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Senate Blasted for Squandering Farm Policy Reform Opportunities by Leading Environmental Group (Popularity: )
http://www.environmentaldefense.org
The U.S. Senate today squandered a golden opportunity to reform U.S. farm policy, cut excessive subsidies, and strengthen vital programs to help farmers clean up the environment and improve public health, a leading environmental group said today. The Senate passed the 2007 farm bill today after Senate leadership effectively thwarted the will of a majority of lawmakers who supported two important reform amendments on payment limits and a reasonable means ...

SlantRange and Microsoft Partner on Scalable Crop Analytics Solutions for Agriculture (Popularity: )
http://www.slantrange.com
SAN DIEGO - October 30, 2018 -- SlantRange, Inc., a leading provider of remote sensing and analytics systems for agriculture, announced today a new partnership with Microsoft to bring a new set of powerful and scalable aerial measurement and data solutions to the global agriculture market. The partnership will combine Microsoft’s latest Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and cloud analytics with SlantRange’s proven edge-computing capabilities into an integrated product offering ...

Rabobank Report Shows Promising Long-Term Outlook for Cotton (Popularity: )
http://www.rabobank.com
Despite 2008's U.S. cotton acreage forecast at its lowest level in more than 20 years, the long-term outlook for cotton appears promising. Changes in the global sector and an improved U.S. economy are likely to increase textile demand, and with it demand for cotton, according to a new Rabobank report, "U.S. Cotton." "This ailing patient, the U.S. cotton sector, shows every sign of a great recovery -- it just may ...

SBA Disaster Loans Available in Michigan Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration (Popularity: )
http://www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that federal disaster loans are available to small businesses located in the State of Michigan as a result of several frost and freeze events that occurred April 4 through June 13, 2007. Small businesses in the following counties are eligible to apply for these loans: Alger, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Baraga, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clinton, Crawford, Delta, Dickinson, Eaton, ...

China Agritech Updates Plans For Capacity Expansion in Chongqing City and Xinjiang Province (Popularity: )
http://www.chinaagritechinc.com
China Agritech, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CAGC) (''China Agritech''), one of the largest liquid fertilizer manufacturers in China, announced that its new facilities in Chongqing City and Xinjiang Province are expected to begin production by March 2007 and May 2007 respectively. After successfully building two new factories in Beijing and Anhui Province in 2006, China Agritech will continue expanding capacity in new regions of China. Chongqing is the largest city ...

Food Bank Survey Points to Critical Shortage of Food, Urgency of Farm Bill and Immediate Need for $100 Million in Emergency Federal Funding (Popularity: )
http://www.secondharvest.org
America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network reported the results of a new survey that found 100 percent of food bank respondents have seen an increase in the number of clients served within the past year. The increase is estimated at 15 - 20 percent. Of those surveyed, 84 percent indicated they are currently unable to adequately meet the increased demand without having to reduce the amount of ...

Agriculture and Nutrition: Unpacking the Pathways to Reducing Malnutrition (Popularity: )
http://www.aaea.org
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - December 26, 2018 -- Integrating agriculture-nutrition programs can increase the quantity and quality of nutritious foods through multiple pathways. Increased household production increases availability of home grown foods for consumption, and income for food purchases. Increased nutrition knowledge, through nutrition education, can change food preferences, and shift purchasing decisions towards nutritious foods.AAEA member, Andrew Dillon from Northwestern University along with Joanne Arsenault, and Deanna Olney, wrote the ...