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Why Is The USDA Confusing Farmers By Calling Climate Change Weather Variation?
2015-01-14 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: "'Weather variation` is USDA code for 'climate change` - Vilsack." That was the headline in the E&E News story Monday on U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaking to reporters at the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Apparently, the USDA "tiptoes around the term 'climate change` when it promotes programs to farmers." Is the USDA motto now, "Speak no climate change, hear no climate change"? It`s like when a coughing pack-a-day smoker sees a doctor...
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USDA Offers $18 Million to Support, Train New Farmers
2015-01-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering more than $18 million in funding to help educate, mentor and enhance the sustainability of the next generation of farmers.
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PUP chides Government over handling of cane farmers
2015-01-13 07:36:52| Sugar Industry News
The People\'s United Party (PUP) has hit out at the Government for its stance in the ongoing crisis in the sugar industry in the North, accusing it of abandoning cane farmers in favor of Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI) and partner American Sugar Refining Inc. (ASR).
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Farmers hear from attorneys on Syngenta lawsuit
2015-01-12 09:07:14| Agriculture - Topix.net
Lawyers Dan Holmolka of Minneapolis and Mikal Watts of San Antonio, Texas, are among a group spearheading a lawsuit against seed and agrochemical manufacturer Syngenta and its part in the drop in corn prices seen in recent years. Roughly two dozens farmers gathered in a meeting room at the Ramada in Marshall on Friday night to listen to Holmolka and Watts pitch their case against the agribusiness giant.
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Dairy farmers' payment delayed
2015-01-12 06:13:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Dairy co-operative First Milk has not issued its scheduled payment to suppliers on Monday because of cash flow problems.
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