Saturday, January 7, 2012

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News10 new results for agriculture
 
New York agriculture facing challenges
YNN
YNN's Bill Carey says there are challenges ahead for New York's agriculture industry. Then come back here and refresh the page. ONONDAGA COUNTY, NY -- It is hard to realize that those farms we pass along country roads represent one of New York's ...
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Local Farmers Fight for Agricultural Survival
Utah Business
The problems facing agriculture in Utah are complex. Farming is threatened by development; protection of agricultural land is minimal and has loopholes. An oversupply of food has made it so cheap that making a profit is difficult. ...
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2011 Was Record Breaking Year For Idaho Agriculture
LocalNews8.com
By Caleb James University of Idaho agricultural economists were in Boise on Thursday to present their findings on 2011's agricultural revenue. "This is a record breaking year for Idaho agriculture," said agricultural economist Paul Patterson. ...
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Spelman denies 'avoiding' Scots parliament agriculture body
Scotsman
UK ENVIRONMENT Secretary Caroline Spelman yesterday denied she was unwilling to meet the Scottish parliament's agriculture committee to discuss proposed reforms of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. Speaking after a speech at the Oxford ...
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Vermont Agency of Agriculture Launches Online Service for Retail License Renewals
MarketWatch (press release)
MONTPELIER, Vt., Jan 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets today announced the launch of a new online service that allows licensed Vermont businesses to file, renew, and pay online for their annual retail and W&M ...
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Valley agricultural fund can help students financially
Hebdenbridge Today
IF you are studying in an area which is linked to agriculture, you may be eligible for some financial help towards the costs. The Todmorden Agricultural Society Educational Fund has been set up to provide financial support for any form of education or ...
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Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Talks About Farm Labor Shortage Report
WSAV-TV
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black speaks to group at the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Savannah. Georgia's top agriculture official is speaking out about a study by his department about the availability of farm workers. ...
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Coalition to scrutinise farm buy-ups by foreigners
Sydney Morning Herald
''There is a perception issue that there is unrestricted, unrestrained, uncontrolled foreign investment, particularly in agriculture. We may well flag changes to foreign investment rules, and we will have more to say about that. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Agriculture trumps manufacturing
Chatham Daily News
The newly-appointed minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs told a large farm audience here Thursday the industry contributes more than $33 billion annually to Ontario's GDP and sustains more than 700000 jobs. McMeekin made his remarks during a ...
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Microbiologist Mark Rasmussen named director of the Leopold Center for ...
Iowa State Daily
Rasmussen is a candidate for the director's position of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State. Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2012 2:54 pm | Updated: 3:30 pm, Thu Jan 5, 2012. Microbiologist Mark Rasmussen has been named the ...
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Blogs2 new results for agriculture
 
The 7 Paths of the New Agriculture : Biofuels Digest
By Jim Lane
But the New Agriculture has arisen in recent years, with new solutions to the old dilemma: how do you produce, and afford, and haul, and utilize enough feedstock to make an integrated biorefinery work? How do you grow enough for yourself, ...
Biofuels Digest
Agriculture, EU and Morocco's GDP: Some Evidence To Consider ...
By Zouhair Baghough
It would also mean that many dysfunctional mechanisms within governmental policies, regarding agricultural taxes, agrarian reforms and a host of other agriculture-related issues would no longer be justified: since the working axioms seems to ...
The Moorish Wanderer

Web5 new results for agriculture
 
The Hindu : Today's Paper News : Agriculture lands losing ground to ...
The growing need for land for industrial and residential purposes has resulted in lands under agriculture shrinking by 10 to 15 per cent per annum in Coimbatore ...
www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article2776288.ece
'Make agriculture exciting for people' | | | The New Indian Express
BHUBANESWAR: With millions leaving agriculture to seek livelihood elsewhere, India's quest for the food security is more precarious than ever. As the Food ...
expressbuzz.com/states/orissa/'make...exciting.../350267.html
Bibek Debroy on Indian agriculture : Cover Story News - India Today
In the past, a monsoon failure triggered famines. Now, the worst it can do is shave 0.5 per cent off GDP growth rate.
indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bibek-debroy-on.../166552.html
Bihar to raise fund to fuel agriculture growth | iGovernment.in
Patna: The Bihar Agriculture cabinet has set up a Resource Management Group ( RMG) to raise Rs 1.52 lakh crore to give a boost to the farming in the state in ...
www.igovernment.in/.../bihar-raise-fund-fuel-agriculture-gro...
Agriculture Jobs In Andhra Pradesh: 1300 Posts Vacant ...
The Agriculte Department has announced that it will add 1300 jobs in the next financial year, and has unvieled a new loan plan. More on fullhyd.com, ...
www.fullhyderabad.com/.../agriculture-jobs-in-andhra-prades...