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• in Football
  The Non-Sports Fan Survival Guide To Super Bowl XLVI
  Yes, with just hours away from Superbowl XLVI in Indianapolis, it's time for the obligatory post where I predict the winner and grace you, dear reader, with a PSA about surviving today's festivities. We all know it's important for man to have a ritual.
  by ryanhonick / on Feb 5, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Obama Legalizes Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption
  On November 18th, as the country was celebrating Thanksgiving, President Obama signed a law, allowing Americans to kill and eat horses.
  by spcalapresident / on Nov 28, 2011
• in Politics
  The Proposed “Christmas Tree Tax” Was Never A Damn Tax
  O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, I won't pay the fifteen cent fee
  by mcodajoy / on Nov 9, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “usda”

 

• Rep. Collin Peterson: GMO’s are good for you!

  
  The Proud Political Junkie's Gazette — Authority: 134
  In 2003, dozens of scientists from around the world joined us in ISIS to form the Independent Science Panel, and produced a report,The Case for A GM-Free Sustainable World [4], documenting all the problems and hazards of GM crops as well as the successes and benefits of non-GM sustainable agriculture. The report was ...
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• USDA to Fund Climate Studies

  
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  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on dairy and beef cattle. The University of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison, Wisconsin, received ...
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• Florida NRCS Commemorating Earth Day Celebration with Tree Planting

  
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  Folks have gathered at the Brooksville Plant Materials Center for the Florida NRCS annual Earth Day event. And Acting State Conservationist Roney Gutierrez explains the purpose of the Earth Day event, how their celebration also coincides with National Wetlands Month and how they are commemorating it all by planting ...
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• Ohio elevator, Pa. beef group receive USDA value-added producer grants

  
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  WASHINGTON — The Keystone Beef Marketing Network and the Deshler Farmers Elevator Company , Henry County, Ohio, were two recipients of 110 grants to agricultural producers and rural businesses announced by the USDA May 1. The Keystone Beef Marketing Network , a non-profit organization that helps Pennsylvania ...
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• Studying Affects of Weather and Climate on Cattle

  
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  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on dairy and beef cattle. USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of ...
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• Studying Affects of Weather and Climate on Cattle

  
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  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on dairy and beef cattle. USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of ...
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• USDA says farm payments set to resume

  
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  WASHINGTON — The USDA’s Farm Service Agency administrator, Juan M. Garcia, announced recently that farm payments, which had been temporarily suspended due to sequestration, are scheduled to resume May 8. This includes payments for the 2011 Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program, the Noninsured Crop ...
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• 10 GMO Foods Have Entered Our Food Supply By Stealth

  
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  About 80 percent of all processed food on grocery shelves contains genetically engineered (GMO) ingredients, including GMO high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) used as a sweetener in virtually everything from cereal to ketchup. The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly against the Sanders Amendment to the Farm Bill that would ...
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• Scrooge time again in D.C: Congress debates size of SNAP cuts

  
  California's Children — Authority: 135
  May 9, 2013: Next week, the agricultural committees in both the the House and the Senate will begin drafting their competing versions of the farm bill -- a $500 billion piece of legislation that was unable to pass in the last session of Congress, because it was an election year and the national emotion of "Thank A ...
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• Outrageous! USDA Sees—Then Turns a Blind Eye to—Jambbas Cruelty

  
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  If anyone needed a reminder about how horribly the notorious Jambbas Ranch treats animals , a newly released report from a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectionof the Fayetteville, North Carolina–based roadside zoo reveals that the agencyhas cited the facility yet again  for violating the federal ...
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• High Point North Carolina USDA Loans

  
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  Eleanor Thorne just updated NC First Time Homebuyer Programs on NC FHA Expert USDA Home Loans in High Point, NC 27265 do not have a maximum loan amount – however, the property must be located within the USDA “Eligibility” area.  Most of the city is located in Guilford County, with portions spilling into ...
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• ACRE awaits — AgMinute for May 8, 2013

  
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  Growers have until June 3 to sign up for the USDAs ACRE program for 2013. It is designed to provide revenue insurance for loss of production or price decreases.Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader.
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• No Soup For You!

  
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  By Jeff Simpson We brought you the ridiculous story of Dean Kaufert and Robin Vos wanting to tell people on food stamps what they could and could not buy at the grocery store.  It was such a Big Government, intruding in your life laughable ridiculous bill that we made fun of it here a few days ago .   As we ...
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• Honeybee Shortage– An Impending Economic Disaster

  
  LGBG by PMD United — Authority: 125
      The steadily increasing disappearance of honeybees since 2006 has farmers, beekeepers, scientists and government officials all abuzz, largely because of the impending economic disaster that would occur without bee pollination.  This really is a major problem because “one-third of all food and beverages are ...
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• Where to Invest in 2013: What Jim Rogers is Most Optimistic About

  
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  If youre looking for where to invest in 2013, know that the best investment opportunities often come from areas that are out of favor, giving them large potential upside. That is what successful contrarian investors such as Jim Rogers and others do. They look for investments where people are rushing out of the ...
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• USDA Loans in Belmont, NC

  
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  Eleanor Thorne just updated NC First Time Homebuyer Programs on NC FHA Expert USDA Home Loans in Belmont, NC 28012 do not have a maximum loan amount – however, the property must be located within the USDA “Eligibility” area.  Here are maps of the Gaston County area, remember that the “faint pink” parts ...
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• Florida NRCS to Hold Earth Day Celebration This Week

  
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  Mimi Williams, Florida NRCS state agronomist and plant materials specialist, invites everyone to come out this Friday for their annual Earth Day Celebration . Download Audio
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• Snow Slows Planting Progress

  
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  Nothing like a little snow in May to really slow down a planter! This photo from Minnesota was posted last week on the Case IH Facebook page. Despite the snow, Minnesota farmers did manage to get two percent of their corn crop in the ground last week, but they should have over half of it planted by now. Nearly 50% ...
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• Agriculture Creates a Strong Base for the Strikeforce in Alabama

  
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  Vice Provost and Dean of the College of Agriculture for Tuskegee University, Dr. Walter Hill, says he believes that the recently announced StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity in Alabama will be successful, thanks to the organization of all the partners involved as well as the fact that it has agriculture as a ...
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• Making RUS Work

  
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  When Congress created the USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Broadband Loan Program in the Farm Bill, the goal was to connect to the Internet those Americans living in small towns and hard-to-reach rural areas with insufficient access. By delivering federal funds, networks to communities that weren’t served by ...
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