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March 2007
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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.   |
Job Journal
August 20, 2006
Julia Hollister |
The Central Valley As agriculture evolves, so do careers in agriculture -- especially in California's Central Valley. |
IDB America
July 2005
Roger Hamilton |
On the front lines of change Convincing Guatemalan farmers to adopt new methods can be a challenge even under normal circumstances. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010
Glen Fest |
Planting Diversity With a push from agricultural lenders, farmers are adding new crops and modernizing their financial statements. |
National Defense
December 2009
Stew Magnuson |
National Guard to Create New Disaster Response Teams The first "domestic all-hazards response teams" will respond to some of the 15 national disaster planning scenarios. |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
Kaskey & Ligi |
The Seed Makers Who Don't Pray for Rain Agricultural companies tweak crops to flourish with less. |
Job Journal
June 10, 2007
Julia Hollister |
From Science to Sales, California Crops Create Abundance of Careers Advances in science, technology and marketing create new fields on and off the farm. |
Science News
September 14, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Afghanistan's Seed Banks Destroyed On Sept. 10, scientists in Kabul reported the loss of Afghanistan's principal agricultural insurance policy: two stores of carefully collected seeds, materials selected to represent the genetic diversity of native crops. |
Delicious Living
August 2007
Emily Courtney |
Organics: A better way to feed our changing world? Organic agriculture not only produces healthy products, but is environmentally and socially friendly. |
National Defense
September 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Overextended National Guard Undergoing Sweeping Changes National Guard leaders are planning a fundamental re-structuring aimed at making the force more versatile and relevant. These efforts come as the Guard faces dilemmas and stresses which experts say are the result of overuse as an operational force in deployments. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2002
Damien Cave |
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
August 26, 2010
Alan Bjerga |
Farmers Anxious About USDA's New Policies Organic food, nutrition, and broadband programs are trumping farm payments under Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's initiatives |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Harvesting Green Power Farmers are sowing the seeds of an alternative energy future. But how much of the country can we fuel on corn? |
Chemistry World
February 8, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Could Afghanistan's Opium Crop be Legalised? This year's opium harvest in Afghanistan will be 'shockingly high', according to figures released this week by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). |
National Defense
September 2004
Stephen Willingham |
National Guard Modernization Pegged to Emerging Missions A $12 billion budget represents significant business opportunities to contractors seeking to supply equipment and services to National Guard units in the United States. Here are some cues to getting a contract. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Willy H. Verheye |
Food Production or Food Aid?: An African Challenge Food production is not keeping pace with Africa's rapidly growing needs. Aid programs in the 1970s and 1980s were considered a temporary solution to the most appalling famines, but Africa's food shortage appears to be worsening. This paper discusses the reasons for this situation and ways to address it. |
National Defense
June 2010
Stew Magnuson |
As They Train For War, Civilians Experience Two Cultures: Afghanistan and U.S. Military A group of civilians preparing to deploy to Afghanistan to carry out President Obama's vision to involve the entire federal government in the war gathered in a circle for an after action review at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center. |
Wired
June 23, 2008
Ben Paynter |
Feeding the Masses: Data In, Crop Predictions Out Last October, agricultural consultancy Lanworth not only correctly projected that the US Department of Agriculture had overestimated the nation's corn crop, it nailed the margin: roughly 200 million bushels. |
National Gardening
Suzanne DeJohn |
Organic or Local? Agribusinesses have realized that consumers are willing to pay more for organic produce. Large farms are converting to organic methods to take advantage of this trend and fill the demand. Is this a bad thing? |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006 |
What Good Are Biofuels? Crops that double as energy sources are cheap, abundant, and homegrown. Yet as farmers rush to transform food crops into fuel, some environmentalists have begun to fret. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Thursday's ETF to Watch: iPath DJ-UBS Grains Index Fund The release of the yearly "Prospective Plantings" report puts this ETF in focus today. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Megan Sever |
Agriculture Consuming World's Water Land-use managers and legislators need to consider how decisions such as growing more corn for biofuels or sequestering carbon might affect the ability to meet the water supply needs of Earth's expanding population. |
National Defense
October 2011
Grace V. Jean |
National Guard Bracing for Budget Cuts Like many in the Pentagon, Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard, is worried about future funding cuts. |
National Defense
August 2007
Mackenzie M. Eaglen |
National Guard, Reserves Get Help, But Need More The equipment shortfalls in the Guard and Reserves have gone from bad to worse during the last six years. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
Jennie L. Phipps |
Farm Bill Gives Tractor Sales Traction China deal also sparks hope in troubled farm-equipment sector, which is adding new technologies to entice buyers. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Bjerga & McFerron |
U.S. Weather Woes May Mean Higher Food Prices With corn fields under water and wheat withering in Western heat, grain prices could soon soar, boosting already high worldwide food costs |
Reason
June 2007
David Weigel |
Farmer in the Cell After a crackdown on illegal immigration, farmers in the rural area outside Pueblo, Colorado, found they lacked the labor to help them plant and harvest crops. One answer is to use prison inmates. |
National Defense
September 2005
Grace Jean |
Guard Balancing Emerging Roles in Homeland Defense The National Guard continues to expand its missions in support of homeland defense, even as it contends with frequent overseas deployments, equipment shortages and low recruiting levels. |
Parameters
Spring 2006
Ali A. Jalali |
The Future of Afghanistan Afghanistan is again at a crossroads. One road leads to peace and prosperity; the other leads to the loss of all that has been achieved. Everything depends on the level of international commitment to help Afghanistan emerge from the dark shadows of its recent past. |
Fast Company
October 2008
Elizabeth Svoboda |
The Future of Farming is in Nitrogen Efficiency A California biotech firm claims a gene that makes plants use nitrogen more efficiently can transform agriculture, make lots of money -- and slash greenhouse-gas emissions. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Seema Singh |
Pumping Punjab Dry Cheap energy endangers India's ability to feed itself |
National Defense
May 2006
Perry & Flournoy |
The U.S. Military: Under Strain And at Risk In the current debate over the nation's defense strategy and spending priorities, many have forgotten that the ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not soon relieved, will have highly corrosive effects on the force. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
A Real Estate Boom You Haven't Totally Missed Growing demand could give these investments a rosy future. In addition to houses and condominiums, real estate involves plain old land -- and right now, American farmland is growing in value at a decent clip. |
National Defense
November 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Blum: Guard Transformation Would Survive Future Cutbacks The National Guard is adopting historic new roles in national defense and plans on making the changes permanent, according to the Guard's chief. |
Fast Company
May 2006
Charles Fishman |
A Farming Fairy Tale Imagine that you could wave a wand - and make all our food organic. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Mr. Market Mistakes Good News for Bad What's going on with these fertilizer stocks? |
National Defense
September 2004
Frank Colucci |
Army Depends Heavily on National Guard Aviators If predictions that Army National Guard aviation units are not likely to see mass resignations prove to be accurate, it would be good news for the Army, which is struggling to meet growing demands for rotary pilots in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 18, 2012
Maggie Starvish |
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water? As the planet's population grows, urbanizes, and is subjected to climate change, many experts foresee a global water crisis (and resulting food shortages and increasing prices) looming over the next 40 years. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Monsanto's Trade Dividend The giant and competitors in agricultural biotechnology should enjoy rising sales in the developed world as subsidies come down. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Monsanto Goes Brown to Make Green The agricultural giant is buying WestBred, a privately held wheat breeding company for $45 million. |
Delicious Living
January 2006 |
Organic Farming as Bountiful as Conventional Organic farming is not only better for the environment, a study has found, but it also produces the same amount of corn and soybeans as conventional farming. |
Reason
January 2001
Ronald Bailey |
Dr. Strangelunch Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food... |
Reason
November 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
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... |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Carey & Carter |
Food vs. Fuel As energy demands devour crops once meant for sustenance, the economics of agriculture are being rewritten. |
Geotimes
November 2003
Rickman et al. |
Precision Agriculture: Changing the Face of Farming Commercial farms around the world are changing, and remote sensing is beginning to play a large role. A new suite of technologies promises to help farmers better manage their crops at the scale of individual fields. |
Science News
August 30, 2003
Janet Raloff |
Spying Genetically Engineered Crops Environmental Protection Agency scientists are exploring the use of satellites to monitor genetically engineered crops. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2011
Nathan Parmelee |
Australia's Role in Feeding the World Agricultural commodities are in demand, and Australia has plenty. |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Whitney McFerron et al. |
Those Amber Waves Are Fueling Exports Foreign demand for U.S. grain keeps rising, and farmers have cash to spare. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2012
Dan Caplinger |
What Cheaper Food Means for Your Portfolio Corn prices plummeted yesterday. Here's how you can win from it. |
Salon.com
December 17, 2001
Tamim Ansary |
Leaping to conclusions Well-meaning observers are making dangerous assumptions about Afghan women and their goals for the future... |
