July 16, 2010

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The Hindu 'Basyang' damages P23.69M agriculture, infrastructure Inquirer.net Partial assessment of damages to agriculture and infrastructure left by tropical storm Basyang reached P23.696 million in Regions 4-A, 4-B, ... 'Basyang' road, crop damage reaches P147.5M—NDCCInquirer.net 'Basyang' death toll now 38Tempo ... [visit site]

Kansas City Star Agriculture colleges sell cow herds to cut costs The Associated Press The sales are taking place despite growing enrollment in agriculture programs. The herds are mainly used for faculty research. The University of Vermont ... Agriculture Schools ... [visit site]

Chemical Agriculture Group Says, Shut Up and Eat Your Pesticides Environmental Working Group “If chemical agriculture and the Alliance for Food and Farming want to promote healthier diets, they should stop attacking their critics and focus on ... New Scientific ... [visit site]

Care2.com (blog) Well, Is It Organic or Not? New York Times The Agriculture Department has been enforcing organic claims on food sold in the United States since 2002, but does not do the same for other items. ... California to ... [visit site]

Baker Equipment Hosts United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack PR Newswire (press release) RICHMOND, Va., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As the use of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV's) gains acceptance nationwide, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack ... Alliance AutoGas President ... [visit site]

New York Times (blog) Good Riddance To Canada Geese Huffington Post (blog) After Flight 1549, the US Department of Agriculture, which runs the Wildlife Service, agreed that Canada geese could be rounded up from city-owned ... And the real crime ... [visit site]

House bill would make school lunches healthier The Associated Press A bill approved by the House Education and Labor Committee Thursday would allow the Agriculture Department to create new standards for all food in schools, ... Healthy school lunches for ... [visit site]

People's World Rep. Murphy splits with GOP on antibiotic use in agriculture The Hill (blog) wants to curb the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture, the first House Republican to take that stance. He has so far stopped short of ... [visit site]

France24 Piraeus Bank Says Reliance on ECB Funding Would Drop After Deal BusinessWeek ... planned purchase of the Greek government's stakes in Agricultural Bank of Greece SA and Hellenic Postbank SA, Managing Director Alexandros Manos said. ... Piraeus offers 2 ... [visit site]