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16 Mar 2018, 7:00 am by lbergeson@lawbc.com
  NIFA’s Bioeconomy, bioenergy, bioproducts science emphasis area supports the expansion of regional production systems for biofuels and bio-based products to foster rural economic development, mitigate the impacts of a changing climate, reduce greenhouse gasses, improve wildlife and pollinator habitat, and improve water quality and food and energy security. [read post]
15 Mar 2018, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan
.), one of the bill’s drafters, said the bill would help rural community banks and credit unions by eliminating regulations that bog them down. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 6:22 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The effect is so pervasive that some climate skeptics have seriously claimed that global warming is merely an illusion created by thousands of once-rural meteorological stations becoming surrounded by urban development. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 10:15 am
Trump prevailed only because of the perverse Electoral College system, which gives disproportionate weight to the less populous states and to rural areas. [read post]
1 Mar 2018, 4:06 pm by Arthur F. Coon
” Per the Court: “While rural areas may not need as many utility extensions as urban areas, ARA produced no evidence that it is unusual for small structures to be used to provide utility extensions in a rural area, Nor did ARA show that it was unusual for small structures to be used to provide utility extensions in an area that is zoned Residential Agricultural. [read post]
28 Feb 2018, 2:46 pm by James Innocent
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has to this day issued no specific bans on the use of asbestos. [read post]
17 Feb 2018, 1:55 pm
China has also established one of the largest agent networks in the world, thereby extending the reach of the formal financial sector into previously under- served rural areas. [read post]
24 Jan 2018, 9:13 pm by Ronald F. Eustice
July 2017Vietnamese dragon fruit is being exported to 40 countries and territories, such as China, Thailand and Indonesia, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). [read post]
19 Jan 2018, 7:41 am by lgraham@bc-cm.com
  According to the report, over 100 actions organized around five key topic areas, specifically e-connectivity, quality of life, rural workforce, innovation and technology, and economic development, were identified. [read post]
14 Jan 2018, 1:17 pm by Susan Schneider
In that capacity, he represented the interests of a wide range of USDA entities: Farm Service Agency, Risk Management Agency / Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Rural Development Agency, Rural Business Service, Rural Utilities Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, the Food and Nutrition Service, and the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.For many years, David has taught our regular Agricultural Policy class, a class that he… [read post]
7 Jan 2018, 7:00 am by Charlie Winter, Jade Parker
Consider the likes of the Nashir News Agency and Nasikh, both of which act as amplifiers for the handful of official propaganda channels that remain online. [read post]
16 Dec 2017, 8:50 am
A 2017 report documents the prevalence of hookworm in Lowndes County, Alabama.The US has the highest prevalence of obesity in the developed world.In terms of access to water and sanitation the US ranks 36th in the world.America has the highest incarceration rate in the world, ahead of Turkmenistan, El Salvador, Cuba, Thailand and the Russian Federation. [read post]
”  Separately, CMS discusses public comments on the agency’s request for suggestions on how to incentivize eligible hospitals to elect to continue participating in the CJR model and advance beneficiary care; CMS did not announce any related policy changes at this time. [read post]
25 Nov 2017, 9:22 am by Ad Law Defense
  Notably, in a recent bill report accompanying the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2018 (H.R. [read post]
25 Nov 2017, 9:22 am by Ad Law Defense
  Notably, in a recent bill report accompanying the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2018 (H.R. [read post]
24 Nov 2017, 5:15 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Under the final rule, CMS applied a 1% update percentage as mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) for those home health agencies (HHAs) that report required quality data (otherwise the update is decreased by 2 percentage points). [read post]
22 Nov 2017, 11:35 am by Arthur F. Coon
It did, however, hold that Cleveland failed to show that it exhausted its administrative remedies as to two specific related issues – the EIR’s asserted failure to discuss and analyze plan impacts to small farms, and its allegedly inaccurate assumption that land converted to a rural residential designation would remain farmland. [read post]
20 Nov 2017, 5:00 am by John Jascob
The bill would expand the office’s goals to include issues faced by rural-area small businesses.Proxy adviser registration. [read post]