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19 Jan 2016, 1:59 pm
Department of Agriculture from spending funds for inspection of horse slaughter plants.This effectively prevents the resumption in the United States of horse slaughter for human consumption – a practice that is inherently cruel, particularly given the difficulty of properly stunning horses before slaughter, and dangerous because horses are routinely given drugs over their lifetimes that can be toxic to humans. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 1:42 pm
The Act outlines a process for emergency releases of water to Central Valley Project (CVP) agricultural, municipal and industrial contractors, CVP refuge service and repayment contractors, State Water Project (SWP) contractors, and other localities and municipalities in the State. [read post]
9 Jul 2015, 1:21 pm
It prevents the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. [read post]
27 May 2015, 8:59 am
[Passed, Transmitted] <> Michigan confirms first case of CWD in free-ranging white-tailed deer - MDNR and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) confirmed that a free-ranging deer in Meridian Township (Ingham County) has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose. [read post]
21 May 2015, 9:00 am
Petitioners, a contingent of environmental and community groups, bring serious challenges to the State of California's plans to improve air quality in the San Joaquin Valley, an area with some of the worst air quality in the United States -- i.e. [read post]
15 May 2015, 9:10 am
<> Facilitating the Development of Offshore Wind Energy in the United States - The Energy Department's Wind Program is seeking feedback from the wind industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders regarding the key challenges currently facing offshore wind energy and the Wind Program's implementation of the Energy Department's National Offshore … [read post]
11 May 2015, 8:59 am
<> MDARD Eradicates Hemlock Woolly Adelgid from Three Michigan Counties - Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Jamie Clover Adams today announced that Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) has been eradicated from three counties across the state – two sites in Macomb County, two sites in Ottawa County and multiple locations within Emmet County. … [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 8:59 am
<> Secretary Vilsack Announces Rural Schools Payments - April 27, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that $285 million will go to 41 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico this year in support of local schools and roads as part of the Congressional two-year reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 8:57 am
Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, applauded the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) announcement that three Michigan projects -- 2 in Standish Township in Arenac County and in the Village of Mesick in Wexford County -- will receive $8,397,000 to support necessary improvements to local water and wastewater systems. [read post]
17 Apr 2015, 8:58 am
Cindy Gamrat kicked from House Republican caucus - Freshman state Rep. [read post]
8 Apr 2015, 8:56 am
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced 21 grants totaling more than $10 million have been awarded to universities to support critical water problems in rural and agricultural watersheds across the United States. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 8:54 am
Michigan BLUE ECONOMY <> State departments to merge Friday - The official merger of the state Department of Community Health with the Department of Human Services will happen this Friday. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 8:54 am
<> MDARD Asking Poultry and Domestic Bird Owners to Increase Biosecurity Efforts - The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is encouraging domestic bird owners to increase their biosecurity efforts and take appropriate steps to protect their birds from avian influenza. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 8:53 am
<> OH lawmakers near compromise on Lake Erie algal bloom bill - Lawmakers on the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee plan to restore language that prohibits dumping of dredge material in all of Lake Erie by 2020, which was changed in the House version of the plan. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 4:11 pm
Outbreak Case 5: Farms – Cornwall and West Devon, United Kingdom Milne et al (1999) investigated an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with a farm in the United Kingdom during the period of June to July, 1997. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 7:57 am
It is urgently needed, as some companies have been poised to open horse slaughter plants in the United States. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 4:34 pm
It is urgently needed, as some companies have been poised to open horse slaughter plants in the United States. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 1:16 pm
It is urgently needed, as some companies have been poised to open horse slaughter plants in the United States. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 1:16 pm
It is urgently needed, as some companies have been poised to open horse slaughter plants in the United States. [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 1:47 pm
Department of Agriculture on inspections at U.S. horse slaughter plants. [read post]
