A lone bright spot in real estate: farmland Nov 18, 2008
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that farmers will earn a record $95. 7 billion this year, 10. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Aliant promises broadband for all Prince Edward Islanders Nov 14, 2008
Leon noted there have been significant changes to the , which includes the Broadband Access Loan Program and is run by the US Department of Agriculture. Page 1 of 2. (IT World Canada Blogs)
Worst drought in decades forces Calif. cattle ranchers to downsize Nov 8, 2008
"We've been through droughts before, but it's been a long time since we've gone through a drought as severe as this," said John Smythe, executive director of the US Department of Agriculture Farm Services Agency in California. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought in May after the state recorded two years of below-average rainfall, a sharp reduction in Sierra Nevada snowpack and its driest spring on record. (Boston Globe)
Bush's ethanol policy flop will be launching pad for Obama Nov 7, 2008
7 billion this year, according to the US department of agriculture. There are about 2 million farmers in the US, according to the department. (Business Report, South Africa)
CPO futures sharply higher Nov 3, 2008
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated 2008 US soybean harvested acreage at 74. 4 million acres, off 1. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Trainer Attacked By Liger Oct 31, 2008
The US Department of Agriculture monitors animal sanctuaries. Email Story. (FOX23.com, OK)
Improved Poverty Analysis: Early Warning System For Food Shortages Oct 29, 2008
29, 2005) Hunger in American households has jumped 43 percent over the last five years, according to an analysis of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) data released today. The analysis, completed by the. (Science Daily)
Soybeans No Longer 'A Musical Fruit?' Oct 29, 2008
(Credit: US Department of Agriculture). Related Stories. (Science Daily)
UK launches algae biofuels development programme Oct 24, 2008
Mr. Block served as Secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 1981 to 1986. Roberto Rodrigues, the former Brazilian Minister of Agriculture has become the founding member of Amyris-Crystalsev Biocombustiveis strategic advisory board. (Biofuel Review)
Omega-6 and Alzheimer's Oct 21, 2008
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. The study was published in the medical journal, Nature. (NHS Choices)
Food fear factor Oct 20, 2008
But the need for safeguards has never been higher; as much as 15 percent of the typical American diet comes from imported foods, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Federal health authorities say tainted food products from all sources sicken about 76 million people a year and kills some 5,000 people annually - more than the number who die from drowning or fires. (Boston Globe)
Millions living on food stamps Oct 20, 2008
More than 29 million Americans received food stamps in July, an increase of close to one million over just three months earlier, according to the latest figures released by the US Department of Agriculture, which distributes the benefits - these days most often by magnetised debit cards - to households living below and just over the poverty line. It is the highest number since 2005 when, in the aftermath of catastrophic Hurricane Katrina, some four million additional people sought food relief,... (News24.com)
Swat team takes to trees Oct 18, 2008
Finally Beebe, a US Department of Agriculture tree climber, found what she was looking for - a bit of bark where an Asian longhorned beetle had chewed out a pit and laid its tiny egg. This tree, like 1,500 others identified so far, will have to be cut down after the first hard frost, in hope of halting the destructive beetle's advance into a region whose identity and economy is deeply entwined with maple syrup and fall foliage. (Boston Globe)
Pressure remains on CPO Oct 13, 2008
Worsening global economic crisis, no threat to the soybean crop from cold weather in the US Midwest over the next few days and bearish crop report from the US Department of Agriculture triggered a massive wave of long-liquidation. The USDAs crop report on Friday indicated US soybean yield at 39. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Europeans Reject Animal Cloning For Food - Survey Oct 10, 2008
The US Department of Agriculture said in April that it will not lift a voluntary moratorium on selling meat and milk from cloned animals to consumers any time soon. According to Thursday's survey, 57 percent of respondents thought animal cloning could be justified to improve the robustness of animals against diseases, while 86 percent said it was the food industry which would benefit from cloning for food. (Planet Ark, United States)
Food stamp use up by almost a million Oct 4, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. Individual participation in the federal government's food stamp program for the needy jumped by almost a million people during the second quarter of 2008, according to the US Department of Agriculture, which oversees the program. The latest agriculture department statistics indicate that, nationally, participation rose from 28,084,116 in April to 29,053,054 in July, the last month for which the figures are available, a department spokeswoman said this week. (Boston Globe)
Bay Area Vista Oct 3, 2008
The US Department of Agriculture describes the Light Brown Apple Moth in the following. The light brown apple moth (LBAM), Epiphyas postvittana (Tortricidae), is a native pest of Australia and is now widely distributed New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Caledonia. (NBC 11, CA)
10 displaced, none injured in house fire Sep 21, 2008
Worcester city manager Michael V. O'Brien called the agreement with the US Department of Agriculture a good balance between eradication and preservation. Infested trees will be removed starting in November. (Boston Globe)
* Dieters move away from calorie counting Sep 20, 2008
The Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture found that people of normal weight spend more time on meal-related tasks than people who are overweight or underweight. Marion Nestle, the New York University nutritionist whose book What To Eat (North Point Press, 2006) focuses on sensible eating, said she thinks people view food as the enemy, when the real problem is that they have forgotten how to enjoy food in a healthful way. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bovine Mastitis: Could A Vaccine Be On The Way? Sep 18, 2008
The project is being conducted in collaboration with Dr Tracey Coffey s Bovine Genomics group based at IAH and other groups at the Royal Veterinary College, the US Department of Agriculture in the UK and the University of Oxford. Professor Leigh said: We will use state-of-the-art molecular technology to determine the differences between strains of S. uberis that can and cannot cause disease. (Science Daily)
Trainer rides to horses' rescue at Suffolk Sep 17, 2008
"In 1989, 342,877 horses were slaughtered in the United States, according to the US Department of Agriculture. In 2007, US slaughterhouses were shut down, but tens of thousands of horses are still exported to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico. One horse is slaughtered every five minutes, according to the Animal Welfare Institute.Horse meat is considered a delicacy in France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, and Japan.Some champions are retired to stud and live their lives in Kentucky bluegrass.... (Boston Globe)
Calvin Beale; demographer looked past numbers Sep 15, 2008
A professor of rural sociology at the university, Glenn Fuguitt, knew that Mr. Beale had spent decades studying the population trends of rural regions for the US Department of Agriculture and that no one alive had a deeper understanding of his subject. After his lecture, Mr. Beale would join Fuguitt and the grad students for dinner. (Boston Globe)
Worcester's beetle invasion Sep 14, 2008
After a US Department of Agriculture official suggested the city and state cover 50 percent of the cost, Congressman James McGovern of Worcester and the state's two senators asked Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to carry the entire burden. The members of Congress argue, with reason, that Worcester, nearby towns, and the state share no blame for the beetles, which probably arrived in pallets or shipping crates from China. (Boston Globe)
US is asked to KO $24m pest Sep 10, 2008
The US Department of Agriculture set the preliminary cost of $24 million, according to the lawmakers' letter. "It transcends what cities and towns in the Commonwealth can afford," McGovern said. (Boston Globe)
Go veg, help save the world? Sep 10, 2008
1 kg of poultry products per person per year according to the US Department of Agriculture. And an average American chews upon 46 kg of chicken in a year and a Chinese 8. (India Times, India)
Top stories for the week Sep 5, 2008
Sat Aug 30, 2008, 06:00 AM EDT. Below is a review of some of the week s top stories and features you may have missed on WickedLocalCapeCod. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Police arrest suspect in robbery at shrine Sep 1, 2008
But the US Department of Agriculture won't confirm that it is the Asian beetle until it's tested in a Maryland lab. That's expected to happen within a week. (Boston Globe)
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Curry flavour: Indian apples in Indian food Aug 30, 2008
A good place to start is a January 2006 US Department of Agriculture paper, Prospects for Indias Emerging Apple Market, co-authored by Satish Y. Deodhar, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, and Maurice Landes and Barry Krissof, economists at USDA. This has some interesting data on apples in India including the surprising, to me, statistic that India is the sixth largest producer and consumer of apples in the world. This seems high for a fruit still seen as vaguely foreign, and the fact that per... (India Times)
Beetles threaten trees in Worcester Aug 27, 2008
As she scanned the park's other trees, Diane Leonard, a plant protection officer sent by the US Department of Agriculture, said the sap might indicate the maple has been infested by Asian longhorned beetles, which were recently discovered here and present a dire threat to the region's trees. Leonard was part of a team of city, state, and federal inspectors who began searching Worcester's Greendale and Great Brook Valley neighborhoods yesterday for signs of the beetle, which has devastated trees... (Boston Globe)
Drought stricken, Iran buys US wheat for first time in 27 years... Aug 26, 2008
According to a recent US Department of Agriculture report, Iran has bought about 1. 18 million tonnes of US hard wheat since the beginning of the 2008-2009 crop season in June. (The Drudge Report)
* Iraqi business climate indicates revival Aug 25, 2008
Sudani is still awaiting promised compensation from the US Department of Agriculture, but despite his irritation over the incident, he, like many Iraqi traders, is buoyant that better security will mean more business. The work has improved, the markets have opened, Iraqi traders are dealing with other companies directly, he said, adding that business had already taken him to France, Brazil and the US.. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
You want fries with that Aug 24, 2008
The burger's proliferation was made possible at all by the opening of the prairie to cattle raising and the rise and dominion of the meatpacking industry, and its total beefiness was ensured by US Department of Agriculture regulation, connived at by the beef industry, which held that a hamburger had to be made of nothing but beef and beef fat and that "even the slightest bit of pork or pork fat disqualified it," as Ozersky puts it, "from the dignity of being called hamburger." Indeed, beef and... (Boston Globe)
Biotech companies race for drought-tolerant crops Aug 23, 2008
Last year more than 73 percent of US maize fields were planted with biotech varieties, according to the US department of agriculture. In 2006, biotech crops globally reached 102 million hectares in 22 countries, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications. (Business Report, South Africa)
'NATURE' ARTICLE: Neutralizing antibodies derived from the B cells of 1918 influenza pandemic survivors Aug 19, 2008
The 1918 virus was handled under biosafety level 3 enhanced (BSL3) containment in accordance with guidelines of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (available at ) and in accordance with requirements of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-CDC select agent program. ELISA. (USA Today -- Tech)
Everything you wanted to know about GM food but were afraid to ask Aug 17, 2008
And the US Department of Agriculture reported earlier this year that some GM crop yields are actually lower. GM is not about feeding starving children. (WalesOnline)
Farmers react to Prince's GM fears Aug 15, 2008
Meanwhile, the US Department of Agriculture itself has stated that there is no evidence of increased yields from GM crops. On top of this, many GM crops are sterile terminator varieties requiring farmers to buy fresh seed every year. (WalesOnline)
* Gold prices drop on rising dollar, grains end mixed Aug 14, 2008
Meanwhile, grains finished mixed on Tuesday after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) lifted its production estimates for corn and wheat but lowered its forecast for soybeans. On Tuesday, the USDA estimated that farmers would harvest 12. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Gold sinks to weakest level for year Aug 13, 2008
Gold sank to its lowest level of the year on Tuesday while crude oil continued to retreat but agricultural commodities consolidated following the latest supply update from the US Department of Agriculture. Gold dropped to $802. (FT.com -- Markets)
Corn prices fall to lowest this year Aug 13, 2008
Corn prices on Tuesday fell to the lowest level this year after the US Department of Agriculture revealed that farmers were able to boost the countrys corn crop in spite of the damage wreaked earlier in the season by the worst flooding in 15 years. The USDA forecast the 2008-09 season would see the second largest corn crop on record, triggering further selling of agriculture commodities futures. (FT.com -- Markets)
Relief for consumers: prices falling Aug 11, 2008
On Tuesday, some of the questions will be answered when the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) gives its first official crop report. "Usually they are accurate to within about 5 percent of the crop estimate," says Lapp, a former chief economist at ConAgra Foods. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Whole Foods recalls ground beef Aug 9, 2008
Investigators with the US Department of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health spent last weekend taking samples from many of the 19 Whole Foods stores in Massachusetts. But given the time lag between when the meat was sold and when the people got sick, it is difficult to be 100 percent certain that the bad beef came from Whole Foods. (Boston Globe)
Iowa Corn Promotion Board, NJIT to license breakthrough, safe bio-plastic alternative Aug 7, 2008
5 million in research funding for this project from ICPB, US Department of Energy and US Department of Agriculture. Luiz H. Catalani, PhD, a professor in the department of chemistry at the University of Sao Paulo, was a member of the research team during his sabbatical year at NJIT.. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Mass. scrutinizes 6 cases of E. coli Aug 6, 2008
A source of the Massachusetts contamination has not been identified, but state and US Department of Agriculture investigators are focusing on ground beef, Matyas said. Testing of samples collected from several stores will be conducted this week, the public health department said in a statement. (Boston Globe)
Bank of the Carolinas Corporation Reports Second Quarter Financial Results Aug 2, 2008
9 million for which 75% of any loss incurred by the Bank is guaranteed by the US Department of Agriculture. Presently the Bank expects no significant loss with regard to that particular credit. (PR Newswire)
Sick apiary bees threaten wild hives and crops Jul 27, 2008
Commercial bees add $15 billion annually in value to US crops, according to the US department of agriculture. Pesticides, mites and viruses are the leading suspects behind colony collapse disorder. (Business Report, South Africa)
Howard L. Bachrach, 88, pioneer of engineered vaccines Jul 18, 2008
The US Department of Agriculture began a crash program to find ways to protect the US livestock industry against its reappearance. One of its actions was to send Dr. Bachrach, newly graduated with a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota, to Europe to spend a year in the agency's European Commission on Foot-and-Mouth Disease laboratories. (Boston Globe)
With US ethanol boom, corn is king this season Jul 16, 2008
With corn prices soaring due to the demand for ethanol, the US is looking at what may be its largest corn planting since World War II, according to US Department of Agriculture statistics. Some 90. (Yahoo News -- Alternative Energy)
4-2 board approves $6,951,370 budget Jul 16, 2008
Bon Homme School District is authorized to be a member of the South Dakota High School Activities Association for girls and boys basketball, football, girls and boys golf, gymnastics, girls and boys track, wrestling, cross country and volleyball; to be a member of the Associated School Board of South Dakota; membership in the Impact Aids School Association; participation in the School Food Services Program sponsored by the State Department of Education and the US Department of Agriculture;... (Tyndall Tribune & Register, SD)
Stampede into livestock thwarted Jul 16, 2008
6 per cent compared with a year earlier, according to the US Department of Agriculture. But in the past four weeks the rate is up almost 13 per cent compared with the same period of 2007, suggesting that producers are speeding up butchering and opening the door to further price declines. (FT.com -- Markets)
On a mission for nutrition Jul 14, 2008
She did this by maximizing the nutrition in the food they can choose (through the US Department of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program) and keeping a close eye on the donated food, which includes occasionally doing something seemingly unthinkable - saying no to some unhealthy donations. Two years ago, Hatala, working with nutritionists at other food banks, created a system to rank all the foods that come in the door of their sprawling South End warehouse. (Boston Globe)
Know your beef Jul 13, 2008
Last year alone the US Department of Agriculture reported we consumed a whopping 28 ... The US Department of Agriculture grades retail beef as prime, choice and select based upon the meat's intramuscular marbling and overall quality. (NJ.com)
Report slams Google Apps' enterprise prospects, Google says: just you wait Jul 7, 2008
A collaborative project between the US Department of Agriculture and Rutgers University attempted to determine the nutritional difference between organic and conventional blueberries. Whitepapers from Intel. (Yahoo News -- Internet Portals & Search Engines)
CPO outlook cautiously bullish Jul 7, 2008
SOYOIL futures prices on the Chicago Board of Trade fell sharply in early trading and then turned around in a strong upward rally after the US Department of Agriculture projected a bullish estimate for US harvested soybean cares. Record crude oil prices and concern over the weather threat over the long weekend holiday encouraged aggressive short-covering. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Bee story has a nasty sting in the tail Jul 6, 2008
American beekeepers lost 31 per cent of their hives in 2006 and 35 per cent last year, says the US Department of Agriculture. Other sources put the figures higher. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Even stay-at-homes can't dodge rising costs Jul 4, 2008
Retailers are passing along higher prices to consumers as global demand for food boosts US exports, production is disrupted by harsh weather, and more crops are used to make fuel, the US Department of Agriculture said. The annual gain for cereals and baked goods will be 9 to 10 percent, up from the 7. (Boston Globe)
* Watermelon and Viagra have similar effects Jul 4, 2008
The nitric oxide can also help with angina, high blood pressure and other cardiovascular problems, said the study, which was paid for by the US Department of Agriculture. More citrulline X about 60 percent X is found in watermelon rind than in the flesh, Patil said, but that can vary. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
On this US holiday, the fireworks will be in sky-high food prices Jul 4, 2008
Harsh weather has disrupted harvests and more crops are being used to make fuel, according to the US department of agriculture (USDA). The annual gain for cereals and baked goods would be 9 percent to 10 percent, up from the 7. (Business Report, South Africa)
US floods may not exacerbate food inflation Jul 1, 2008
The US Department of Agriculture said farmers expect to harvest 78. 9 million acres of corn, down 8. (Boston Globe)
FOX Business Network Shopping Cart Jumps 0.6% in May Jul 1, 2008
The US Department of Agriculture Monday will report on June plantings and issue its quarterly stocks reports, which will detail its estimates of grain acreages in the flood-hit Midwest. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the largest U.S. farm group, damage to crops from weather could top $8 billion this year, and much of that could be attributed to the flooding in several key farm states in the Midwest. (Fox News)
Another squeeze on the poor Jun 29, 2008
Some of the biggest price jumps have been in nutritious foods, according to the US Department of Agriculture. In the year since May 2007, the price of soda went up 2. (Boston Globe)
Iowa farmer sees years of damage to corn crops from floods Jun 28, 2008
For at least the next decade, farmland along the Mississippi River and its tributaries may require more fertilizer to make the soil rich enough to maintain yields, said Jerry Hatfield of the US Department of Agriculture. That will push up costs. (Boston Globe)
Mars to spend 5 million to unwrap DNA of chocolate Jun 27, 2008
Mars, the sweets manufacturer, is to invest more than $10 million (5 million) in an effort to decode the cocoa genome, part of a five-year project to be undertaken with the US Department of Agriculture and the computer company IBM.. The genome is the hereditary information of an organism encoded in its DNA. By analysing the 400 million or so parts that make up the seed of a cacao tree, researchers hope to find new ways to treat crop diseases and protect the world's chocolate supply. (Times Online)
Project to reveal choc's DNA code Jun 26, 2008
The research project, which is to be done in collaboration with the US Department of Agriculture and IT firm IBM, aims to improve cocoa production. Scientists hope the Chocolate Genome Project can assist breeding programmes. (BBC News -- Science)
* S Korea, US reach deal on beef Jun 22, 2008
But they were prepared to limit exports to products from cattle less than 30 months of age under a program verified by the US Department of Agriculture as a transitional measure to full market opening consistent with OIE [World Organization for Animal Health] guidelines. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
