February 04, 2010

Google News [visit site]

Granholm sets agenda in final State of the State Sentinel-Standard “Agriculture has had more high tech advancements than most any other industry that we have here,” Calley said. “It is the source of more economic ... and more » [visit site]

Meat International Missouri Company Recalls 14000 Pounds of Beef Due to E.Coli Consumer Affairs Agriculture officials discovered the problem during a verification review at the Rockville, Missouri, company. There are no reports of illnesses linked to ... Missouri firm recalls ... [visit site]

Tommy Thompson joins private equity fund board Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Thompson joins a who's who of Wisconsin agriculture on the private equity fund's board, which includes Molly Jahn, former dean of the college of agriculture ... Former Governor Thompson Gets ... [visit site]

Mid-South Farmer Livestock Genomics, Breeding Wins M from USDA GenomeWeb Daily News By a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) –The US Department of Agriculture has awarded nearly million in grants to genomics and genetics ... WVU gets ... [visit site]

“You Talk About 'Industrial Farming' Like It's A Bad Thing!” Eat. Drink. Better. (blog) The widely held image of US Agriculture as “corporate” turns out to be in direct conflict with the facts. The USDA tracks this in the “Census ... [visit site]

Treehugger Message to President Obama: Why Trade Will Not Save Rural America Huffington Post (blog) In Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's op-ed this week in the Des Moines Register, he recognized that hunger could not be solved by raising production, ... [visit site]

Reuters Afghans want to be farmers, not fighters, says US Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghans would rather be farmers than fighters, the US agriculture secretary said on Wednesday, highlighting a US focus on farming ... BRIEFERS: SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TOM ... [visit site]

Texas Agriculture Citizens should understand agriculture, Farm Bureau chief says Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com Stallman said that consumer groups may not understand the food safety and production reasons that drive modern agriculture, nor the “connection between our ... Bureau leader:The ... [visit site]

VietNamNet Bridge Preserve family farming Milwaukee Journal Sentinel US Department of Agriculture statistics show that 61% of US farm production comes from the nation's largest farms (8% of all farms), while only 39% of all ... Dairy farmers hope price ... [visit site]