2009 CROP YEAR IS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS, USDA REPORTS
USDA NASS NEWS RELEASE Contact: Ellen Dougherty, (202) 690-8122; Lance Honig, (202) 720-2127 2009 CROP YEAR IS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS, USDA REPORTS WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, [...]
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Article: Florida Growers Lost Hundreds of Millions in Freeze
By: News Service of Florida – Jan 20th, 2010 Crop losses from this month’s extended freeze will cost Florida agriculture hundreds of millions of dollars and won’t [...]
National Farmers Union Supports Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Proposed Position Limits Rule
NFU Supports Proposed CFTC Position Limits Rule From: https://nfu.org/news/2010/01/15/nfu-supports-proposed-cftc-position-limits-rule.html For Immediate Release: January 15, [...]
Wall Street Journal Article: U.S. Opens Formal Antitrust Inquiry into Monsanto’s Business Practices
U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Monsanto Antitrust Enforcers Probe Business Practices Surrounding Biotech Soybean Seed By SCOTT KILMAN And THOMAS CATAN The U.S. Justice Department [...]
New Opportunity to Direct Market Fruits and Vegetables in Ohio
Notice: Farmers can now act as vendors for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program fruit and vegetable vouchers In October 2009, the WIC program expanded. [...]
It Takes a Community to Sustain a Small Farm (Great Article from Grist)
By Steph Larsen These days it seems the most popular person to be in the food system is the “local farmer.” Farmers markets are popping up everywhere, and their size and [...]
USDA ERS Releases Newest Agriclutural Income and Finance Situation and Outlook Report, and It’s BAD
This Report, by the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) “provides [a] comprehensive overview of the financial characteristics and performance of the U.S. farm sector [...]
Farm Based Education, Marketing, Refugee Farmer, and Office Jobs with Cultivating Community in Maine
Cultivating Community (CC), a nonprofit community based organization that uses agriculture as a community and leadership development tool, is hiring for several full time, [...]
Monsanto’s Response to the Associated Press Article on It’s Unfair Trade Practices
A week or so ago we posted an AP article criticizing agricultural giant Monsanto, and exposing the unfair business practices they used to gain market share as part of our [...]
New Hoophouse Initiative From USDA – 3 Year Study Launched
New Hoop House Initiative: On Wednesday, December 16, 2009 USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced the launch of a three-year study on the effectiveness of [...]
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