Category: Agriculture
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Carbon Credits
It appears that the Chicago Climate Exchange, whatever that is, is <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/10/news/state/30-exchange.txt">going to offer farmers and ranchers</a> a way to sell "carbon credits" to companies that ant to offset their CO2 emissions. This is an interesting idea. Trying to get people to voluntarily do this before the governments step in and make companies do…
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Support
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/03/news/state/90-legiconfirm.txt">This just shows</a> how <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> and the state's Democrats do not support the largest segment of the agricultural industry in Montana, cattle production. I guess the goal is to drive all cattle producers out of Montana if the weather doesn't do it first. For the record I am not a member…
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The Word is Getting Out
You know my feelings about how the drive for biofuels is going to drive the price of food up and how this trade off might not be the smartest thing in the world, but I now see the larger press is picking up on this idea.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL0639150720070307" title="Told you so.">As biofuels boom, will…
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Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Now that I have the Internet back I see a group of organizations want to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/21/news/state/20-alfalfa.txt">ban the use and sale of all seeds and hay</a> from Roundup Ready alfalfa. They claim that the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> did not do an EIS as…
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Still Trying
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/04/news/state/60-route.txt" >New route sought for ag disaster aid</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Farm-state members of Congress say they hope an upcoming war spending bill will be an opportunity to secure billions of dollars in agricultural disaster aid.<br />n<br />nThey say it won't be easy.<br />n<br />nSens. Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., have been leading the effort…
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Wolf Questions
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6310211.stm" >Wild wolves 'good for ecosystems'</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Reintroducing wild wolves to the Scottish Highlands would help the local ecosystem, a study suggests.<br />n<br />nWolves, which were hunted to extinction in Scotland in the late 1700s, would help control the numbers of red deer, the team from the UK and Norway said.<br />n<br />nThis would…
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Farm Bill Proposal
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=79868BC2-FC21-4455-CF3FD22A025B8C01" >Johanns unveils sweeping farm bill proposals</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>As expected, U.S. Ag Secretary Mike Johanns unveiled a truly comprehensive proposal for the 2007 farm bill this morning featuring more than 60 detailed policy recommendations in all. Johanns told reporters the concepts came from farmers themselves who spoke and offered written comments as part of…
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Delist Wolves
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/30/news/state/25-wolf.txt" >Wildlife agency plans to delist gray wolves</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday said it plans on delisting gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains by the end of the year, but it's unclear whether wolves in Wyoming will be included.<br />n<br />nThe agency also said Monday that it is…
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Ethanol Industry Problems
<a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=N22604105&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-4" >US ethanol firms may scrap plants as margins fall</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. ethanol producers may start scrapping plant construction plans after a surge in the cost of corn and a slide in gasoline prices put profit margins into the red, analysts said on Monday.<br />n<br />nThe outlook could damp a dramatic building boom as…
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Horses
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=3C7B83AF-DB16-39AF-58583D63F2A132B1" >Horse slaughter ban re-introduced in House, Senate</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The House of Representatives last year passed legislation to ban federally inspected horse slaughter in the U.S. Federal inspection of meat from slaughtered horses allows it to be exported to countries like France and Belgium where horsemeat is considered a delicacy. The bill died in…