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Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced that more than $4 million will be awarded to the University of Georgia to study the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and other diseases affecting bee populations, whose pollination is valued at $15 billion annually to U.S. agriculture.
Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer will lead a bi-partisan Congressional delegation to Cartagena, Colombia, on July 18.
Delta Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
An additional $200 million will be made available through the 2008 farm bill to help farmers and ranchers nationwide to solve natural resource problems through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, according to Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
More than $200 million for two voluntary conservation programs will be available to farmers and ranchers, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said.
Western Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced today that USDA is making available $28.4 million for research and extension projects in fiscal year 2008 to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by developing and disseminating science-based tools to address needs of specific crops.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer today announced that beginning next month, USDA will begin listing retail stores receiving meat and poultry products involved in Class I recalls - those of the most serious concern to public health. For some recalls, specific product information useful to consumers is not available to help identify recalled products that may still be in their home.
Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced the selection of Cynthia Clark as administrator of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Fifteen conservation groups today sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer strongly urging him to reject pressure from Congress and producer groups "to allow the penalty-free early release of land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)." USDA has been urged to release up to 24 million acres from CRP - roughly three-fourths of the land currently enrolled in the program - and put...
Amateur Economists (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
At the UN summit in Rome, which ended June 5, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FOA) appealed to governments to step up to the plate and provide at least $20 billion per year to help feed the world’s hungry. On the agenda (at least for U.S. Agricultural Secretary Ed Schafer) was promoting the use of [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced today that he is releasing Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for livestock grazing in counties recently designated as Presidential Disaster Areas because of flooding. The release permits grazing only in counties designated as primary and contiguous disaster areas and only because of flooding.
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Just how much impact biofuels have had on world food prices is quite controversial. For example, U.S Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer argues that biofuels contribute only two to three percent of the recent dramatic increase in world food prices. Today the Guardian is reporting that the World Bank thinks that biofuels actually caused the world food crisis: Biofuels have forced global food prices up...
billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
LANDER - Rep. Barbara Cubin and Sen. John Barrasso have written Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to ask the U.S. Forest Service to do more to address growing frustrations about this year's Rainbow Family gathering in western Wyoming. The loosely organ ...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Jun. 27--U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is urging U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to quickly provide drought assistance to California farmers using an agricultural disaster program authorized by the recently enacted Farm Bill.
Delta Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Signup for the USDA 2008 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP) has begun. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said the programs help deliver certainty for the crop year and the option of a timely advance payment. Contracts are available at USDA Service Centers and signup will continue until Sept. 30.
Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
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