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June 4, 2013
Congress Resumes Farm Bill Debate
Following its Memorial Day recess, the Senate resumed its debate on the Farm Bill yesterday. As that chamber continues to work through the hundreds of amendments that have been filed on the bill, Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said Monday that she hopes to finish the bill ...
House Subcommittee to Consider Ag Funding Bill
The House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee will markup the FY2014 Agriculture and FDA funding bill tomorrow. The bill, which is expected to be on the House floor later this month, provides $19.5 billion for the discretionary programs under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction. This funding ...
Study Shows EPA Overestimates Poultry Pollution in Chesapeake Bay
A recent University of Delaware-led study in partnership with the Delaware Department of Agriculture has concluded that nitrogen levels in manure originating within poultry houses are 55 percent lower than figures EPA has used to set pollution limits in the Chesapeake Bay.
The study, headed by ...
Pennsylvania: Turnpike Farmers Markets Offer Travelers a Taste of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Turnpike travelers can purchase locally grown food directly from producers at three service plaza farmers markets open Friday through Monday during the growing season.
The markets are located at the Allentown Service Plaza in Lehigh County, Sideling Hill Service Plaza in Fulton County ...
Colorado: CDA Explores Small Hydropower Opportunities
Through the “Advancing Colorado’s Renewable Energy” (ACRE) program, the Colorado Department of Agriculture hopes to create a small hydropower road map for Colorado agriculture.
In 2012, the Colorado General Assembly reauthorized funding over five years for CDA’s ACRE ...
Bayer CropScience Breaks Ground on North American Bee Care Center
Bayer CropScience recently broke ground on its North American Bee Care Center, in recognition of the importance of honey bee health to agriculture. Senior company managers, bee health experts and representatives from the community were on hand to begin work on the new facility, approximately a ...
Congress Resumes Farm Bill Debate
House Subcommittee to Consider Ag Funding Bill
Study Shows EPA Overestimates Poultry Pollution in Chesapeake Bay
Pennsylvania: Turnpike Farmers Markets Offer Travelers a Taste of Pennsylvania
Colorado: CDA Explores Small Hydropower Opportunities
Bayer CropScience Breaks Ground on North American Bee Care Center
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