Tag: agricultural organization

How to Build a Farm in the Dark: Building an Urban FarmHow to Build a Farm in the Dark: Building an Urban Farm

The farming industry is an incredibly complex system.Farmers in the United States rely on both the state and federal government for much of their livelihood.The Federal government provides the majority

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Sheaf Agriculture Committee Votes to Rescind Bill to Eliminate Crop Insurance CoverageSheaf Agriculture Committee Votes to Rescind Bill to Eliminate Crop Insurance Coverage

The House Agriculture Committee voted Wednesday to rescind the Farm Bill bill, ending a key piece of the farm bill that the House passed in May.The Agriculture Committee passed the

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How the Irish are fighting the ‘war on grain’How the Irish are fighting the ‘war on grain’

A decade ago, the Irish had the world’s biggest harvest of barley, the largest ever.Now they have a problem: the world is running out of wheat, which accounts for a

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Monsanto wants to buy up grain farmersMonsanto wants to buy up grain farmers

Monsanto is looking to buy out some of the nation’s largest grain farmers and farmers markets.Agriculture Secretary Gene Karpinski told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that the company was

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