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13Jul/10

BACON RECALL ANNOUNCED

BACON RECALL ANNOUNCED The problem was discovered during record review by the Ohio Department of Agriculture's Division of Meat inspection during a routine inspection of the facility. There have been no reports of illness...
Source: Lancaster Eagle Gazette

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13Jul/10

Financial bill could ease commodities’ volatility

Financial bill could ease commodities' volatility The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn. , said speculators have "run the market up higher than it should be." "The...
Source: Zanesville Times Recorder

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13Jul/10

New York Kills All Prospect-Park Geese

New York Kills All Prospect-Park Geese They mystery of their disappearance was solved Monday, when city officials, working with the federal Agriculture Department, admitted the birds were killed because they threatened human frequent fliers. The aim was to extinguish all...
Source: The Daily Beast

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13Jul/10

Rittberger recalls bacon sold at Farmers Market

Rittberger recalls bacon sold at Farmers Market The error was discovered Monday during a routine inspection by the Ohio Department of Agriculture's meat inspection division. "It was a mistake on my part, my personal mistake. It's just simply that I didn't notify...
Source: Zanesville Times Recorder

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13Jul/10

Attack of the killer weed

Attack of the killer weed Mr. Muzzi said he only began eradicating the plant because nobody else would. “It’s not really my job,” he said. “I just thought,...
Source: National Post

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13Jul/10

MSU Extension shifts gears, looks to build ‘green economy’

MSU Extension shifts gears, looks to build 'green economy' "One of...
Source: Lansing State Journal

13Jul/10

Commission gambit could end decade-long GMO impasse

Commission gambit could end decade-long GMO impasse ......political divide, with sections of the left and Greens largely opposing not so much the technology but the business practices of agribusiness, and the sections of the right, particularly those of a religious bent, opposing GMOs because they believe it...
Source: EUobserver.com

13Jul/10

U-T editorial: Making a (funny) point

U-T editorial: Making a (funny) point UNION-TRIBUNE | Construction supervisors, farmers and ranchers, restaurant managers and a host of other U.S. employers all claim they couldn’t survive without illegal immigrant workers. It’s not because, as some on the right suggest, these employers are
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

13Jul/10

Businesses ‘profit from nature’

Businesses 'profit from nature' Another is the agribusiness giant Syngenta, which recently launched Operation Pollinator, a scheme to restore important bee habitat. The scheme...
Source: BBC News

12Jul/10

Lots of Washington cherries still to be harvested

Lots of Washington cherries still to be harvested A four-year research effort, spearheaded by two WSU researchers at the Irrigated Agriculture Research & Extension Center outside Prosser, is exploring the viability of stem-free sweet cherries. Development of a...
Source: TheNewsTribune.com

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