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Pipeline safety program set for farmers
2014-03-01 18:34:52| Energy - Topix.net
Alliant Energy is encouraging farmers, land owners, tiling companies and contractors to attend a series of pipeline safety programs scheduled in March in four locations around the state.
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Even while adapting most Wisconsin farmers are climate change skeptics
2014-03-01 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Capital Times: Most Wisconsin farmers remain skeptical about climate change, although data show they have already begun adapting to shifts in weather patterns, scientists said at a University of Wisconsin-Madison conference this week. Farmers, the scientists said, are key actors in adapting to climate change or mitigating its effects. They manage 61 percent of the nations land. They are vulnerable to droughts, cold, heat and hail. Crop insurance paid out $17.4 billion dollars in indemnities nationwide after...
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Agriculture Secretary thanks farmers, outlines farm bill programs
2014-03-01 05:06:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Whether for helping get a farm bill passed, or feeding the world, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack offered much appreciation to the farmers across the U.S. at Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas. read more
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What Will Antibiotic Guidelines Mean for US Livestock Farmers?
2014-02-28 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Veterinarians, rather than farmers, are to play a decisive role in implementing US antimicrobial policy in light of new voluntary guidelines introduced last December, writes Michael Priestley.
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MALI: Cotton farmers reduce pesticide use
2014-02-27 13:15:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Pesticide use by cotton farmers in Mali has fallen by as much as 92% as a result of field schools training growers in alternative pest control measures, according to a new report.
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