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" + "Brownfield » USDA/Government " + "

" + "Fri, Sep 3 2010 - 8:22 AM" + "

" + "Developing better plants for bioenergy" + "

" + "To accelerate the development of new energy technologies, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have announced a joint program aimed at accelerating the genetic ..." + "

" + "Fri, Sep 3 2010 - 8:12 AM" + "

" + "Conservation loan program announced" + "

" + "A Conservation Loan program designed to give farm owners and related business operators access to credit to implement conservation practices that will conserve natural resources has been announced. In..." + "

" + "Thu, Sep 2 2010 - 9:30 PM" + "

" + "Iowa egg investigation intensifies" + "

" + "The investigation continues into the two Iowa egg farms involved in that salmonella contamination recall. Federal agents visited both farms again this week as part of an investigation involving the cr..." + "

" + "Thu, Sep 2 2010 - 8:03 PM" + "

" + "Vilsack disputes Bloomberg article" + "

" + "A recent article in the publication Bloomberg Businessweek insinuated that Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack wants to take the five billion dollars currently spent on direct payments to farmers and put it into..." + "

" + "Thu, Sep 2 2010 - 5:50 PM" + "

" + "Missouri reaches settlement with PSF" + "

" + "The State of Missouri has reached a settlement with Smithfield Foods and Premium Standard Farms (PSF). Attorney General Chris Koster says the settlement provides a firm schedule under which modern tec..." + "

" + "Thu, Sep 2 2010 - 3:30 PM" + "

" + "55 IL counties designated natural disaster areas" + "

" + "The USDA has designated 55 Illinois counties natural disaster areas. In making the announcement, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said the action will provide help to farmers who have suffered significant pro..." + "

" + "Tue, Aug 31 2010 - 9:30 PM" + "

" + "EEOC files two suits against JBS" + "

" + "The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed two suits against JBS Swift on behalf of Muslim workers at the company’s Greely, Colorado headquarters and its Grand Island, Nebraska packing plan..." + "

" + "Tue, Aug 31 2010 - 9:26 PM" + "

" + "Farmer profitability improved in August" + "

" + "The monthly Agricultural Prices Report from the National Ag Statistics Service on Tuesday says the prices farmers received for their products in August increased 2.1 percent from July. The Crop Index ..." + "

" + "Tue, Aug 31 2010 - 9:03 PM" + "

" + "Vilsack touts reports on ag economy, exports" + "

" + "Two new USDA reports confirm a strong rebound in the overall rural economy and in agricultural exports. USDA projects net farm income, which declined more than 20 percent in 2009, will be up 29 percen..." + "

" + "Tue, Aug 31 2010 - 6:22 PM" + "

" + "FDA finds violations in Iowa egg recall case" + "

" + "The Food and Drug Administration says it has found several violations of the agency’s new food safety rule at those two Iowa egg farms involved in the recent salmonella outbreak. FDA says several buil..." + "

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