November 02, 2009

455 agriculture officers promoted after SC ruling Times of India PUNE: The state government has decided to promote 455 officers of the agriculture department, who have been without a promotion for 17 years and had taken ... [visit site]

Fairfield farmers to be given agriculture award DesMoinesRegister.com 5 at the Iowa Organic Conference in Ames from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. The Jefferson County pair has given many tours of its 236-acre ... ... [visit site]

ABC Online China Will Resume US Pork Imports, Vilsack Says Bloomberg By Bloomberg News Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- China agreed to “quickly resume” US pork imports and asked that the quality of the products be assured, ... [visit site]

Agriculture futures fall on Chicago Board of Trade The Associated Press CHICAGO — Agriculture futures were lower early Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery dropped 7.75 cents to .96 a bushel; ... [visit site]

Frank talk about food sometimes quashed San Francisco Chronicle I had been invited by the US Embassy in Rome to give the annual George McGovern lecture at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. ... and ... [visit site]

Boston Globe Space: Board will work to protect Ohio's agricultural community Zanesville Times Recorder Issue 2, on the ballot this year, will create the Ohio Livestock Care Board, made up of experts in agriculture and animal ... [visit site]

MiamiHerald.com Soggy fields stymie farmers Southtown Star Not since 1967 has a smaller percentage of the Illinois corn crop been harvested by the last week of October, according to the US Department of Agriculture. ... Crop ... [visit site]

ABC News Agri losses from Santi at least P159M Inquirer.net Agriculture Undersecretary for Operations Jesus Emmanuel Paras said in a text message on Monday that P155 million worth of high-value crops, such as fruits, ... Philippine ... [visit site]

Common Dreams (press release) National farm organizations differ on climate change bill Grand Island Independent "According to USDA, producers will economically benefit from an agriculture offset program. In the short term, all cost increases are offset ... [visit site]

Examiner.com Issue 2 farming amendment could influence agriculture programs at OSU OSU - The Lantern Ohio's agricultural industry lobbied hard to have the amendment added to the Ohio Constitution because some farmers say that is the ... [visit site]