Topic: Agriculture Sector
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What kind of an eater are you?
From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/5/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/29/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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GMO, Organic, and seven other food labels you should know
A quick, easy guide to nine commonly seen (and misunderstood) food labels, from 'GMO' to 'grass-fed.'
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Rain breaks Midwest dought: Too late for corn, soybean crops?
Rain arrived in central Illinois and Indiana Thursday. But it's too little, too late for most corn crops, says an agricultural meteorologist.
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Suffering Spanish farm workers on the march for help
Having to deal with mass unemployment, Spanish farmers from the Andalusian region hope to get more government aid. And they have one local politician on their side.
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In Gear Midwestern drought, election year politics add to pressure on ethanol
An intensely dry season across the midwestern states has led to a sever drought in those regions, and the drought has led to poor production of corn, soybean and wheat, harming corn ethanol exports and adding pressure to the "fuel versus food" debate.
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Drought: USDA throws livestock farmers a lifeline. Will it help?
With the drought sending corn and feed prices soaring, US livestock farmers are bracing for the worst. A $170 million USDA program announced Monday, they say, is too small to make a real difference.
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The Paul Ryan budget: your guide to what's in it
Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate, is best known for drawing up a series of spending-and-tax plans meant to challenge the Obama administration's policies from the right. But it's been some time since his latest budget, which Mr. Ryan terms a "path to prosperity," was released. Here's a primer on what's in it.
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Obama announces federal aid to help drought-hit farmers
The US government is planning an emergency purchase of up to $ 170 million of meat and fish to soothe the needs of the drought-ravaged agriculture industry. Announcing that, Obama also takes first aim at Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan.
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Drought slashes corn forecast. So prices fall?
Corn prices fall despite USDA forecast of worst corn yield in more than 15 years. Commodity traders had expected the poor forecast.
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Alarms sound over world food supply as drought wilts US Corn Belt
The US government on Friday slashed estimates for global food supply as a deepening drought withers corn and soybean crops in America's heartland. 'Scary situation,' one analyst says.
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As drought withers US corn crop, ethanol industry feels the squeeze
As corn prices soar amid deepening drought, ethanol plants watch their margins evaporate. The industry is working at half-capacity, and some plants have closed. The slowdown is a blow to some rural areas.
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Focus Drought: Farmers dig deeper, water tables drop, competition heats up
A drier 'new normal' is forcing US farmers to dig deeper wells. That affects water tables and municipal supplies, and, if climatologists are right about global warming, it could also mean more competition for less water in the future.
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'How To Be a Woman': 8 of Caitlin Moran's stories
Check out 8 stories from writer 'How To Be a Woman,' Caitlin Moran's tongue-in-cheek examination of what it means to be a woman today.
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Opinion: How to transform African farming: Return to 'orphan crops'
If sub-Saharan Africa is to benefit from advances in agricultural productivity, investments in the so-called 'orphan crops' – sweet potato, cassava, and millet – will be crucial for strengthening the poorest farmers’ livelihoods and improving nutrition.
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Change Agent 12 innovations that could combat drought
Climate change is making it increasingly important to protect US agriculture and address its vulnerability to natural disasters, such as drought.
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10 best books of August, according to Amazon's editors
Amazon's editors pick their 10 favorite August titles.
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Change Agent 'Popovers for Pigs' helps green up famous Acadia National Park restaurant
'Popovers for Pigs' is just one of the many environmental initiatives undertaken by Jordan Pond House, the only restaurant to operate inside Acadia National Park on the scenic seacoast of Maine.
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Change Agent Fish-loving Japan begins to embrace sustainable seafood
In fish-crazed Japan, where eating seafood is a vital part of the nation's culture, conservation groups are working with companies to persuade more Japanese to eat certified, sustainably caught seafood. If they succeed, it could have a significant positive impact on the world's fisheries.
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Drought threatens to darken Obama reelection prospects
With nearly two-thirds of the US enduring drought conditions, food prices are expected to jump ahead of the November election. That could add to voter anxieties about the economy.
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Pay more for milk? Initiative aims to support family farms
Keep Local Farms, a program supporting New England dairy farms, asks consumers to pay extra for milk in order to boost local family businesses, similar to fair trade practices for coffee and chocolate.
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Lobster cheaper than bologna? True, thanks to surplus.
Lobster is unusually cheap in Maine this season thanks to a glut that has sent prices into a freefall. In some places, soft shell lobster is selling for lower per pound prices than bologna meat at many supermarket deli counters.
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Lobster glut drives price per pound lower than bologna
This year soft-shell lobsters began showing up in abundance in fishermen's traps weeks earlier than normal.
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Stir It Up! Meatless Monday: Beet risotto
Flavor your dish of risotto with juicy and sweet beets.
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Stir It Up! Feasting on Art: Grilled corn
At your next cookout, try grilled corn seasoned with with Parmesan, lime, and paprika.
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Got milk? Research finds evidence of dairy farming 7,000 years ago in Sahara.
Rock art and pottery shards indicated that the Sahara's inhabitants may have produced milk, cheese, butter and yogurt some 7,000 years ago.
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Australia to create largest marine reserve
Australia plans to protect 1.2 million square miles of ocean, which is a third of the island continent's territorial waters and home to more than 4,000 species of fish.
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Latin America Monitor The Zetas: Coming to a racetrack near you
Mexican drug trafficking organizations are already operating in an estimated 1,000 US cities, but according to a recent investigation by The New York Times, they are on the racetracks too.
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