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Agriculture Wire

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  1. Cornish sardines win EU label protectionRead the original story

    6 min ago | The Independent

    Cornish sardines have become the latest British product to win EU protection as a traditional and regional food speciality.

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    Related Topix: Melton Mowbray, England, Leicestershire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom, Life, Food, Pork, Meat, London, England, Essex County, England, Greater London County, England

  2. Northern Colorado sugar beet farmers see stronger demandRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | Grand Junction Free Press

    Northern Colorado sugar beet farmers could see earnings double this year because of a good harvest and stronger demand.

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    Related Topix: Food, Science

  3. UC Davis racks up $600M in research fundsRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Sacramento Business Journal

    ... 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, ...

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    Related Topix: Davis, CA, UC Davis, Science, Linda, CA

  4. Tips and Tricks for FarmvilleRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Associated Content

    First Time Playing: If you have never played before, it can take a few minutes to get used to the game.

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  5. Rain 'not enough' to end hunger in KenyaRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | CNN

    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.

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    Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Science, Famine, Health

  6. Novus to buy Albion animal nutrition unitRead the original story

    Monday Dec 7 | St. Louis Business Journal

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Clearfield, UT, Science

  7. Four-party panel to focus on serious-impact list todayRead the original story

    17 min ago | The National

    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.

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  8. A different crisisRead the original story w/Photo

    18 min ago | EU Referendum

    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.

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    Related Topix: Science, Weather, Famine, Natural Disasters, Drought

  9. Timothy LaSalle: Measure ag-sequestered carbon to improve cap-and-tradeRead the original story

    21 min ago | The Huffington Post

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Science

  10. Fitch Dwngrs Sanger Public Financing Authority, CA Lease Rev Rfdg Bonds to 'BBB-'; Outlook StableRead the original story

    25 min ago | BusinessWire

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Sanger, CA, Fresno County, CA

  11. The ocean is more than a great place to catch fishRead the original story

    27 min ago | Canoe

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Aquaculture, Science

  12. First Commercial Abscisic Acid Product, ProTone SL , Launched by Valent BioSciences CorporationRead the original story

    30 min ago | BusinessWire

    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.

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    Related Topix: Science

  13. Planting in bags can be cheaper, quickerRead the original story

    32 min ago | Goshen News, Goshen, IN

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Missouri State University, Science

  14. Bolivian government seizes big ranch from president's opponent, turns it over to Indian groupRead the original story

    37 min ago | KTLA-TV Los Angeles

    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.

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  15. $469,012 grant will buy video conferencing systems for 11 rural CNY schoolsRead the original story w/Photo

    38 min ago | The Post-Standard

    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.

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    Related Topix: Education Etc., New York, Science, Cortland, NY, Tully, NY, McGraw, NY

  16. Lessons from microfinanceRead the original story w/Photo

    42 min ago | BBC

    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.

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  17. Should We Allow Organics to be Genetically Modified?Read the original story

    49 min ago | TreeHugger

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Life, Food, Organic Food, UC Davis

  18. Idaho board OKs deal to keep research center openRead the original story

    52 min ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Idaho, University of Idaho, Science, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds

  19. Road improvement project creates traffic jam at Aloha schoolRead the original story w/Photo

    52 min ago | Oregonlive.com

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Beaverton, OR, Aloha, OR, Washington County, OR, Science, Portland, OR

  20. Big losses but huge salaries - " is it acceptable?,Read the original story w/Photo

    54 min ago | VietNamNet

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Personal Finance, Retirement