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Archive for the 'Employment' Category
Washington DC -July 10- In the week ending July 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 346,000, a decrease of 58,000 from the previous week’s unrevised figure of 404,000. The 4-week moving average was 380,500, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 390,500.
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 -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.
Listen to NFU Tom Buis interview NOW at: www.blogtalkradio.com/washingtonview
Washington DC -April 16- Revisions to the H2A temporary worker program will be a critical component to the success of farmers and ranchers keeping food production in America. 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 »
New York,NY -August 28- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had surged in July, gave back all of the gain in August. Read the rest of this entry »
New York -June 26- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had dropped in May, reversed coursed in June. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -May 30- According to today’s ADP National Employment Report (SM), private sector employment increased by 97,000 in May. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 6- Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 180,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 4- According to today’s ADP National Employment Report, private sector employment increased by 106,000 in March. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -February 21- Following is a transcript of remarks by USDA Secretary Mike Johanns to the Washington International Trade Association: Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -February 13- The United States Department of Agriculture will release new 10-year agricultural projections Feb. 14 at noon EST. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -February 6- USDA Secretary Mike Johanns this week released details of President Bush’s FY 2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget, which meets the Department’s most important priorities, while exercising fiscal discipline to meet
the President’s goal to balance the budget. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -February 2- U.S. farmers must make a host of decisions relating to their farms’ operation, including what to grow, when to grow it, in what quantities, and by what methods, according to a study released this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS). Read the rest of this entry »