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Recent Stories
Latest news from around Northern Michigan, the State of Michigan and the Nation/World
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Yesterday at 3:50 AM
Organic industry's political clout grows on Capitol Hill as consumers demand organic foods
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Friday, May 03, 2013
New federal report cites many causes for dramatic bee disappearance
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
USDA makes 2nd attempt with livestock ID system meant to help control spread of animal disease
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
USDA Secretary Vilsack to announce expansion of program aimed at reducing rural poverty
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
A team will lead a national crop pollination research and extension project.
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's addition of the 218 counties means that more than half of all U.S. counties — 1,584 in 32 states — have been designated primary disaster areas this growing season, the vast majority of them mired in a drought that's considered the worst in decades.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Federal food program that screens produce for contamination spared until end of 2012
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Under the Labor Department's failed proposal, paid farm workers would have to be 16 to use power equipment, such as tractors. They would have to be 18 to work at grain elevators, silos and feedlots.
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Thursday, June 07, 2012
As public funding lessens, corporate support of university agricultural research draws worries
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
APNewsBreak: Obama's budget axes USDA program that tests for deadly bacteria in fresh produce
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Friday, December 02, 2011
Farmers say new labor rules could keep teens from farm jobs and fewer may go into agriculture
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Horses could soon be slaughtered in US for human food after Congress lifts ban on inspections
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
With the changes, 57 counties in Michigan's lower peninsula are now Bovine TB free status.
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Monday, May 02, 2011
Several northern Michigan livestock producers are applying for financial help from the U.S. Agriculture Department to help stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Aided by budget tricks, Obama prevents cuts to favorites like Pell grants, Head Start
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