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California's Farmers and Ranchers Are Invited to Provide Public Input |
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
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Sacramento, California - California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Secretary A.G. Kawamura and the California State Board of Food and Agriculture will continue their trip throughout the state hosting public listening sessions on a California Agricultural Vision. This vision will be used to guide public policy and investment priorities at the state and national level for the next 20 years. |
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Agriculture Specialists Intercept Record Number of Pests on Fruit Shipments |
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Written by Farm Compliance
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists reported a one-day record of 21 pest interceptions on bananas, pineapples and other fruits originating in Central America and delivered aboard ships to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wilmington, Delaware, and Camden, New Jersey, marine terminals on June 18.
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AFBF Regarding Conclusion of the U.N. World Food Security Summit |
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Saturday, 07 June 2008 |
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Washington, DC - “The American Farm Bureau Federation recognizes the challenges that faced this week’s United Nations' High Level Conference in Rome. Now, continuing efforts are necessary to move forward and implement effective solutions for global food insecurities. |
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Deere & Company Acquires Plastro Irrigation Systems |
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Written by Farm Compliance
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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Moline, Illinois - Deere & Company said today that it has completed the acquisition of Plastro Irrigation Systems, Ltd., headquartered in Israel, to add significant momentum to the growth of John Deere Water Technologies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. |
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Long-term Pesticide Exposure May Increase Risk of Diabetes |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Washington, DC - Licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides on more than 100 days in their lifetime were at greater risk of diabetes, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The associations between specific pesticides and incident diabetes ranged from a 20 percent to a 200 percent increase in risk, said the scientists with the NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). |
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