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Food, farm and jobs bill: Helping protect natural resources
This year, passage of a long-term, comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill is critical to providing certainty for U.S. producers. This includes the continued availability of conservation programs that give our farmers, ranchers and private foresters the...Tags: Natural Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Conservation
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Opinion: Keep COOL during this grass turnout time
Green grass is blooming across our state and welcomed moisture will give many an optimistic outlook. That same attitude should be applied to the crafting of a farm bill. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., continue to work on the final details for a five-...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, Washington, DC
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Rising consumer demand aids organic industry sway
WASHINGTON (AP) - The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand. That's not going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Vicky Hartzler, Consumers, Elections, Customs and Tradition
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Defending state water rights
Since 2011, I have been raising concerns about a controversial proposal from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that would restrict access to Missouri River water and charge users for surplus water taken from Missouri River reservoirs in South Dakota, North...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Conservation, Jon Tester, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives
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American Agri-Women meet in Washington, D.C. June 2-5
ALMA, Kan. (AgPR) - Leaders of American Agri-Women (AAW) from throughout the country will gather in Washington, DC, the week of June 2-5 for the organization's annual Washington, DC Fly-in. The Twentieth Annual Symposium hosted by AAW will be held at...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Endangered Species
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Dairy's dive into the unknown
It's one of American agriculture's best truisms: Only six people in the world understand U.S. dairy policy and none of the six milks cows. It's not true, of course. Only four people understand U.S. dairy policy. And soon it's about to get worse....Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Politics, John Boehner
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The case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...
Tags: Health Organizations, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Osteoporosis, Health Insurance Cost, Diabetes
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Wall St. bucks global slump
NEW YORK — After bracing for a steep fall, Wall Street barely shrugged at a sharp sell-off in stock markets around the globe. It all started in Asia. Weak manufacturing data out of China pointed to a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy,...
Tags: Central Bank, Stock Market, Japan, Money and Monetary Policy, Credit Ratings
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Navy conducts first test flight of Northrop's Triton drone
Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp., plagued by setbacks with its pricey high-flying spy drones, has come up with a new version for the Navy that could keep the company's unmanned aircraft assembly line in Palmdale humming. An initial test flight...
Tags: Germany, Boeing Co., Military Aircraft, U.S. Department of Defense, Military Equipment
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Defending the drone
President Barack Obama has taken a lot of heat over America's targeting of terrorists overseas with lethal drone strikes. Critics argue that the secret CIA-run program provokes political backlash in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, outweighing the value of...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Judges, Justice System, Dianne Feinstein, Armed Conflicts
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IRS puts head of problem office on leave
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...
Tags: Justice System, Tea Party Movement, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Chuck Grassley, Barack Obama
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I-5 bridge collapses north of Seattle
SEATTLE — A large section of a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people plunging into the swirling, frigid waters of the Skagit River. Three people were hospitalized in stable condition,...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Mount Vernon, Highway Transportation, Prosecution, Witnesses
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