Washington DC - December 9 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to strengthen its assessment of pesticide health risks. EPA’s proposal would include a more thorough assessment of risks to workers, including farmworkers and farm children.

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Washington DC - September 22 - President Obama proclaimed September 20 through September 26, 2009, as National Farm Safety and Health Week, calling upon the people of the United States to join in celebrating the vital contributions of farmers and ranchers to our Nation.

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Washington DC - June 17 - U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in introducing a bipartisan measure to promote a more effective national response to outbreaks of food-borne sickness.

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Washington DC - June 15 - A U.S. House bill would give authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to conduct on-farm inspections, to quarantine geographic areas over food-safety problems and to create a “farm-to-fork” tracing system for food.

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Washington DC - June 5 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture reopened the public comment period for its proposal to permit, for the first time, widespread cultivation of a food crop engineered for biofuel production.

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Washington DC - May 27 - Private well water should be tested yearly, and in some cases more often, according to new guidance offered by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

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Washington DC - May 6 - The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) stated that in the first three months of 2009, deliveries of general aviation airplanes totaled 462 units, a 41.1 percent drop from the same period last year, with industry billings falling 18.2 percent to $4.34 billion.

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Washington DC -April 26- “Pork is safe to eat, and direct contact with swine is not the source of, and U.S. pigs have not been infected with, the hybrid influenza that has been identified in a number of people in the United States and more than 1,300 in Mexico,” according to a statement released by the National Pork Producers Council.

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Washington DC -July 10- New safety measures for soil fumigant pesticides will increase protections for agricultural workers and bystanders - people who live, work, or otherwise spend time near fields that are fumigated.

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Washington DC -June 26- In response to the latest undercover video released June 25th by the Humane Society of the United States, the National Milk Producers Federation again condemns – as we did when HSUS released it first two videos in January and May – the treatment of the animals featured in the video clips.

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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 »