – GERRY RITZ U. S. country-of-origin food labelling will finally come into effect next week amid sabre-rattling from Ottawa about possibly reviving a World Trade Organization challenge to the controversial rule. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz last week made it sound as if a WTO

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Subsidy Debate Weighs Farmers Versus Children

By Christopher Doering March 5, 2009

U. S. lawmakers will need to choose between supporting rich farmers or feeding more hungry children amid a slumping economy and surging deficit, U. S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said March 2. Vilsack said he already has heard some questions and concerns about the Obama administration’s plan to redirect subsidy payments for large farmers into

Livestock

Pig Organs make 46 ill in China

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 26, 2009

Forty-six people in China’s southern province of Guangdong have suffered food poisoning after eating pig organs that contained an animal feed additive, the official Xinhua news agency said Feb. 19. All those who fell sick had eaten pig organs, said Wang Guobin, an official with the Guangzhou Municipal Public Health Bureau. Initial investigations showed the

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Vilsack Sees Carbon Cuts As New Cash Crop

February 26, 2009

U. S. farmers could make money from carbon credits and other steps to control greenhouse gases with more security than farm subsides, often eyed for budget cuts, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 16. “I strongly believe this is a tremendous opportunity for rural America,” Vilsack said at the National Cotton Council annual meeting. “We

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Small farms seen spurring U. S. farm growth

By Christopher Doering February 12, 2009

There are nearly 76,000 more U. S. farms than a few years ago but new operations tend to be smaller, more diversified and have lower sales than the average farm, according to Agriculture Department data released on Feb. 4. A USDA census taken every five years found four per cent more farms in 2007 than

Opinion

USDA old guard fights new ideas

By Alan Guebert January 29, 2009

Although Barack Obama has been president but a few days we can already say with certainty – unlike before his inauguration – that he cannot fly, leap tall buildings or walk on water. Those feats, however, are chopped liver compared to cracking the good old boy cabal at the U. S. Department of Agriculture. So

Opinion

U. S. farmers get another governor

By Alan Guebert January 15, 2009

If conventional leadership and bureaucratic competency had a face, it would look exactly like Thomas J. Vilsack: round as an apple pie, chin disappearing under sagging cheeks, greying (and amply present) hair. President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Vilsack, the two-term (1998-2006) Iowa governor, to lead the U. S. Department of Agriculture marks the third non-farming

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USDA nominee Vilsack impresses lawmakers

January 15, 2009

U. S. Senator Herb Kohl on Jan. 7 said he was impressed with Tom Vilsack, president-elect Barack Obama’s choice to head the U. S. Agriculture Department, and expected the former Iowa governor to be confirmed easily by the Senate. “I’m confident this will be a man who will do his job very well,” Kohl, a

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U. S. Farm-Cut Fight Far From Over

U. S. Dairy Subsidies

Ritz Rattles Sabres Over WTO Challenge To COOL

Subsidy Debate Weighs Farmers Versus Children

Pig Organs make 46 ill in China

Vilsack Sees Carbon Cuts As New Cash Crop

Small farms seen spurring U. S. farm growth

USDA old guard fights new ideas

U. S. farmers get another governor

USDA nominee Vilsack impresses lawmakers

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