Weve Underestimated The Threat, Weve Reacted Far Too Slowly Sep 16, 2008
EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - 'We've Underestimated The Threat, We've Reacted Far Too Slowly. WE VE UNDERESTIMATED THE THREAT, WE VE REACTED FAR TOO SLOWLY 9/15/08 A EurasiaNet Partner Post from. (EurasiaNet.org)
New state fund helps dual-use firms get from R&D to market Aug 15, 2008
New state fund helps dual-use firms get from R&D to market - Pacific Business News (Honolulu). Members: Not Registered. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Leadership program shaping the future of Barron County May 15, 2008
Thursday 15 May, 2008. By: Jeremy A. Jensen. (Chetek Alert, WI)
U.S. farm bill could run afoul of global trade rules May 13, 2008
If the proposal for a major new U.S. agriculture law is passed this week as expected, lawmakers face a promised veto from President George W. Bush. The White House says the bill does not sufficiently cut subsidies to wealthy farmers and ignores other changes proposed by the administration. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
ANALYSIS-Food crisis may turn tide in US aid debate May 8, 2008
President George W. Bush, taking a harder line in recent weeks, appears closer to victory in persuading Congress to accept a proposal to use some U.S. food-aid funds to buy crops overseas in the end game of a long-delayed agriculture law ... Yet as lawmakers struggle to write the new farm bill, the far-reaching agriculture law that sets everything from crop supports to food stamps, fears about crop shortages and growing hunger worldwide may work to Bush's benefit. (AlertNet)
Senior Baseball Ricebird Reflections: Jeter plays four years, puts team first, looks to continue career in college Apr 19, 2008
He plans to major in agriculture law and become a lawyer. During Jeter's summers in college and after he graduates from college, he would like to volunteer and be an assistant coach for American Legion Baseball. (Stuttgart Daily Leader, AR)
US groups urge 70 pct jump in 11th-hour food aid Mar 21, 2008
They are also fighting for a larger share of the Food for Peace budget in the 2008 farm bill, a giant agriculture law now stalled between the House and Senate. Critics say the move would drain money needed for emergencies. (AlertNet)
INTERVIEW-US warns Congress may aggravate food-aid shortfall Mar 4, 2008
The debate over the proposed changes to food aid law in the 2008 farm bill, an omnibus agriculture law working its way through Congress, takes on a new urgency as aid officials fret over how to cope with a dramatic run-up in commodity prices. Exploding wheat, corn, and soybean prices, driven by biofuel production, economic growth, and paltry harvests, have transformed commodity markets in recent years. (AlertNet)
U.S. is expected to lose WTO fight on cotton subsidies Feb 15, 2008
The cotton industry's energetic, disciplined lobby has strong allies in Congress, which is tinkering now with final changes to the 2008 farm bill, a broad agriculture law. Lawmakers ignored calls for deep subsidy reform when they passed respective bills last year. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* Food monitoring system adopted Dec 13, 2007
The government attaches great importance to agricultural development and the welfare of farmers, he said, adding that it had prepared a draft agriculture law to help the nation's agricultural sector cope with the impact and challenges posed by globalization, the liberalization of markets as well as global warming. An amendment to the Value-added and Non-value-added Business Tax Act ([D[~|k) -- which would entitle authorities to lower business taxes levied on corn, wheat, barley... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Rules set exercise, food at isle schools Dec 3, 2007
The rules originated from a 2004 U.S. Department of Agriculture law that instructed state education departments under the National School Lunch Program to develop initiatives to fight childhood obesity, which affects about 9. 9 million Americans ages 6 to 19, the American Heart Association estimates. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Profitable crop prices soften Farm Bill delay Nov 26, 2007
Roger McEowen, director of the Iowa State University Center for Agriculture Law and Taxation, said Farm Bill delays aren't uncommon. The 1996 Farm Bill was slated to go into effect the year before. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
A fresh start for Hamm Oct 22, 2007
Hamm handled litigation at the firm and specialized in commercial and civil litigation, as well as transportation and agriculture law. "We're going to miss him here at the firm, and his spot is going to be hard to fill," Carlson said. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Complaints heard about county resource committee, policy Oct 18, 2007
hat appears to be a simple concept, whether a stream is navigable, can, in fact, become a complex matter, says a research paper on the subject by the National Agriculture Law Center. ot only is the concept of navigability subject to multiple definitions, the definition used varies depending on the issue confronted. (Mount Shasta News, CA)
Gee taps Alutto as OSU provost Oct 14, 2007
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50 employers expected for career day Oct 11, 2007
Updated Thursday, October 11, 2007. Weather Sponsored By. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Schwarzenegger faces GOP roadblock Jul 28, 2007
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Crews gain on Flagler wildfire May 16, 2007
The fires in Flagler and Lake are under investigation by the Agriculture Law Enforcement division out of Tallahassee, she said. AD MATCH. (The St. Augustine Record)
Standage jumps into TVCC board race May 1, 2007
NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION. Standage grew up on a wheat and cattle operation in central Oregon, in the Maupin area. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
