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RSSAg Today Wednesday, February 1, 2012
February 1, 2012
Agriculture department eases stance on contracts [Wall Street Journal] The U...
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Ag Today Tuesday, January 31, 2012
January 31, 2012
Insight: The great northern migration -- of U...
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Ag Today Monday, January 30, 2012
January 30, 2012
Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens [Los Angeles Times] For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience...
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Ag Today Friday, January 27, 2012
January 27, 2012
Calif...
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Ag Today Thursday, January 26, 2012
January 26, 2012
Coho salmon face lofty recovery goals; Siskiyou County calls rates 'unfair, unrealistic' [Redding Record Searchlight] Federal fisheries biologists say threatened coho salmon need to return to the Scott River in Siskiyou County at rates more than four times higher than ever recorded...
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Ag Today Tuesday, January 24, 2012
January 24, 2012
Supreme Court stops California swine-slaughter ban [Fresno Bee] The Supreme Court on Monday struck down California's ban on the slaughter of downed swine, saying the state law strayed too far into federal territory...
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Ag Today Monday, January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012
Court overturns Calif...
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Ag Today Friday, January 20, 2012
January 20, 2012
Jerry Brown says he'd support delaying water bond [San Francisco Chronicle] Gov...
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Ag Today Thursday, January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012
Delta solar farm could get green light under new law [Stockton Record] A Delta farmer's plan to build a 120-acre solar array might yet bear fruit, if growing actual crops on his land is as hopeless as he claims...
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Ag Today Wednesday, January 18, 2012
January 18, 2012
Citrus growers sweating extended California freeze [Associated Press] California citrus growers are sweating a hard freeze that has blanketed the nation's largest fresh-fruit market in the midst of harvest...
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Ag Today Tuesday, January 17, 2012
January 17, 2012
New flood control plan would change Sacramento's landscape [Sacramento Bee] …The Central Valley Flood Protection Plan comes with an estimated $17 billion price tag...
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Ag TodayFriday, January 13, 2012
January 13, 2012
Our next edition of Ag Today will be Tuesday, Jan...
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Ag Today Thursday, January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012
Farm group calls for arrest of truck arson "terrorists" [Reuters] A California farm group called on Wednesday for the arrest of those behind an arson fire that damaged 14 tractor-trailer rigs parked at a feedlot, labeling it an act of "domestic terrorism...
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Ag Today Wednesday, January 11, 2012
January 11, 2012
Dry January raises concern over drought in northern California [Sacramento Bee] …...
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Ag Today Tuesday, January 10, 2012
January 10, 2012
Closing of 259 USDA offices raises safety concerns [Associated Press] DES MOINES, Iowa -- The U...
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Ag Today Friday, January 6, 2012
January 6, 2012
Farm Bureau, others come together for lawsuit to remove elderberry beetle from endangered list [Woodland Daily Democrat] The Yolo County Farm Bureau is one of several local agencies planning to sue the U...
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Ag Today Thursday, January 5, 2012
January 5, 2012
Calif...
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Ag Today Wednesday, January 4, 2012
January 4, 2012
Review urges delay in borrowing billions for bullet train [Los Angeles Times] In a scathing critique that could further jeopardize political support for California's proposed $98...
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Ag Today Tuesday, January 3, 2012
January 3, 2012
Calif...
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Ag Today Thursday, December 29, 2011
December 29, 2011
Our next edition of Ag Today will be Tuesday, Jan...
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Ag Today Wednesday, December 28, 2011
December 28, 2011
Ski resorts weather the lack of weather, hope for snow in January [Sacramento Bee] The forecast suggests a modest chance for a weak storm starting today, but meteorologists are not too optimistic...
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Ag Today Tuesday, December 27, 2011
December 27, 2011
Environment: Wet winter, spring kind to Delta smelt [Stockton Record] The Delta smelt - that finger-long fish whose welfare was the subject of intense political debate during the recent drought - has rebounded to levels not seen in a decade, the California Department of Fish and Game reported Thursday...
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Ag Today Thursday, December 22, 2011
December 22, 2011
Our next edition of Ag Today will be Tuesday, Dec...
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Ag Today Wednesday, December 21, 2011
December 21, 2011
Scientists attack citrus pest with wasp [Riverside Press-Enterprise] There’s a new bug in the area...
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Ag Today Tuesday, December 20, 2011
December 20, 2011
Feinstein paves way for easier Valley water sales [Fresno Bee] Democratic Sen...
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