In The News: Page 8

Governor Proposes Bill To Improve Washington Water Supply

posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:46 PM

Governor Inslee calls the plan a concrete and specific proposal for bolstering agriculture and the economy. Full Story

Midwest Bankers Survey Suggests Continued Growth

posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:42 PM

Rural economy is still expanding at a moderate pace and that farm communities "appear to have shed the negative impacts of the 2012 drought." Full Story

Georgia Cutting Funding For Farming Visa Workers

posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:37 PM

Farmers around the country have long claimed the federal guest worker program is difficult to use and doesn't provide workers when they need them. Full Story

Barge Damages Mississippi River Lock Idling River Traffic

posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:33 PM

A proposal this week asked for a permit that would allow isolated farmers the ability to drink a few pints and then return home in their car, or on their tractor, without fear of being busted. Full Story

Beverage Attorney: NYC Drinks Limit Bad For Public

posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:21 PM

Association argues the rule will harm minority businesses and "freedom of choice in low-income communities." Full Story

Ireland Won't Ease Drunken-Driving Law For Farmers

posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:18 PM

A proposal this week asked for a permit that would allow isolated farmers the ability to drink a few pints and then return home in their car, or on their tractor, without fear of being busted. Full Story

Kerry Vows Leadership On Climate Change

posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:15 PM

Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has made climate change a central focus of his Senate career and led a failed effort in the Senate for a climate change bill in 2010. Full Story

Cargill Idles Plainview, Texas, Beef Processing plant

posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:25 PM

PLAINVIEW, Texas – January 17, 2013 – Cargill announced plans today to idle its Plainview, Texas, beef processing facility effective at the close of business Friday, Feb.1, 2013. The company said the action resulted... Full Story

Food service vulnerable to food allergy lawsuits

posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:13 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- People with severe food allergies have a new tool in their attempt to find menus that fit their diet: federal disabilities law. And that could leave schools, restaurants and anyplace else that serves food more vulnerable to legal... Full Story

Just say neigh: Horsemeat in burgers horrifies UK

posted on January 18, 2013 at 5:59 PM

LONDON (AP) -- In Britain, a horse is a horse - not a main course. Tesco, the country's biggest supermarket chain, took out full-page newspaper ads Thursday to apologize for an unwanted ingredient in some of its hamburgers: horsemeat. Ten million... Full Story

Cold snap continues in Calif., but no crop damage

posted on January 18, 2013 at 5:59 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Southern California residents worked to stay warm and growers in the Central Valley fought to protect citrus crops from overnight lows as a regional cold snap entered another day Monday. Alerts predicting freezing... Full Story

Coca-Cola to tackle obesity for 1st time in TV ads

posted on January 18, 2013 at 5:54 PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- Coca-Cola became one of the world's most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now it's taking to the airwaves for the first time to address a growing cloud over the industry: obesity. The Atlanta-based... Full Story

Report says warming is changing US daily life

posted on January 18, 2013 at 5:44 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Global warming is already changing America from sea to rising sea and is affecting how Americans live, a massive new federally commissioned report says. A special panel of scientists convened by the government issued Friday a... Full Story

University of Northern Iowa group aims to reduce food waste at landfills

posted on January 18, 2013 at 5:43 PM

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - A group at the University of Northern Iowa is trying to reduce food waste at landfills around the state. Waterloo television station KWWL reports the Iowa Waste Reduction Center at UNI is developing a website that... Full Story

Subway 'crisis': Is footlong sub really 11 inches?