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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Department of State, FBI, NASA, Defense
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Mead and cider make a comeback in Maryland
Make room for cider and mead. In Maryland, cider was last popular in Colonial times. Mead never has been. But a new generation of mead and cider makers, with their feet planted firmly in Maryland soil, are rethinking these age-old fermented...
Tags: Wines, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Physical Conditions, Alcoholic Beverages, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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New ag secretary focusing on future
Former Marshall County resident Lucas Lentsch will take over the top state ag job this month as the leader of the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. Lentsch spoke about his life growing up on a dairy farm, his goals, priorities and what he...Tags: Deere and Company, Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, South Dakota State University
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Where 'green' began
MONTELLO, Wis. — When walking in the footsteps of greatness, it is of equal importance to follow where they lead and to discover where they began. In celebration of the life of the fervent conservationist John Muir in the year of his 175th...
Tags: Memorial Day, National Parks, Yosemite National Park, Theodore Roosevelt, Human Interest
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Farmers Say GMOs Give Them Competitive Edge
The Times-News, Twin Falls, IdahoIt's a challenging time for farmers: costs are up, technology is constantly changing and competition can be fierce. Tom Billington, who has been farming since about 1970 in south Twin Falls, said in order for farmers to survive, they must adapt to...Tags: Arable Farming, International Food Policy Research Institute, Genetics, Ulcerative Colitis, Potatoes
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Big crop and high prices will be a year to remember for apple growers
The Wenatchee World, Wash.If there's ever been an apple crop to celebrate in recent years, it is the 2012 crop. The record 130 million box fresh crop jumped more than 20 percent from what was packed the previous two years. It also came at a time when apple harvests in all...Tags: Cherries, Pears
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Times haven't always been easy for 100-year-old farms
Erie Times-News, Pa.John Ziesenheim ambled through his family's vineyard in Lake City, hands tucked in his pockets, gray shoes sinking a half-inch into the soil with each step toward his two-story farmhouse. Ziesenheim, 65, was walking on the same soil his great-great-...Tags: Wines, Consumer Goods Industries, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), Crawford County, Grapes
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After years of growth, county's blueberry business stabilizing
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.The orange grove had been there since the 1920s, planted by her grandparents, on the land she has lived on almost all of her life. After nearly a century, the trees were diseased and dying. It was heartbreaking, but, as a farmer, Carleen Gunter needed...Tags: Animals, Blueberries, Saint Petersberg (Russia), Hillsborough County, Colleges and Universities
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Organic farmers seek to educate, sell products to community
The Free Press, Kinston, N.C.An alternative to conventional pest control? Farm kitties. That's what Daniel Sutton said of his family's three cats at Nature's Touch farm. The black, orange and gray-striped cats are overly friendly, but work the farm to keep it free of unwanted...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Politics
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Farmers Markets: From the LAPD to artisanal olive oil
Traditionally, working folk dreamed of retiring to California to grow citrus, or more recently wine grapes, but these days the second career crop of choice appears to be artisanal olive oil. Fresh, local oil is all the rage; universities and industry...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Grapes, Petroleum Industry, Olives
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More farmers raising Alpacas for prized yarn
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.RELATED LINKS * BUSINESS NEWS HEYWORTH -- Soft, copper-colored fleece falls gracefully off an alpaca as Brian Houchin passes his clippers across the animal's belly and torso. His wife, Karley, and a group of volunteers help collect the fleece into... -
Brown County has abundant fertile land
When you talk about the most fertile farmland in Brown County, the conversation starts with Bath and Putney. But that's not the end of the conversation. Former Brown County Extension educator Gary Erickson said the best land is in the Groton, Stratford...
Tags: Productivity, Agricultural Research and Technology, Arable Farming, Russia, Environmental Issues
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