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11 Mar 2010, 5:25 am by admin
Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack on March 10 said his department will foster the creation of environmental markets for carbon, water quality, wetlands, and biodiversity to further its climate and rural development… Read this entire article for free, simply activate your free 15 day trial access to World Climate Change Report now. [read post]
21 Feb 2010, 8:31 am
Roth[1] offers important clues as to the scope of the use of derivatives in companies dealing with agricultural commodities. [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 6:37 pm by admin
Department of Justice, February 4, 2010 Travis Dardenne and Jeffery Brown of Plaquemine, La., were both sentenced today in U.S. [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 4:42 pm by admin
— United States Department of Agriculture News Release, December 12, 2009 Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke at “Agriculture and Rural Development Day,” a day-long event at the University of Copenhagen with more than 300 policy makers, negotiators, rural development practitioners, producers, civil society and leaders from the agricultural and climate change scientific community. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 10:57 am by smtaber
— United States Department of Agriculture News Release, December 12, 2009 Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke at “Agriculture and Rural Development Day,” a day-long event at the University of Copenhagen with more than 300 policy makers, negotiators, rural development practitioners, producers, civil society and leaders from the agricultural and climate change scientific community. [read post]
13 Dec 2009, 8:58 pm by smtaber
In what is shaping up to be a developed versus developing country slugfest of words, developing countries have released a draft of their own. [read post]
27 Nov 2009, 2:22 am
Joe Courtney From Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (PDF 644 KB)Letter Regarding Rural Development Programs11/25/2009 Letter to Senate HELP Chairman Tom Harkin From CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf (PDF 521 KB)Letter Provides Information on the Budgetary Effects of Proposals to Establish the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Program11/25/2009 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell From Five Senators (PDF 560… [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 1:02 pm
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan “will lead the U.S. delegation to the 36th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Ministerial Conference in Rome, Italy, Nov. 18-23. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 6:33 am
Spokesman for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, Jay Fletcher, notes that the USDA funded 197 renewable energy projects in fiscal year 2008, and current projections are for 385 projects in fiscal 2009.Another Oregon farmer, Jeff Falen, has turned to renewable energy because of the real financial costs as well as ‘"deferred costs of adapting to future climate change, impacts to people's… [read post]
31 Oct 2009, 4:06 pm by admin
Click Here PIPELINE PLANS: Judge kills water ruling, Permission for agency to tap three rural valleys rejected. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 3:09 pm
DeLAURO Chairwoman House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 10:23 am by Ashwin Sharma
Candidate in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, where he does research on Mexican immigration, remittances sent to Mexico and other developing economies, agricultural policy, Mexican politics, and economic development. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 8:08 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) is trying to promote both farmers markets and local food production. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 9:22 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA will be providing $9.8 million "in grants to repair rural housing and make energy efficiency improvements in 48 states and Puerto Rico. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 10:15 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $2.4 billion in electric loans will be invested in improving rural infrastructure with the potential beneficiaries being 113,000 rural customers in 33 states.The loans will go to 58 rural utilities and cooperatives. [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 6:30 am
Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the recipients of the 2009 Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP). [read post]