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August 1, 2005 |
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InternetNews
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'Mad' Scramble for Electronic Livestock Tracking RFID vendors say they have the technology at hand to help U.S. officials track the origins of mad cow disease in livestock. But who's going to get it down to the farm? |
Reason
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Power Lunch: Reform, don't just renew, the farm bill This country needs a farm bill that reduces excessive taxpayer-funded subsidies to wealthy farmers and eliminates agricultural market distortions. |
BusinessWeek
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Now Is Not The Time To Drag Our Heels On Testing Two months after the Agriculture Dept. announced the first case of mad cow in the U.S., dozens of countries, including Mexico and Japan, continue to ban American meat. The USDA is dragging its heels on approving rapid tests. |
BusinessWeek
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Science News
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Job Journal
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From Science to Sales, California Crops Create Abundance of Careers Advances in science, technology and marketing create new fields on and off the farm. |
Reason
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Subsidy Creep American produce growers should get the same treatment as corn and wheat farmers if our farm policy is to be equitable, predictable and beyond challenge. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2002
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Old McDonald had a subsidy Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult... |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
Commentary: A Bum Steer On Mad Cow Disease Despite USDA reassurances, America's beef supply -- and its citizens -- are at risk. |
Food Engineering
May 15, 2006 |
FE TechFlash Vol. 2 No. 5 Coors rolls out "stay cool" bottles, glassware... Food safety leaders Honored... National Animal Identification System data released... People, plant & industry news... etc. |
Reason
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Money for Nothing: The Joys of U.S. Farm Policy Why is there a stigma attached to using government-financed stamps to purchase food but no stigma attached to accepting government money to grow the food in the first place? American farm policy is filled with such stumpers... |
