All posts tagged "farming"

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  Monsanto offers cash to U.S. farmers who use controversial chemical

  Even as regulators in several states weigh restrictions on its use

  • Posted December 11, 2017
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  Puerto Rico Agriculture Dept. to offer post-Hurricane María workshops

  Focusing on pH levels and hemp's potential

  • Posted November 29, 2017
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  USDA provides over $10M to help Caribbean farmers recover after hurricanes

  Natural Resources Conservation Service issuing waivers to receive payment and begin work before contract approval

  • Posted November 21, 2017
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  US Congress’ budget patch averts national farm loan crisis

  WICHITA, Kan. – U.S. farmers drained all available government agricultural loan money this past fiscal year to get through one of the worst agricultural downturns in recent years, but no one who qualifies for a farm loan...

  • Posted December 27, 2016
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  US Farmers Make Foray into Quinoa as Demand for Grain Grows

  SEQUIM, Wash. — To the south of Nash Huber’s farm fields are the Olympic Mountains, peaking at nearly 8,000 feet. Due north is the end of a channel of Pacific Ocean waters that separate the United States...

  • Posted October 6, 2016
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  Pathstone Awarded Over $3M to Provide Services for Puerto Rico Farmworkers

  As part of combined $81M to provide training, housing assistance to seasonal workers

  • Posted July 8, 2016
• Damage from Sinking Land Costing California Billions

  DOS PALOS, Calif. — A canal that delivers vital water supplies from Northern California to Southern California is sinking in places. So are stretches of a riverbed undergoing historic restoration. On farms, well casings pop up like...

  • Posted December 27, 2015
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