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Ag Today Wednesday, March 10, 2010

March 10, 2010

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Ag Today Tuesday, March 9, 2010

March 9, 2010

Brazil announces sanctions on US cars, fruit [Associated Press] Brazil announced trade sanctions on a range of American goods Monday in retaliation for the United States' failure to eliminate billions in illegal cotton subsidies — a move that affects products from Ford automobiles to Heinz ketchup...
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Ag Today Monday, March 8, 2010

March 8, 2010

Food smuggling on feds’ menu [San Diego Union-Tribune] …Cross-border smuggling usually brings to mind shadowy figures ferrying narcotics or illegal immigrants into the United States...
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Ag Today Thursday, March 4, 2010

March 4, 2010

Williamson Act has hazy future in Fresno Co...
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Ag Today Wednesday, March 3, 2010

March 3, 2010

Cost of food-borne illnesses is deemed much higher than earlier estimates [Los Angeles Times] It turns out that tainted food can not only make people sick, but it can also cost them a bundle in the process...
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Ag Today Monday, March 1, 2010

March 1, 2010

Ag Today will not be distributed tomorrow, because of the CFBF Leaders Conference...
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Ag Today Friday, February 26, 2010

February 26, 2010

Federal water plan to be unveiled [Fresno Bee] The Obama administration is expected today to unveil an ambitious-sounding package of irrigation deliveries, water transfers, farm-loan guarantees and other programs targeting the parched San Joaquin Valley...
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Ag Today Thursday, February 25, 2010

February 25, 2010

California water diversion plan 'a work in progress,' Feinstein says [Sacramento Bee] Democratic Sen...
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Ag Today Wednesday, February 24, 2010

February 24, 2010

Farmland conservation act cut from Imperial County [Imperial Valley Press] Holtville farmer Ronnie Leimgruber doesn’t think ending a farmland conservation act will have a big effect in the short term...
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Ag Today Tuesday, February 23, 2010

February 23, 2010

Monterey County growers await state decision on new fumigant [Salinas Californian] Strawberries, the second highest-grossing crop in Monterey County behind leaf lettuce, could lose ground if the state rejects a new fumigant awaiting its approval...
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Ag Today Monday, February 22, 2010

February 23, 2010

Water plan may harm cities, fish [Contra Costa Times] …Urban customers of the larger, state-owned pumps say they do not expect additional water under Feinstein's plan…...
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Ag Today Friday, February 19, 2010

February 19, 2010

Feinstein may drop Valley water plan [Fresno Bee] Facing objections from a dozen West Coast lawmakers, Sen...
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Ag Today Thursday, February 18, 2010

February 18, 2010

Judge Wanger speaks at water meeting [Fresno Bee] Federal Judge Oliver W...
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Ag Today Wednesday, February 17, 2010

February 17, 2010

Glenn County Dairy Farms Closing [KHSL–TV, Chico] Dairy farms once a cash cow are now struggling to survive...
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Ag Today Tuesday, February 16, 2010

February 16, 2010

Water plan emboldens Boxer's GOP challengers [Modesto Bee] Sen...
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Ag Today Friday, February 12, 2010

February 12, 2010

Our next edition of Ag Today will be distributed Tuesday, Feb...
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Ag Today Wednesday, February 10, 2010

February 10, 2010

'Columbo' fights gas emissions law [Sacramento Bee] As mismatches go, "Columbo" vs...
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Ag Today Tuesday, February 9, 2010

February 9, 2010

Program to preserve agricultural land threatened [Sacramento Bee] Ranchers in Yolo County might have to tax themselves in a last-ditch attempt to keep alive a state program that protects agricultural land from development...
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Ag Today Monday, February 8, 2010

February 8, 2010

Fresno salmon ruling frees up water supply [Fresno Bee] A federal judge on Friday put a temporary hold on a controversial management plan for endangered salmon -- a critical decision that will send more water to parched farms and ranches on the San Joaquin Valley's west side...
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Ag Today Friday, February 5, 2010

February 5, 2010

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Ag Today Thursday, February 4, 2010

February 4, 2010

Chesbro: State considering settling dairy suit [Eureka Times-Standard] Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro said that the state Attorney General's Office and the California Department of Food and Agriculture are interested in settling their lawsuit against a group of dairy farmers who were caught up in the Humboldt Creamery fiasco...
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Ag Today Wednesday, February 3, 2010

February 3, 2010

Water groups fight salmon plan in court [Fresno Bee] A coalition of water districts and agencies asked a federal judge in Fresno on Tuesday to set aside a controversial salmon management plan because it reduces water deliveries to urban and agricultural users...
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Ag Today Tuesday, February 2, 2010

February 2, 2010

Obama budget seeks cuts in farm subsidies [Fresno Bee] Crop and farm-trade subsidies would be shaved under the Obama administration's fiscal 2011 budget proposed Monday...
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Ag Today Monday, February 1, 2010

February 1, 2010

Tapping into anger [Sacramento Bee] On Sept...
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Ag Today Friday, January 29, 2010

January 29, 2010

Rains notwithstanding, state drought isn't over [Sacramento Bee] The question now gurgles up from every storm drain and creek in California: Is the drought over? The simple answer is no...
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