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Gas prices squeeze summer tradition
Chicago Tribune reporterDebbie Vaughan pushed a wheelbarrow filled with hay and manure past an empty row of stalls at the DuPage County Fair this week. Last year, 16 dairy cows competed at the fair. This year, there are only nine. In the dairy barn, hay bales remained stacked...Tags: Farms
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Forget fuel; let's focus on local food
Even if the price of oil falls, the governor should launch a full-fledged sustainability effort to promote an expansion of farming here and the production of more Maryland food for Marylanders. In fact, all the governors of the Chesapeake watershed should...Tags: Diplomacy, Consumers, Food Industry, Executive Branch, Petroleum Industry
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Invasion of fig whitefly threatens South Florida ficus plants
South Florida Sun-SentinelVoracious invaders are sweeping across South Florida, pushing their way northward and devouring the landscape. It might sound like the script for a summer thriller. But the villains actually are tiny fig whiteflies. And they are laying waste to ubiquitous...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Agricultural Research and Technology, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Pembroke Pines
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Helping farmers find their niche
Special To The SunThe sight of a wooden table full of plump peaches, shiny red cherries and mounds of ripe blueberries at Harbin's farm stand in Ellicott City on Monday makes Kathy Zimmerman's efforts to turn people on to local produce seem easy. In fact, farmers are...Tags: Farms, Consumers, Glenwood, Economic Policy, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Mich. feed mill to turn turkey waste into energy
A Montcalm County feed mill will install equipment for converting turkey manure into energy that it will use to produce livestock feed. Work on the new, $3 million biomass operation at Sietsema Farms Feeds LLC in Pierson Township near Howard City is...Tags: Farms
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Farmer avoids jail for deaths of 8 cattle
247-4741A man battling cancer was spared jail time for letting cattle starve to death on his farm. Farmer William Lee Shelton, who faced eight counts of animal cruelty, was found guilty of three counts Tuesday in Suffolk General District Court. On Dec. 26,...Tags: Animals, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Death and Dying, Agricultural Research and Technology
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EPA postpones decision on Perry's request to reduce amount of ethanol required in gasoline
Associated Press WriterLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) _ The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday put off a decision on Texas' request to temporarily lower ethanol requirements for gasoline, a change Gov. Rick Perry says is needed to rein in corn prices. EPA Administrator Stephen...Tags: David Gibson, Executive Branch, John McCain, National Government, Petroleum Industry
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EPA postpones decision on ethanol requirements
Associated Press WriterThe Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday put off a decision on Texas' request to temporarily lower ethanol requirements for gasoline, a change Gov. Rick Perry says is needed to rein in corn prices. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson said the agency...Tags: David Gibson, Executive Branch, Rick Perry, Regional Authority, Ethanol
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Audit says USDA lost track of imported cattle
Washington BureauDespite persistent fears of mad cow disease in Canadian beef, the Department of Agriculture has failed to properly track hundreds of Canadian cattle coming into the United States, the department's inspector general has concluded. An audit, completed in...Tags: Diseases, Bill Bullard Jr., Retroviruses, Agricultural Research and Technology, Animal Diseases
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Legal fight emerges over grazing rights
In a decision that could impact Maryland farmers down the road, a federal judge in Seattle recently issued a temporary injunction that halts cattle grazing and the harvesting of hay from land in a federal conservation program. The legal battle stems from...Tags: Farms, Disasters, Floods, Frederick County (Maryland), Energy Resources
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