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20 Jan 2013, 8:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Whitmire has suggested for closure - the Dawson State Jail in Dallas and the Mineral Wells pre-parole unit - are both operated by a private prison company, Corrections Corporation of America, and arguably simply ending a contract requires less wind-down time than closing one of the state's oldest units whose facilities were an integral part of their regional ag operations. [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 2:01 pm by WIMS
The United States sits at the center of the climate crisis. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 10:02 pm by News Desk
” National Association of State Agriculture Departments: “The Food Safety Modernization Act and these rules represent a significant step forward in protecting the American public by focusing on prevention,” said North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler, who is also the current President of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 1:52 pm by Michael Markarian
Steve King, R-Iowa, got the House Agriculture Committee to approve a sweeping amendment that aimed to negate most state and local laws regarding the production or manufacture of agriculture products. [read post]
28 Dec 2012, 12:15 am by Dan Flynn
Justice Department for an expanded, in-depth antitrust review of the possible takeover of XL Four Star Beef Holdings in the United States by Greeley, CO-based JBS, USA. [read post]
24 Dec 2012, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
Department of Agriculture (USDA) in fifteen years. [read post]
19 Dec 2012, 12:54 pm by WIMS
    The letter cites the "almost apocalyptic" weather that affected the United States this year as one reason for concern. [read post]
2 Dec 2012, 7:52 pm by Larry Catá Backer
 (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2012))____________ Program:  International ConferenceonRealisation of Socio-Economic Rights in Emerging Free Markets: Perspectives from China and India Dates: 29-30 November 2012Venue: Connie Fan Multi-media Conference Room, 4/F Cheng Yick-chi Building, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) PROGRAMME Thursday, 29 November 2012 9:00am-9:30am – Registration, Connie Fan Multi-media Conference room (MMR), CityU 9:30am-10:00am –… [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 11:01 pm by Helena Bottemiller
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are no known illnesses linked to XL Foods in the United States, but at least 16 Canadians have fallen ill. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 5:23 pm
Brasilia has other trade complaints against the U.S., including the Obama Administration's "Buy America" program and agricultural subsidies, which distort domestic production and global prices. [read post]
10 Oct 2012, 6:52 pm by Larry Catá Backer
This includes embedding the Guiding Principles across the activities of United Nations system entities and building capacity both inside the United Nations and among relevant external actors, including States, business enterprises and civil society organizations. [read post]
8 Oct 2012, 9:07 am
Department of Energy, 538 different federal and state subsidies—grants, tax incentives, loans and leases, rebates, exemptions, and other programs—are currently available to producers or consumers of alternative fuels in the United States. [read post]
30 Sep 2012, 4:20 pm
According to the Environmental Working Group’s compilation of United States Department of Agriculture data, the U.S. government has provided approximately $277.3 billion in subsidies to U.S. farms since 1995, including more than $15 billion in each of the last two years. [read post]
28 Sep 2012, 7:45 am
Since the financial crisis of 2008, the United States and many other nations established or expanded taxpayer subsidies for favored industries such as agriculture, alternative energy, and automobiles—subsidies which have since been found to harm just about everyone except the subsidy recipients and, of course, their political patrons. [read post]
21 Sep 2012, 8:30 am by fraudfighters
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, in 2010 16.2 million children in America (nearly one in five) lived in food-insecure households and, as a result, struggled with hunger at some time during the year. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 11:58 am by Andrew Ramonas
Agriculture and Commerce departments, about a "Peruvian investigation of U.S. agricultural subsidies. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 11:58 am by Andrew Ramonas
Agriculture and Commerce departments, about a "Peruvian investigation of U.S. agricultural subsidies. [read post]