Agriculture Observatory http://www.agobservatory.org RSS Feed of the latest headlines from Agriculture Observatory Agriculture Observatory http://www.tradeobservatory.org/img/icon_iatp.gif http://www.agobservatory.org 60 161 44.963365-93.261798 Ag Subcommittee Examines Farm Bill Specialty Crop Provisions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/k13zexcb4gA/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106920 Title X of the 2008 Farm Bill was the focus of a House Ag Subcommittee hearing Wednesday. The Subcommittee on...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/k13zexcb4gA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106920 First tuna farm in U.S. approved by Hawaii regulators http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/vk5fQt9iRcs/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106933 The state Board of Land and Natural Resources voted last week 4-to-1 to give Hawaii Oceanic Technology permission to install...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/vk5fQt9iRcs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106933 State Sen. McDowell in Washington to discuss energy policy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/r1F3qgf0WhI/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106938 Washington, D.C. -Sen. Harris McDowell (D-Wilmington North), chairman of the Delaware Senate's Energy and Transit Committee, is meeting with White...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/r1F3qgf0WhI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106938 FLAG Board Retirees and Family Farm Champion Award http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/c0carPwQQEA/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106909 ST. PAUL, MINN. At a celebration dinner following its annual in-person Board meeting held last week in Albany, Georgia, Farmers'...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/c0carPwQQEA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106909 Small Meat & Poultry Plant Talks Set http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/jYldnmm6xgA/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106905 Meat and poultry producers from the 27 states that operate their own inspection services for meat and poultry processed by...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/jYldnmm6xgA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106905 Off Target - Major Retailer Accused of Organic Improprieties http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/VRA5IJcw8J8/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106891 MINNEAPOLIS, MN: A public interest group that focuses on food and agriculture, The Cornucopia Institute, announced this week that it...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/VRA5IJcw8J8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106891 Healthy Corner Stores http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/89I48eY3sCE/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106875 You probably don’t think of your neighborhood corner store as the place to go for fresh fruits and vegetables. But...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/89I48eY3sCE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106875 Illinois Awarded Specialty Crop Grants http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/K-wHnACFKbU/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106877 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois has been awarded more than $435,000 through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/K-wHnACFKbU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106877 North Dakota to survey interest in local foods for schools http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/NLrhQT7DxWc/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106872 Even in an agricultural state like North Dakota, local food isn't landing on school lunch trays."There are kids who don't...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/NLrhQT7DxWc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106872 China plans to buy 333,300 t of rapeseed oil for state reserve http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/jcNRJ17ZHT4/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106801 The Chinese government is to start its second round of rapeseed oil stockpiling this year, planning to increase stocks by...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/jcNRJ17ZHT4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106801 Uganda; Technology, Nostalgia and Anticipation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/R0JmIcxgMiE/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106802 According to some influential thinking, African universities are expected to play a pivotal role in delivering goals of strategic national...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/R0JmIcxgMiE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106802 The Indian drought causes food & sugar shortages in Pakistan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/QW2mRNNR_Rg/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106803 When there is a shortage of food grains in Hindustan, the smuggling rings of the global mafia try to get...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/QW2mRNNR_Rg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106803 South Korea may set aside rice for Asian food programme http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/nJ5cJnYy7M8/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106804 South Korea is considering setting aside rice for an Asian emergency reserve programme to help deal with its annual surplus,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/nJ5cJnYy7M8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106804 Kenya; People, Animals Dying As Drought And Famine Worsen http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/_U94OmE5VoA/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106805 The drought and famine affecting millions of people in Kenya continues to worsen and is taking lives of people and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/_U94OmE5VoA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106805 Local delights in the lunchroom http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/GbnB8Snb9OM/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106874 It wouldn't seem hard to get fresh Minnesota corn on the cob into a school cafeteria. Yet it took federal...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/GbnB8Snb9OM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106874