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Cornish sardines win EU label protection
Cornish sardines have become the latest British product to win EU protection as a traditional and regional food speciality. Comment?
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Northern Colorado sugar beet farmers see stronger demand
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Northern Colorado sugar beet farmers could see earnings double this year because of a good harvest and stronger demand. Comment?
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UC Davis racks up $600M in research funds
... Institutes of Health . The National Science Foundation provided almost $50 million and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, almost $32 million. "With these funds, UC Davis researchers are creating new knowledge and translating it into products, ... Comment?
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First Time Playing: If you have never played before, it can take a few minutes to get used to the game. Comment?
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Rain 'not enough' to end hunger in Kenya
Recent rainfall has brought new vegetation to parts of Kenya that haven't seen rain for years, but aid workers say it's too little, too late to undo the damage caused by years of drought. Comment?
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Novus to buy Albion animal nutrition unit
... amino acids, chelated trace minerals, feed preservatives, and other nutrition and health products for the animal agriculture, companion animal, human and industrial markets. After surpassing $600 million in sales last year in the animal nutrition ... Comment?
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Four-party panel to focus on serious-impact list today
The four-party committee tasked with resolving the problems concerning the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate will today thoroughly review the proposed list of industrial activities that could have a serious impact on the environment. Comment?
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Plaintive little "voices off" at the Copenhagen slugfest are coming from the Food and Agriculture Organization , in the shape of its director-general Jacques Diouf. Comment?
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Timothy LaSalle: Measure ag-sequestered carbon to improve cap-and-trade
... example, the latest version of the climate bill from the U.S. House of Representatives has been modified by the agriculture committee to pay farmers for conventional no-till farming. These payments are supposed to reward carbon stored in soil as a ... Comment?
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Fitch Dwngrs Sanger Public Financing Authority, CA Lease Rev Rfdg Bonds to 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable
... fund. The wastewater system serves about 25,400 residents in the city. With a limited economic base centered on agriculture and food processing, unemployment levels for the city are very high at 24.7% for October 2009 compared to 15.8% for Fresno ... Comment?
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The ocean is more than a great place to catch fish
... Carbon: the Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon, a report by the UN Environment Programme, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. The IOC's Patricio Bernal argues that 'the ocean ... Comment?
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First Commercial Abscisic Acid Product, ProTone SL , Launched by Valent BioSciences Corporation
Valent BioSciences Corporation today announced that the Chilean registration authorities, Servicio Agricola y Ganadero, have approved ProTone SL Plant Growth Regulator for enhancing color development in red table grapes. Comment?
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Planting in bags can be cheaper, quicker
... be enjoyable, not back-breaking work," she said. Diane Relf, emeritus professor with Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said arthritis caused her to look for easier ways to do container gardening. "I'm not so excited about ... Comment?
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Bolivian government seizes big ranch from president's opponent, turns it over to Indian group
The government has seized a 12,500-hectare ranch in Bolivia's eastern lowlands from a soybean magnate who is among the chief political rivals of just re-elected President Evo Morales. Comment?
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$469,012 grant will buy video conferencing systems for 11 rural CNY schools
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Twenty-three schools in 11 rural school districts in Central New York will receive interactive video conferencing systems through a $469,012 grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture. Comment?
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Lessons from microfinance
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It is hard to imagine that a 12 loan can be life-changing. But for Margaret Chunga, living in the tiny village of Chipepete in central Malawi, a tiny loan has made a huge difference. Comment?
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Should We Allow Organics to be Genetically Modified?
... food? The two guests, Pamela Ronald, Director, UC Davis Plant Genetics and Raoul Adamchak, Instructor of Organic Agriculture, UC Davis Student Farm and they plan to discuss the pros and cons and how something like that might even work. This week's ... Comment?
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Idaho board OKs deal to keep research center open
... crop studies and development. They'll use 20 to 30 acres on average, said John Hammel, dean of the UI College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The university would also dedicate half of a research faculty position for the coordination, oversight ... Comment?
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Road improvement project creates traffic jam at Aloha school
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... The light is part of a nearly $4 million road improvement project in Aloha. ALOHA -- Back in the days when agriculture dominated the Washington County economy, roads served one particular purpose: to get the harvest from the western fertile plains ... Comment?
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Big losses but huge salaries - " is it acceptable?,
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... in Hanoi. At a ceremony marking the SCIC's funding by three state-owned firms subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development last year, Ta observed that though he reached the age of retirement, but he was not allowed to rest, but ... Comment?
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