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Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto: Final Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Crops from GMO Contamination
2013-12-24 18:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last week, the Public Patent Foundation filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case, Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) et al v. Monsanto, in the hopes that the highest court in the land would hear and reinstate the case of 73 American organic and conventional family farmers, seed businesses and public advocacy groups that seek protection for America`s farmers from Monsanto`s frivolous patent infringement lawsuits, and their promiscuous genetically engineered pollen...
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Farmers ratchet up rhetoric on LCRA order
2013-12-24 04:32:22| Waste Management - Topix.net
With a crucial decision looming at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on whether to approve an emergency request by the Lower Colorado River Authority that would curtail water from the Highland Lakes to downstream rice farmers for a third straight year, the farmers and their allies are aggressively promoting the notion that the order ... (more)
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End OSHAs Harassment of Farmers
2013-12-23 20:36:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Office of Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE) U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE) led an effort Friday with 42 of his Senate colleagues, from both sides of the aisle, in requesting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) immediately stop their unlawful regulation of family farms. The senators also direct OSHA to issue updated guidance correcting their misinterpretation of current law. The request was made in a joint letter to Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, who oversees OSHA. read more
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Water Abstraction Reforms Must Deliver Fairness for Farmers, Says Union
2013-12-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Reform of the 50-year-old abstraction licensing regime must ensure a fair share of water for farming, the NFU said this week.
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Dow, John Deere collaborate to help farmers link data
2013-12-17 23:20:48| Chemicals - Topix.net
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