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#Pennsylvania Game Commission creates second #CWD #deer management area
Lehigh Valley WildThe Pennsylvania Game Commission has established the state’s second Disease Management Area in parts of four counties in response to three hunter-killed deer that tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. Through an executive order, PGC Executive... -
Federal agencies expand urban rivers effort
Federal officials announced Friday a major expansion of the “urban waters” initiative they kicked off in Baltimore nearly two years ago, adding 11 new blighted water ways around the country to the seven they’ve already pledged to help...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gwynns Falls Trail, Science and Technology, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution
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May is Beef Month
PIERRE - Time to grill some beef! The summer grilling season is upon us and Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proclaimed May as “Beef Month” in South Dakota. “There are 3.7 million head of cattle in South Dakota, which is nearly five beef animals to every...Tags: Dennis Daugaard, Executive Branch, Consumers, Politics, Government
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R-CALF USA and others urge Congress to pass packer ban in Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. - R-CALF USA and 20 other livestock and consumer groups sent a joint letter to leaders of the agriculture committees in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate urging the inclusion of a ban on packer ownership of livestock and other livestock...Tags: U.S. Congress, Bill Bullard Jr., Consumers, Washington, DC, Politics
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READER SUBMITTED: Local Letter Carriers Help Stamp Out Hunger
FarmingtonOn Saturday, May 11, Campbell Soup Company will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) to help Stamp Out Hunger in Farmington and Unionville. Now in its 21st year, the annual food drive has grown from a regional to a...Tags: Human Interest, The Amistad, Campbell Soup Company
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Wet spring slows planting of corn
ST. LOUIS -- Farmers in the nation's breadbasket who only recently were praying for an end to a withering drought are now pining for enough sunshine and heat to dry their muddy fields in time to plant their corn and other crops. The U.S. Department of... -
Demand for college ag grads is strong this spring
For months, Matt Green has been hearing from companies that are interested in hiring him. “It just doesn't let up,” the University of Minnesota-Crookston senior says of employer interest. Green and many other college students majoring in agriculture...Tags: Conservation, Agriculture, Employment Opportunities, 2010 Census, Colleges and Universities
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CF Industries 1Q profit rises 10%
Fertilizer producer CF Industries on Wednesday reported that net earnings climbed to a record-high $406.5 million, or $6.47 per share, for the first quarter, from $368.4 million, or $5.54 per share, a year ago. Excluding one-time items, among them a $22....
Tags: Chemical Industry, Natural Gas, Sports, Thomson Corporation, Softball
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Pink gull soars over Petoskey
You may have seen something odd recently around Petoskey — a gull which, at first glance, may look like it has landed in a can of flamingo-pink paint. Karen Cleveland, the Michigan Department of Natural Resource's all-bird biologist, said that...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Biology
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Connecticut Beekeepers Worry About Pesticide Use
As part of the ongoing battle against Lyme and other tickborne diseases, public health organizations are asking residents in 11 Fairfield County towns to participate in a study to see if wiping out the ticks on rodents will help rein in the illnesses in...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Greenpeace, Environmental Politics, Easton (Fairfield, Connecticut), Health
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New Mexico horse slaughter plant to open soon
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for permission to slaughter horses will open soon, unless Congress reinstates a ban on the practice, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. In a...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Tom Vilsack
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Got diet milk?
In the face of troubling childhood obesity rates and what it sees as low milk consumption rates, the dairy industry says it has a solution: Offer kids flavored milk that uses low-calorie artificial sweeteners. The only problem, industry...
Tags: Pediatrics, Chicago Public Schools, Healthy Diet, Montgomery County (Maryland), Nutrition
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