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U.S. / NEWS Sat Feb 24, 2007 @ 12:10pm neoform

Washington Post -- Milk from cloned cows is not welcome at the nation's biggest milk company. Although the government has approved meat and milk from cloned animals while it conducts further studies, Dean Foods Co. of Dallas said Thursday that its customers and consumers.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 8:43am neoform

Washington Post -- The Bush administration yesterday proposed ending farm subsidies for an estimated 80,000 wealthy individuals as part of a broad plan that would close loopholes and cut traditional farm programs by $4.5 billion over the next 10 years... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 23, 2007 @ 4:24am neoform

Washington Post -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture distributed $1.1 billion over seven years to the estates or companies of deceased farmers and routinely failed to conduct reviews required to ensure that the payments were properly made, according to a government report... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

Washington Post -- From 2001 to 2005, the federal government spent nearly $1.2 billion in agricultural subsidies to boost farmers' incomes and invigorate local economies in this poverty-stricken region of the Mississippi Delta. Most residents are black, but less than 5 p.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 9:26am neoform

CNN -- Heavy crop losses have been reported throughout the Southeast after last weekend's frigid temperatures, and farmers are bracing for another expected cold snap next week. In South Carolina, at least 90 percent of the peach crop was destroyed and officia.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Apr 4, 2007 @ 10:16pm neoform

Denver Post -- Higher corn prices should be good news for many farmers but bad for consumers, right? It's not quite that simple. The price of corn, which had languished at about $2 a bushel for nearly a decade, started rising about eight months ago, hitting as hig.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 8, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

Yahoo News -- Farmer Phil Prutch isn't sure about putting Colorado convicts to work in his fields this summer. But then again, he says, he doesn't have much of a choice. Somebody has to pick the crops. Prutch has 15 acres of rotting peppers to show what happens if s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 7, 2007 @ 1:01pm mrmdc

FOX News -- North Dakota issued the nation's first licenses to grow industrial hemp Tuesday to two farmers who still must meet federal requirements before they can plant the crop... Read More