Stories Tagged "money"
Cutbacks force retreat in war on meth
posted on August 12, 2011 at 5:08 PM
Police and sheriff's departments in states that produce much of the nation's methamphetamine have made a sudden retreat in the war on meth, at times virtually abandoning pursuit of the drug because they can no longer afford to clean up the toxic...
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Deficit Hawks Move to Slash Federal Farm Payments
posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:06 PM
Lawmakers, schools worry about school meal costs
posted on June 3, 2011 at 2:06 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eating healthy food isn't always cheap, and some conservatives in Congress are concerned that the Obama administration's effort to make school lunches more nutritious is a luxury the nation can't afford.
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Farm Subsidies Face $30B Hit Under GOP Budget Plan
posted on April 15, 2011 at 3:04 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Republican head of the House Budget Committee has proposed cutting agriculture subsidies by $30 billion over the next 10 years as part of a broad effort to slash federal spending, but it remains to be seen whether his ideas...
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Budget Woes Plague Federal and State Budgets
posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:02 PM
High Sugar Prices Help US Farmers Pay Off Debt
posted on February 11, 2011 at 2:02 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A series of disasters in Australia's sugarcane region and foul weather in Brazil, India and China have driven up world sugar prices, and many U.S farmers are making enough to pay off loans and buy new equipment.
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Most Payments to Dead Farmers Proper
posted on January 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A 2007 report that the federal government had paid $1.1 billion in subsidies to dead farmers sparked an outcry and has been frequently cited by critics who considered the payments a blatant example of wasteful spending.
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Farmland Values Increase in Midwest
posted on December 29, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Frugal Farmer Now Being Remembered as Generous
posted on December 16, 2010 at 1:12 PM
LEROY, MN (AP) — A retired farmer had a reputation in his small Minnesota town for being very frugal.
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USDA Investigating Cattle Brokerage for Bad Checks
posted on November 23, 2010 at 2:11 PM
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- One of the nation's largest cattle brokerages is under investigation after federal regulators said the Indiana company left ranchers nationwide hanging for as much as $130 million, U.S Department of Agriculture officials said...
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Agriculture Flexes Economic Muscle in Rural America
posted on September 3, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Agricultural Exports and Net Farm Income Soar
posted on September 3, 2010 at 1:09 PM
As troubling signals in the broader economy continue to grab headlines across the country, much more positive financial figures are emerging in farm country.
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Southern Farmers Say Disaster Aid Plan Failed Them
posted on August 27, 2010 at 4:08 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (AP)— The permanent disaster aid program in the 2008 Farm Bill was intended to spare Congress from having to scrape up extra money every time a drought, flood or hurricane struck farm country, but growers in the South claim the...
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Market Analysis: Jul 09, 2010: Jamey Kohake
posted on July 9, 2010 at 4:07 PM
US Top Scientists Urge Coal, Oil Use Penalties
posted on May 21, 2010 at 5:05 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ditching its past cautious tone, the nation's top scientists urged the government Wednesday to take drastic action to raise the cost of using coal and oil to slow global warming.
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