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Washington DC - February 8 - U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 10.1 million acres of cotton this spring, up more than 10 percent from 2009, according to the National Cotton Council’s 27th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey.

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Washington DC - January 5 - President Barack Obama discussed his solemn responsibility to protect the nation, from ordering reviews into the attempted act of terrorism in Detroit to a comprehensive strategy that has refocused our efforts on the fight against al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and strengthened international partnerships to keep unrelenting pressure on extremists across the globe.

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Washington DC - November 24 - The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had declined in October, increased slightly in November. The Index now stands at 49.5 (1985=100), up from 48.7 in October.

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Washington DC - October 13 - Congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Helping Invigorate and Revive our Economy Act of 2009 to help create jobs by expanding the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to encourage employers to hire additional employees.

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Washington DC - June 11 - A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS)  scientists has developed a line of laying hens that display far less aggression than their commercial counterparts, while maintaining industry-standard egg production.

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Washington DC - May 11 - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have filed a patent on technology that can protect pasteurized liquid eggs from food safety threats.

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Washington DC -July 5- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased in the second quarter of 2008, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.

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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.

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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 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 -April 5- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 3- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. Read the rest of this entry »