Immigration Bill Introduced
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New federal bill reignites immigration issue |
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Farm bill reserve in Senate budget resolution |
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Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts |
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Grower-shippers form California tomato co-op |
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Planting the Seeds for Folate Enrichment |
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USAID to help develop chillies, tomatoes &mango crops for export
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House Council takes next step towards
property tax relief |
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Mastronardi launches Mexican business |
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Tomatoes
Are to Iran as a Gallon of Gas Is to the US |
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A new field
of dreams |
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Paul DiMare garners humanitarian award |
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Voluntary rules for growers to combat food poisoning |
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China
leading export charge |
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A
Bill Democrats Should Like |
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COOL Issues Heating
Up Once Again |
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Peterson Warns Agribusiness On Country Of Origin Labeling |
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Ethanol Tariff Loophole Sparks a Boom in Caribbean |
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Farmers, traders agree terms to buy tomatoes from Upper East
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Wal-Mart names senior VP for perishables |
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GM tomatoes to provide daily folate needs? |
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Corn Growers Join 215 Organizations
Demanding Implementation of
Labeling Law
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February 2007 |
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Advocates say time ripe for country-of-origin food labeling |
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Farm bill offers more for Florida growers |
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Federation backs Cuba legislation |
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Pests found in Mexican avocado shipments |
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They Are America |
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Fla. farmers prepare for back-to-back freezes |
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Vegetable production costs soaring |
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Rove on
immigration |
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Bipartisan push revives farmworker bill |
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ACGA Says USDA Farm Bill Proposal Is Wrong Direction
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Peterson leaving Walmart, but may stay in produce |
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BKC Issues ''Penny Per Pound'' Statement
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Florida stands to gain from farm billl |
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Agriculture Dept. Urges Big Overhaul in Farm Policy |
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Shortages in Mexico buoy Florida prices |
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January
2007 |
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California farmers squeezed by freeze |
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Labor shortage threatens 2007 fruit, vegetable crops |
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Cuba
expected to curtail food purchases from U.S. |
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Frigid temperatures freeze crops, will hit consumers in the wallet
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Vegetable king recognized for charitable efforts |
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House Passes Minimum Wage Increase |
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Cuban Economists Envision Role For Markets in Post-Castro Era |
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Migrants
need homes |
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Produce veteran Edmonds dies in Florida |
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Tomato Man updates Immokalee plant
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Be It Ever So Homespun, There’s Nothing Like Spin |
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5th-generation Floridian Iris Wall named Woman of Year in Agriculture |
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Name The Surprise Threat To Florida's Citrus Industry |
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Climate experts' forecast is music to area farmers' ears |
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December
2006 |
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Report Names Pot As State's No. 3 Cash Crop |
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Immigration debate isn't over, senator says |
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A cowman's work is never done, even in Florida |
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Bush signs massive tax package |
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S.D. Sen. Johnson in Critical Condition |
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Bonilla falls short in runoff |
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Has Politics Contaminated the Food Supply? |
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Stronger Rules on Produce Likely After Outbreaks of E.Coli
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Green onions get blame in Taco Bell closures |
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Disaster Relief for Farm and Ranch Families
Should be Passed Before
Congress Adjourns |
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November
2006 |
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Free or
Farmed, When Is a Fish Really Organic? |
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Senate Will Make Last-Ditch Effort for Disaster Dollars |
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Farmworkers bill's chances better with new Congress |
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Club Med takes illegals for a ride |
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Del Monte Halting Hawaii Operations |
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Agriculture spending measure hits the Senate floor |
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Harkin to push conservation, renewables as Senate Ag panel's chair |
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Mexican tomato damage making impact |
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Going
South? |
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Why Republicans got shellacked in the midterms |
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Grower paid for dirt on Masilotti |
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Farmers Scramble To Fill Strawberry Fields With Labor |
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Salmonella outbreak linked to fresh tomatoes served in U.S. restaurants |
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Bronson wants guest-worker program |
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October
2006 |
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Two Corn Grower Associations Differ Greatly in Farm Bill Plan |
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Justice advocates fight for farmworkers’ fair wages |
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Palm Beach County spends last of $100 million to protect farmland |
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The Truth About Food Expiration Dates |
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Governor appoints four to Florida Housing Finance Corporation |
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Ag
groups give funds to Dems, just in case |
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$21M housing project opens doors |
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Prices Climb in Mexico |
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'Not giving up' on fixing up Immokalee housing |
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Meeting examines farmworkers' impact |
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Consolidating Food Safety |
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Farmworkers pressure McDonald’s
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Mexico narrows lettuce ban to California product |
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Country-of-origin labeling |
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Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame to induct five in 2007 |
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Bush
signs border fences bill |
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Ripe for
Problems |
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Canker Eradication Era Ends |
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U.S. Opens Criminal Inquiry in Spinach Scare |
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Catholic bishops ask McDonald's to push for
higher farmworker wages |
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Jeb Bush, Cabinet approve 4 new plates |
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Trouble on the Hiring Front |
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Farm bill panel urges fewer crop subsidies, more 'green' programs |
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Be a soldier, not a casualty, in war against tainted food |
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September
2006 |
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Industry
is back in bloom |
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The agriculture-chief candidates offer their ideas for farmers and
ranchers. |
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Bioenergy, safety net are producers’ top farm bill priorities |
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Legislation Aims to Balance Farm Program Inequities |
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Dr. James M. Davidson |
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Scant Coverage For Spinach Growers |
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'Mini-Tour' targets McDonalds |
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163 Arrested in Immigration Bust |
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Group: Farmworkers can be trafficking target |
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Dan McClure: Civic pioneer's impact touched all of Manatee |
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Passions, politics and the UglyRipe |
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Consumers Need Instant Traceback as Well as the Food Industry |
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House Votes to Build Massive Border Fence |
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Fla.
Fruit & Vegetable Assn.: Growers gather for tips on staying market savvy |
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Where Is The Citrus Industry Heading? |
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Spinach yanked from menus, shelves |
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Agriculture revenue grows by 9% |
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Coalition targets Chipotle's tomato farmers |
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Benefits of
lowering Lake O debated |
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Work force needs run afoul of political storm |
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House weighs action on immigration |
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Growers scrambling to find workers |
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A degree in a growing field: organic farming studies at UF |
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Hurricane debris could become fuel source |
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Florida's next crop: biofuels? |
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The Duda Way |
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August
2006 |
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Farm loophole allows permits for clearing sensitive land |
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Agricultural Museum backers plow on with efforts |
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Johanns announces appointment of Arlen Lancaster as
chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service |
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Farms still struggling with Wilma's wrath |
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Agriculture commissioner calls for protection of Florida's farms |
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Revise US farm supports now, say specialty growers |
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Flavonoid-rich GM tomatoes could boost heart health |
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USDA
fills 3 key positions |
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US: farmers say
'enforcement only' immigration will cripple industry |
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USDA report disputes claim that farmers are vanishing breed |
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Sunbelt
Ag Expo Field Day showcases latest in crop varieties, technologies |
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July
2006 |
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Escalating costs cloud agriculture’s future |
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State business insurance patch
near |
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State agriculture would see boost with Cuban trade |
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Subcommittee Reviews Conservation Programs |
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Migrant labor fears, perhaps overgrown, cloud Florida citrus |
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Future of free trade in question |
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Rivals have two views of Cabinet post |
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Georgia passes one of nation's toughest immigration laws |
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The GOP
Lag Among Latinos |
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Bush aide delivers immigration pitch |
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Union federations want to bring illegal immigrants into the fold |
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Tax on orange growers raised 19 percent to pay for advertising |
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Farmers get tax break on sales tax paid on
electricity |
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Proposal May Pinch Growers |
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Bush, Bronson worried about unpicked oranges |
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Venezuela Enters Trade Bloc Today |
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Florida
grapefruits are still exportable |
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Everglades
restoration moves forward |
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Embracing ethanol: Florida looks to biofuels to fix energy woes |
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Fast-spreading tree chokes Glades |
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Small Farms Brand Animal IDs No Good |
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June
2006 |
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U.S. proposal would let UglyRipes be sold outside state |
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Labor shortage slows crop production |
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Senate Appropriations Committee passes Dorgan disaster amendment again |
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U.S. Falls Behind In Tracking Cattle
To Control Disease |
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Gov. Bush signs bill to help farm owners develop their land |
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China’s tomato output surges on high prices |
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Down in the
Dumps |
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DiMare to begin major facility expansion |
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Immigration issues redefine catfish industry in Mississippi Delta |
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Crist Announces Economic, Tax Cut Proposal |
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Fresh vegetable consumption expected to make up last year's loss |
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You could see where that beef has been |
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Farm lobby's power has deep roots |
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Southeast growers deal with too much product |
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Less room
to grow more |
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North
Carolina Melons |
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Sen. Nelson votes against Kempthorne nomination |
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Senate passes immigration reform |
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Bonilla
expresses embarrassment at lack of border control efforts |
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Growers' issues: Immigration to urban sprawl |
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Immigration debate flares as Bush visits Yuma |
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Faux farmer crackdown irks, worries real ones |
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The labor
debate |
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How 'Free' Should Free Enterprise Be? |
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Southwest Florida environmental plan delayed |
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Candidates on the future of fuel; should crops run our cars? |
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Congressman
wants Lake Okeechobee ready when hurricane season arrives
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Indictment charges fish from Vietnam mislabeled |
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Massive immigration protests hit U.S. |
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May
2006 |
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Farmworkers file discrimination complaint against
FEMA |
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Local Wetlands Law Intact Despite Lobbyists |
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Florida agriculture workers fight McDonald's in publicity war over
workers' wages |
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Illegal workers fill labor gap in S. Florida |
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'Humongous' housing bill heads to governor |
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How Jeb got Bubba to request dike study |
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Cattlemen call for Death Tax repeal |
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The
immigration experience |
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Senator Fears Rally Could Hurt Cause |
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Farmers to get hurricane damage relief |
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Report warns
that Lake Okeechobee dike could break open during hurricane
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April
2006 |
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Mexico Continues Beef Antidumping Duties
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False raid rumors frighten immigrants |
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Farms will let workers go to rally |
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Central Florida may lose its last dairy farm |
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Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association Urges Passage of Guest Worker
Reform in Senate Immigration Bill |
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Harvesting profits over crops |
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AFL-CIO president, Ethel Kennedy lend support to Florida farmworkers
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Immigration probe nets 38 Polk arrests |
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Senate to Vote on Florida Veterinary Practice Act Questions |
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Agricultural development proposal advances |
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Dr.
Marshall Leaving UF |
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Workers opting for Canada |
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Cuba says it spent 20 percent more on U.S food this year |
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Congressional delegation urged to support agricultural disaster package |
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McDonald's Readies Strategy To Deflect Critic's Next Barrage |
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Senate leaves farmer-guest worker debate in limbo |
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Israelis help African Nation Grow Tomatoes |
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Martinez agenda on immigration not selling well to Florida delegation |
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Florida joins immigration bill protests |
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Bronson urges Congressional delegation to support agriculture disaster
package |
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April
2006 |
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Companies pay heed to farm workers' needs |
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Chambliss says Senate Judiciary immigration bill would punish farmers |
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Immigration bill add-ons, costs mount |
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Immigrants' fate key in Florida |
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Grower uses science to raise shrimp inland |
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Industry holds firm on need for guest labor |
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McDonald's Faces
Protests Over Farm Wages |
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Hospitality industry faces worker shortage |
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Use Greenbelt Law For Conservation |
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Agriculture's Representatives Keep Up Fight In Legislature |
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Loss Of Farms Alters Florida's Complexion |
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Scientists
scramble to find alternatives to banned
pesticide |
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Farmland tax reform is put out to pasture |
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Farmworkers get a break |
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'Compromise' may scuttle land-buying bill |
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Changes may be coming for farmworkers |
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Gov Bush calls on Latin American leaders to join
push for ethanol |
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Farmers protest immigration law outside Capitol |
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Citrus director to step down |
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US: growers switch from pesticides to pest predators |
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US
Faces Huge Farm Worker Loss |
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Bird flu has implications for U.S. agriculture |
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2006 to present more challenges to farmers, USDA says |
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March 2006 |
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Salad Days |
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Alabama cow tests positive for mad cow disease -
update |
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Growers still
looking for answers from state canker plan |
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Mango-eating Asian beetle found in shipment at Miami seaport |
|
|
Farmworkers harvesting less income |
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Farmworkers coalition seeks help to renovate its new base of operations |
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Boosting trade in hemisphere |
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Love of Land, Hate for Developers Unite Agriculturalists and
Environmentalists |
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Ad campaign - Florida's farmers are back |
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Senate gives early nod to farmworker seatbelt rules |
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Fuel and
Fertilizer Prices Still Volatile |
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Federal bill could wipe out state food-safety laws
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Next Florida FTAA leader named |
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Bronson Calls for Florida Ethanol |
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Legal Status Not Among Fruits Of Migrants' Labor |
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Farmers want protections, tax breaks |
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Canada
OKs Mexican inspection of cantaloupes |
|
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NCC 'losing confidence' in WTO process |
|
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Fast food fight |
|
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‘We're an
easy target' |
|
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Five months and still no USDA aid
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Reform efforts target farm 'greenbelt' law |
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U.S. already feeling impact of avian flu |
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Wakulla farms are changing, vanishing |
|
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Local Experts Wrap Up Inagua Bird Probe |
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USDA to pay for conserving ag land |
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Homes,
homes on the range |
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USDA makes $63 million in emergency conservation |
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House considers bill to remove hundreds of food warning labels |
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Water management districts look for ways to avoid a war |
|
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Dead
flamingos, spoonbills found in Bahamas tested for bird flu virus
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Infant has no limbs; parents blame pesticides |
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February 2006 |
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U.S., Colombia Make Free Trade Agreement |
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New 'Truth
Tour' targets McDonald's |
|
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CIW Members, allies gear up for
McDonald's Truth Tour 2006 |
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Liquid poison |
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Seeds Of
Trouble |
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Agriculture dept. refuses settlement offer |
|
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Governors focus on immigration |
|
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Ailing farmers' market gets $5 million from FEMA |
|
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Southwest Florida growers breathing big sigh of relief a week after
freeze |
|
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SWIFTMUD receives $1 Million for FARMS program |
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Panel - Farmworkers still need help |
|
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Florida Farm
Bureau supports renewable energy initiative |
|
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Proposed law would make criminals of undocumented workers |
|
|
More
inspections seen for tomato grower fined for pesticide use
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Ag
trade gap diminishing |
|
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Florida program to help growers find potential in free trade deal |
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Congress to debate whether migrants can stay |
|
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Big stake in wetlands
case |
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Winter
Veggie Prices Hit Your Pocketbook |
|
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Toss a tomato at fair-trade label |
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Nelson: The U.S. Needs Practical Migrant Policy |
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Japan seeks assurances for U.S. beef |
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Rethinking eminent domain |
|
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Supreme Court to decide reach of Clean Water Act |
|
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Johanns announces Japan opens market to fresh
U.S. potatoes |
|
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Freeze claims 80% of local sweet corn, green beans |
|
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Florida growers in limbo as lawmakers seek new solutions |
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GOP, businesses seek housing solutions |
|
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State finally moves to help Fort Pierce Farmers
Market rebuild |
|
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WTO Negotiations Put On Fast Track |
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Fumigant Could Pose Health Risk |
|
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Soybean rust sentinel plots to continue in 2006 |
|
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Johanns - no farm bill extension |
|
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Bush looking to forest for funds |
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Send thaw after
freeze for farmers |
|
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Apartments offer migrants hope |
|
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Growers vow to snap back |
|
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New Marketing Tool with ScoringAg Traceback Labels |
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Money at heart of farm bill debate |
|
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Tomato farmers brave the cold |
|
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S. Fla. migrants say they'll stay, legally or not |
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U.S.: Sugar rules costly |
|
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Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers |
|
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WTO rules against EU's biotech
'moratorium' |
|
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Glades freeze causes millions in crop losses |
|
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Freezing temperatures pummel vegetable farmers |
|
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Farmworker groups sue FEMA over hurricane disaster aid |
|
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Safety standards lag size, age of workers |
|
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Trucking restrictions ease for crop transportation |
|
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Risk management meetings air farmer discontent with crop insurance
claims |
|
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Where's the Beef? |
|
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Land Costs Slow Conservation |
|
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Swisher Sweets to sponsor Southeastern Farmer of Year Award |
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New Florida Potato Has Fewer Carbs |
|
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USDA proposes letting in Central American tomatoes |
|
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Farmers to see incomes drop after two record years |
|
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Growers work to prove fields SAFE for workers |
|
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Growing Pains - Blossoming dollars threaten
'Fern Capital' |
|
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USDA Chief Makes Stop At Lake Wales Luncheon |
|
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Palm Beach County plans to change rules on worker houses in Ag Reserve
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Congress
will reject Bush budget, Ag leaders say |
|
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Meeting centers on cesspool Lake Okeechobee |
|
|
USDA announces $100 million in citrus canker
compensation in Florida |
|
|
USDA adds $2.8 billion for hurricane recovery |
|
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In tough times, flower growers bet on organic |
|
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Why Sugar Costs More And More |
|
|
Sides
brace for rowdy water district meeting |
|
|
State official explains Florida’s new growth
management law |
|
|
Tomato supplies are up
|
|
|
Ag reform needed to save
environment |
|
|
Deficit, WTO, grower success likely farm bill weights |
|
|
Grocery Prices |
|
|
Farm relief on shaky
ground
|
|
|
Migrant bill faces mixed reactions
|
|
|
USDA
announces cut in CSP watersheds in 2006 |
|
|
Industry squeezed out citrus-cutting program |
|
|
Next to farm, coal mine a haven
|
|
|
Farm
tax reform is sought |
|
|
Farm Bureau delegates support farm bill extension |
|
|
Migrant labor panel suggests more safety
monitoring, housing help
|
|
|
Migrant group to rally Feb. 22 |
|
|
Putnam's Last-Minute Hustle Puts Him at Top of Policy Panel |
|
|
How
switchgrass and wood chips could run a car |
|
|
Jeb puts $310 M in pot for Babcock |
|
|
Food labeling changes announced by state agriculture department
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|
|
$1M in
grants to help farmers, environment |
|
|
AFBF
Urges Guest Worker Provisions In Immigration Bill |
|
|
Conference aims to propel
anti-human trafficking efforts |
|
|
Support for Miami growing - FTAA |
|
|
Rare Florida panther needs more habitat to thrive |
|
|
Tomato growers moving inland |
|
|
Preserving farmland |
|
|
Hurricanes damage Florida vegetable crops |
|
|
Sunshine State Signing On To Grow Own Fuel Industry |
|
January 2006 |
|
|
Citrus growers ponder next
move
|
|
|
A harvest without shame |
|
|
Plan to Consolidate Farm Offices Revisited |
|
|
Japanese Lawmakers: U.S. Beef Causes Worry |
|
|
Deal lets big farms skirt pollution fines |
|
|
With no land
to buy in Ag Reserve, Palm Beach County has extra $15 million in coffers
|
|
|
Local growers try to cultivate interest in organic farming |
|
|
LaVigne tapped to lead American Seed Trade Association |
|
|
Use California model for Florida ag reforms |
|
|
McDonald 's endorses fieldworker protections |
|
|
Mooing tax breaks annoy appraisers
|
|
|
Growers Seeking SAFE Haven |
|
|
Farming homes off
limits |
|
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|
|
Mexico struggles to compete with China |
|
|
Development called threat to
Everglades restoration |
|
|
Foley:
Lake O fix on way |
|
|
Debate heats up over temporary residency for Central Americans |
|
|
Tomatoes can Lower High Blood Pressure
|
|
|
White House blocks 'green' farm payments: senators |
|
|
Official: Outlook not good for Glades
project |
|
|
Water chief resigns
|
|
|
Japan OK's U.S. beef
|
|
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Water supply puts crisis on tap for Dade |
|
|
Migrant van seat belt bill
advances |
|
|
Hope
for farmworkers |
|
|
Great Awakening to protect Florida's natural resources |
|
|
Tomato prices begin to fall |
|
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Canadian Border Should be Closed Until BSE Problem Resolved |
|
|
Laws
- Wisdom of WTO Doha
'reforms'
questioned |
|
|
Editorial: Hurricane aftermath
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|
|
Tomatoes: A star is grown |
|
|
Ranchers, farmers ask for more Wilma relief |
|
|
Citrus growers hopeful
about survival in new era
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|
|
Florida juices to be part of Wal-Mart promotion |
|
|
Pesticide Enforcement Too Lax, Lawmakers Say |
|
|
The
Wal-Mart You Don't Know |
|
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Labeling, increased scrutiny would help beef markets, Enzi says |
|
|
Researchers to seek $50 million to develop canker-resistant citrus |
|
|
NU:
Close Canadian Border Until BSE Problem Resolved |
|
|
Japan
Scolds US Official Over Beef Shipment |
|
|
Easing Cuban
trade restrictions would benefit Southwest agriculture |
|
|
Sunkist chief looks forward to new opportunities |
|
|
Tomato
supplies are up, so prices should go down, Bronson says |
|
|
For
Hispanics, farming is a growth industry |
|
|
Bush
an alien in his own party |
|
|
USDA
continues efforts to safeguard the nation's food supply |
|
|
Sellers
say it doesn't pay to truck in tomatoes |
|
|
Agriculture labs blown for a loss |
|
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Acting
Citrus Mutual CEO Won't Stay |
|
|
U.S. Shut Out Of Japan, Again |
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Bush supports
Peru pact during visit |
|
|
USDA sugar
forecasts fall further, industry calls for imports |
|
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Future uncertain for growers; Growers may look at other uses for land |
|
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Panel
Will Advise State's Troubled Citrus Industry |
|
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Immigration Rift in GOP Up for Vote |
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County's
fields and orchards are `abuzz |
|
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There's good
news for supermarket shoppers |
|
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Futile waste
ends |
|
|
Babcock
gains support
|
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|
Florida canker crisis takes new twist
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Sugar
industry needs to look at Lake Okeechobee water releases |
|
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Deputies
put the squeeze on illegal berry pickers |
|
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Family sells Sarasota County 'oasis' for $40 million |
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Agricultural lenders are looking beyond the farm |
|
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The
Plight of the Family Farmer |
|
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Money from industries fuel gubernatorial runs |
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Florida storms cause tomato shortage at Wendy's restaurants |
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Farmland prices skyrocket |
|
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USDA investigators slam agency for poor oversight of biotech crops
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|
Farmworkers leave AFL-CIO |
|
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Tomatoes On The Rebound |
|
|
Marketing
campaign in
U.K. promotes Florida
produce |
|
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Wildlife police: Corridors protect and serve animals
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State May Sweeten Power
|
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Group calls for strike
by Fla. farm workers |
|
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O.J. antidumping probe nears close |
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Crop disease threatens SWFL tomatoes
|
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|
USDA
using satellites to monitor farmers |
|
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Congress
must include rural America in its 2006 agenda
|
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|
USDA
determines citrus canker eradication not feasible |
|
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Governor
Bush appoints J. Luis Rodriguez to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation
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Food Industry Advances In Labeling Fight |
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December 2005 |
|
Farmers to divvy up $200M in storm aid |
|
President signs bill prohibiting funds for PRP |
|
US
CONGRESS APPROVES DRACONIAN IMMIGRATION REFORM |
|
Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws |
|
U.S. House bill would crack down on illegal immigrants |
|
Millions of Mexicans worked for decades in U.S. as
braceros |
|
Local tomato prices growing |
|
Free
Trade is Becoming Harder to Swallow |
|
Fruits and vegetables: are yours safe to eat? |
|
WWII bracero program revisited |
|
Ag industries fear help shortage |
|
Growing
healthy babies |
|
November 2005 |
|
China's
shadow at Doha table |
|
Agriculture stalls U.S. trade talks |
|
Farmworkers target McDonald's to boost wages for tomato
pickers |
|
Martinez proposes $2 billion in hurricane aid for farmers |
|
BRONSON LAUDS AGRICULTURE DISASTER AID BILL |
|
Tomatoes, peppers and a rotten policy |
|
Congressman slams farm subsidy provision |
|
Mexican grape group will send its fruit to China |
|
Bush, Bronson Visit South Florida Farms Devastated
by Wilma |
|
Senate Clears Agriculture Appropriations
Bill |
|
NEW
GROUP TO CERTIFY GOOD FARM LABOR PRACTICES |
|
Chemical companies preparing to raise prices |
|
Outbreaks of salmonella infections associated with
eating Roma tomatoes |
|
October 2005 |
|
Japanese Panel Declares U.S. Beef Safe |
|
JOHANNS ANNOUNCES $800 MILLION IN HURRICANE DISASTER
ASSISTANCE |
|
Miami picks up the pieces after Wilma |
|
Wilma leaves ruined crops in its wake |
|
Enough fiddling: It's time to give
AgJobs a chance |
|
Congress Delays COOL Behind Closed Doors Again |
|
Publix drops Ag-Mart tomatoes |
|
Grower makes right call to restrict pesticide use |
|
Copeland Joins Race For Agriculture and Consumer Services
in Florida |
|
BRONSON LAUDS NEW INFUSION OF FUNDS INTO CITRUS CANKER
ERADICATION PROGRAM |
|
ACGA Opposes USDA Service Cuts Farm Programs Must Be
Greatly Simplified Before We Curtail Essential Services |
|
September 2005 |
|
Citrus greening disease threatens state's citrus industry |
|
House Passes Historic Endangered
Species Act Improvement Bill |
|
Senate votes to delay FSA office closings |
|
US Puts Bold Market Access Plan To WTO
Talks |
|
Florida growers ask Ag Secretary to
promote fruits and vegetables |
|
Senate Bill Would Postpone Fight Over Food Labeling
Issue Until Conference |
|
Scripps set to break ground on biotech village at Mecca
site |
|
Pinched load of tomatoes yields $3 million in coke |
|
Johanns Expresses Disappointment in Anti-Dumping Allegations |
|
As
Senate Nears Vote on Agriculture Agency's Appropriations, Industry Cash
Speaks Louder than Consumers' Voices |
|
Farmworker housing |
|
Spain: tomatoes 25% more expensive this year |
|
Reggie Brown: Florida Tomato Committee |
|
July 2005 |
|
An Australian minister has asked supermarkets to change
buying practices to help local producers. |
|
CFR's Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada |
|
Florida's
pesticide inspectors spread thin |
|
Tomato labelling victory |
|
No to CAFTA: As happened with NAFTA, U.S. farmers will
suffer |
|
June 2005 |
|
U.S. Senate Approves Central American Free Trade Agreement |
|
Making of a politician |
|
NFU Commends Senate Legislation to Implement COOL |
|
U.S. sugar firmly against trade proposal |
|
Hill speaks out after tour of E. Palatka labor camp |
|
Emboldened farmworkers take on fast-food industry |
|
USDA Announces BSE Test Results
and New Protocol for Confirmatory Testing |
|
NCBA Statement on USDA Announcement of BSE Case |
|
American Corn Growers Reaffirm Opposition to CAFTA |
|
13 trees Washington planted still standing |
|
PUBLIC CITIZEN NEWS RELEASE |
|
Eating Blind During Barbeque Season |
|
Pacific Tomato fills new VP slot |
|
Virginia among top three tomato states |
|
May 2005 |
|
Florida's citrus growers group backs free trade accord |
|
Florida's citrus growers group backs free trade accord |
|
Country-of-Origin Labeling |
|
Worker Protection Law Covers Duties of Labor Contractors |
|
Central American Free Trade Agreement
faces obstacles |
|
New crops will be planted in fall,
but the housing shortage has no quick fix. |
|
Groups gearing up for farm bill
discussions |
|
Seafood labeling law in effect; more scheduled |
| >
| Effect Of Minimum Wage Boost Expected To Be Minimal |
|
Pesticide watchdog called ag lap dog |
|
April 2005 |
|
Farm Leaders from Brazil, U.S., Europe and Africa Announce
Common Ground on Trade Reforms |
|
Farmworker-Residency Measure Stalls in Senate |
|
Government to Unveil New Food Pyramid |
|
Senate Takes Up Immigration Bill |
|
Senate Strikes Deal on Immigration Issues |
|
Tomato prices ‘on
fire’ |
|
A COOL Victory in Montana |
|
Weather slows start of Florida spring deal |
|
Bill would help farmers, raise land values |
|
State-grown apples
are culled and cut by hand on the juice line at S. Martinelli & Co.
in Watsonville |
|
Johanns tells United he will work with industry |
|
COOL Moves Forward on Two Fronts |
|
Genetically Modified Foods Eaten Regularly |
|
US CORN EXPORTS OVERWHELM MEXICAN
MARKET |
|
March 2005 |
|
Development by force |
|
Chinese textile imports soar |
|
Farmworkers win wage increase in
fight against Yum! |
|
COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS,
TACO BELLR REACH GROUNDBREAKING AGREEMENT |
|
USDA plans meet further resistance |
|
Choice for water board creates
serious conflict |
|
Mandatory Identification and Traceability
of Cattle Supported By International Conference |
|
Rain dampens hopes for West Mexico
growing season |
|
UglyRipe tomato's marketing gets
backing in U.S. Senate |
|
Florida tomato fight is getting
ugly |
|
Injunction granted in border battle |
|
WORC Calls for Labeling Beef Before
Reopening Canadian Border to Cattle Imports |
|
GOVERNOR APPOINTS THREE TO THE GOVERNING BOARD, SOUTH
FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT |
|
Febuary 2005 |
|
Record
supplies will depress U.S. exports over 2004 |
|
Zero ag trade balance could be
in offing for 2005 |
|
Lower production, lower prices
in USDA's forecast |
|
Australia finds own problems with
herbicide resistance |
|
Chinese corn exports picking up |
|
Florida Farmers, Inc. Chairman
inducted into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame |
|
Bush, Congress brace for battle over Central America
trade pact |
|
USDA moves to settle Florida tomato
dispute over UglyRipe |
|
Bipartisan Migrant Labor Bill Filed |
|
$400 million quarterly loss pounds
Winn-Dixie |
|
Commerce Department to Investigate OJ Dumping |
|
January 2005 |
|
`Mr.
Tomato' Named To Ag Hall Of Fame |
|
No shortage
of Florida tomatoes |
|
EU Resumes Wheat Export Subsidies |
|
Florida tomato prices plummet |
|
Senate confirms Johanns as agriculture secretary |
|
Senator Says No Canada Trade Without COOL |
|
Florida growers abandon 60 million pounds of tomatoes
on the vine |
|
Tomato growers say prices are too
high |
|
HUGE CROP OF FLORIDA TOMATOES REMAINS
UNPICKED |
|
Trade deficit hits new record |
|
Advisory committee recalls accomplishments |
|
State may tighten tomato-export
standards |
|
Statement on Proposed Resumption of Cattle Imports
from Canada |
|
South Florida's a winter vegetable
standout |
|
BSE Confirmed in Canada |
|
Beware
of Cavorting with the Global Green Giants |
|
Suspected BSE Case Identified in
Canada |
|
December 2004 |
|
Minimum Wage Increases
in Five States |
|
Tariff Sought Against Brazil |
|
Supermarket Giants Crush Central American Farmers |
|
Chambliss to lead Senate Agriculture Committee |
|
Support for U.S. in Food Dispute |
|
Taiwan stops U.S. apple imports |
|
Florida Farmers to be honored |
|
Enid whistleblower to receive more
than $3 million |
|
Staring down the cold |
|
Senators blast Treasury's Cuba
trade proposal |
|
U.S. Senate Approves Specialty
Crop Competitiveness Act |
|
New rules require better food records |
|
November 2004 |
|
FARM IMPORTS OVERTAKE EXPORTS |
|
Mexican Greenhouse Vegetables |
|
Surging
Imports Of Food Threaten Wider Trade Gap |
|
Daschle
defeat hurts country-of-origin labeling for food |
|
eFoodSafety.com,
Inc. Signs Master Distributor Agreement in China |
|
October
2004 |
|
Why
Mecca Farms is right site for Scripps |
|
BRONSON
COMMENDS PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS FOR DISASTER AID |
|
Disaster
relief approved for farmers hammered by drought, floods |
|
Trying
to root out unsafe foods |
|
Senate
tax bill passes after 2 years. |
|
Prominent
farmer Louis Mecca, 80 |
|
HOUSE
PASSES AGRICULTURE DISASTER ASSISTANCE |
| September
2004 |
|
Seafood
sellers stuck with a new label? |
|
Medfly
infestation close to U.S. border |
|
Bush
seeks $7.1 billion in hurricane aid |
|
FOOD
BIOSECURITY |
|
Florida
agriculture's hurricane hit: $3 billion |
|
Seafood
set for origin labeling |
|
USDA
ISSUES REGULATORY ACTION ON MANDATORY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR FISH
AND SHELLFISH |
|
In
produce and politics, looks matter |
|
BRONSON
LAUDS ASSISTANCE TO AG INDUSTRY |
|
VENEMAN
ANNOUNCES HURRICANE AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR FLORIDA PRODUCERS |
|
Bushes
Agree on Florida Agricultural Aid |
|
Lets
Defeat Amendment 5 |
|
Paul
DiMare to be inducted in to the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame. |
|
Water
managers approve $797.2 million budget |
|
Fish
farm fails to net profits for Nova Southeastern |
|
WTO
subsidy ruling concerns U.S. growers |
|
Farmers
flock to seek help with losses |
|
Aid
for Fla. agriculture promised in Congress |
|
COMMITTEE
TO SUPPORT U.S. TRADE LAWS |
|
Castor,
Martinez win U.S. Senate primaries |
| August
2004 |
|
Arkansas
vegetables swamped by rains |
|
Zoellick's
WTO Commitment to Slash Safety Net for Farm Families is Typical of Administration's
Record on Farm Policy |
|
Look
At Free Trade's Real Impact On Florida |
|
Researchers
continue battle against tomato spotted wilt virus |
| July
2004 |
|
House
Agriculture Committee Passes Voluntary Country of Origin Labeling |
|
NFU
Disappointed in House Ag Committee Vote to Kill COOL |
|
Wachovia
is urged to make record pledge |
|
Farm-Worker
Bill Becomes a Hot Potato |
|
Bush
signs fruit and vegetable program into law |
| June
2004 |
|
Brazil's
Spreading Exports Worry Minnesota Farmers |
|
Implement
law for labeling meat, produce without further delay. |
|
Canadian
program lures Mexican migrants north |
|
Stores
Charge Big Markups On Goods Intended to Help Farmers in Poor Countries Bananas
at $2.74 a Bunch |
|
African
trade bill draws fire |
|
Proponents
exaggerate unity on origin labeling |
| May
2004 |
|
Yum
Brands offered to help |
|
Florida's
farmers pleased with passage of agricultural act |
|
NEWS
FROM SENATOR TOM DASCHLE and SENATOR TIM JOHNSON |
|
Plant
disease under the homeland security microscope |
|
USDA
Forecasts Final COOL Rules By July |
|
Federal
support grows for farm labor bill |
|
CSUSTL
Takes The Washington Post To Task For Unfair Trade Column |
|
FTAA
still at an impasse |
| April
2004 |
|
Western
Growers urges workers comp rate cuts |
|
Speaker
of House Hastert vows support for COOL |
|
Veneman
Announces Encouraging Trade Forecasts |
|
Housing
project for farmworkers draws protests |
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India,
Brazil oppose agri tariff formula at WTO |
|
Is
the Customer Ever Right at USDA? |
|
Firm
calls produce laser labeling ’revolutionary’ |
|
Corn
Growers Join 126 Organizations Demanding Implementation of Labeling Law |
|
Methyl
bromide exemption granted |
| March
2004 |
|
Bob
Crawford to leave Citrus Department |
|
Who
is for the farm worker? |
|
Coalition,
dignitaries rally for farmworkers' human rights |
|
Sign
up deadline approaches |
|
Bush
endorses package to protect foreign workers |
|
Plan
protects farmworkers |
|
Consumers
Question What Food Safe to Eat |
| Febuary
2004 |
|
Farmworkers
to rally at Yum! Brands headquarters |
|
USDA
sees imports growing faster than exports |
|
Farmworkers
Lobby Taco Bell to Press Growers For Higher Pay |
|
Imports
key ingredient in horticulture trade |
|
Free
trade raises concerns |
|
Textile
groups unite on import crisis |
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