Research indicates ethanol significantly lowers prices at the pump. USDA calls for increased wheat production this year -- and lower prices. Architects of the next Farm Bill wrestle with the intricacies of the farm safety net. Market analysis with Naomi Blohm.
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In the News
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Agriculture Department Study Concludes Healthy Diet is Less Expensive Than Junk Food
(May 18, 2012)
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Report Says Female Farmworkers Suffer Sex Abuse
(May 18, 2012) FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immigration status makes them fearful of calling police, according to a report being released Wednesday by...
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Some Alabama Farmers Cut Back Crops, Citing Crackdown
(May 18, 2012) ONEONTA, Ala. (AP) — Some Alabama farmers say they are planting less produce rather than risk having tomatoes and other crops rot in the fields a second straight year because of labor shortages linked to the state's crackdown on illegal...
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Vilsack Touts PSU Research, Stumps for Farm Bill
(May 18, 2012) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sought Wednesday to raise the profile of agricultural research at universities like Penn State as Congress begins the arduous task of renewing the farm bill. Penn State leads...
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Obama Announces $3 Billion in Private Sector Pledges to Help Feed Africa
(May 18, 2012) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States has a "moral imperative" to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition in Africa despite shrinking national budgets around the world. Obama announced $3 billion in...
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U.S. Forecasters Say Heat Will Stay On This Summer
(May 18, 2012) WASHINGTON (AP) — And the heat goes on. Forecasters predict toasty temperatures will stretch through the summer in the U.S. And that's a bad sign for wildfires in the West. The forecast for June through August calls for warmer-than-normal...
