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Archive for the 'Biotechnology' Category
Washington DC -May 8- Members of the U.S. House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee today moved one step closer to approving a farm bill. Principle negotiators announced they have reached an agreement on the new farm bill.
Washington DC -May 6- The mandate by Congress to utilize a key food ingredient as the dominant input for biofuels has inextricably coupled food to fuel prices, driving up costs for consumers and affecting the economy, said AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle in testimony submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Washington DC -May 5- Congress might have enough votes to overide a threatened veto of the Farm Bill should it come to that, Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota), told WashingtonView Radio in an exclusive interview at the U.S. Capitol.
Pomeroy, a member of the House Agriculture Committee AND House Ways and Means Committee and a key player in the marathon negotiating sessions, said the Farm Bill has bipartisan support, and he hopes the President avoids a showdown with Congress and signs the bill into law.
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Washington DC -April 25- President Bush today signed a one-week Farm Bill extension which was passed by the Congress on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 21- Getting a Farm Bill passed yet this year is a top priority for the National Farmers Union (NFU). Tom Buis, President of NFU, told WashingtonView Radio today that the House and Senate need to come to an agreement soon.
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Washington DC -March 14- Americans are feeling the pinch of high gasoline prices, but the fuel could cost as much as 5 cents to 10 cents more a gallon if it was not routinely blended with ethanol, according to Terry Francl , senior economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 5- At the request of senior House and Senate agriculture committee staff, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided a detailed document developed from Administration analysis of impacts to current USDA programs - in the absence of enactment of a new farm bill or an extension of the 2002 farm bill past March 15, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -June 12- Keeping more than 90 pieces of equipment running smoothly at Fort Custer National Cemetery (FCNC), a 770-acre facility with more than 20,000 graves in south-central Michigan, is the job of mechanic Tim Trittschuh. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -May 10- The carbon question poses new strategic, managerial, and process challenges for companies, according to a new study by The Conference Board, the global business research and membership organization. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 10- USDA Secretary Mike Johanns today highlighted the Administration’s farm bill proposals related to conservation. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 20- USDA Secretary Mike Johanns today announced the award of $6.2 million in grants to more than two dozen small businesses and community groups to develop innovative uses for woody biomass, including renewable energy and new products, from national forests. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 19 - This week is National Agriculture Week. Following is a transcript of remarks by USDA Secretary Mike Johanns at the FFA’s National Ag Day rally held in Washington DC: Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 14- Public funding for research initiatives has fallen in real dollars over the past two decades, and that trend needs to stop, according to American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 6- Following is a summary of a report from the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, Michigan State University related to cloned and gentically engineered food animals. Read the rest of this entry »
ORLANDO, Fla. (March 4, 2007) - Attendees of National Farmers Union’s 105th annual convention listened to panel speakers discuss opportunities in wind energy, carbon sequestration and the economics of farm bill policy during weekend convention sessions. Read the rest of this entry »