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U.S. Forecasters Say Heat Will Stay On This Summer
posted on May 18, 2012 at 1:18 PM
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...
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Obama Announces $3 Billion in Private Sector Pledges to Help Feed Africa
posted on May 18, 2012 at 1:09 PM
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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Vilsack Touts PSU Research, Stumps for Farm Bill
posted on May 18, 2012 at 1:03 PM
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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Some Alabama Farmers Cut Back Crops, Citing Crackdown
posted on May 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM
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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Report Says Female Farmworkers Suffer Sex Abuse
posted on May 18, 2012 at 12:57 PM
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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Agriculture Department Study Concludes Healthy Diet is Less Expensive Than Junk Food
posted on May 18, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Interior sets new drilling rules on public land
posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:36 PM
The Obama administration said Friday it will for the first time require companies drilling for oil and natural gas on public and Indian lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.
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UI receives $6.7M from FEMA for flood projects
posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:04 PM
The University of Iowa has received over $6.7 million in federal funds to demolish buildings destroyed in the 2008 flood.
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Rare Weather: April cooler than March in Illinois
posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Illinois climate experts say the state had a rare phenomenon this year: April's weather was cooler than March.
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U of M earns top grade for organic agriculture
posted on May 4, 2012 at 2:54 PM
The University of Minnesota has earned a top grade for its organic agriculture programs.
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