November 2009

Agriculture futures mostly fall, livestock higher The Associated Press CHICAGO — Agriculture futures were mostly lower early Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery lost 5.5 cents to .57 a bushel, ... ... [visit site]

Vermont Public Radio Sanders backs guest worker program for farms BurlingtonFreePress.com "There are areas, especially in the agriculture area, where farmers cannot find local labor," Sanders said. "I did not always believe that but when you ... [visit site]

New York Times In Mississippi Delta, a Promising Summer Washed Away by the Fall New York Times Mississippi and Georgia have requested disaster declarations from the United States Department of Agriculture, and Alabama is likely to ... [visit site]

Trinidad & Tobago Express Africa: Experts Seek Inclusion of Agriculture in Climate Talks AllAfrica.com Nairobi — More than 60 prominent agricultural scientists and leaders have decried the almost total absence of agriculture in the climate talks, ... [visit site]

Are Americans really 'food insecure'? Washington Post This week an Agriculture Department study showed that US households containing 49.1 million people experienced ???food insecurity??? in 2008, ... USDA backs rewarding schools serving healthy foodReuters Hunger in ... [visit site]

Can Ecological Agriculture Feed Nine Billion People? Monthly Review Something is wrong with our agricultural and food systems.1 Despite great progress in increasing productivity in the last century, hundreds of millions of ... Former MEP backs ... [visit site]

Voice of America Results of UN Food Summit Seen as Disappointing Voice of America The UN Food and Agriculture Organization says more than thirty nations continue to need emergency food assistance. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said ... [visit site]

Trained manpower for the agriculture biz Daily News & Analysis Bangalore: The increasing need for trained manpower in the nation's agricultural sector, which is perceived as the backbone of our economy, has enhanced the ... [visit site]

Mass. warns of unwanted plants in holiday decor Boston Globe Commissioner Scott Soares of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources says invasive plants pose a threat to the "native biodiversity" in the ... and more » [visit site]

The Money Times Slow Harvest Prompts USDA to Raise Crop-Price Outlook Wall Street Journal The slowest harvest season in decades across the Midwest and South forced the US Agriculture Department to trim its huge production ... ... [visit site]