http://www.agobservatory.org RSS Feed of the latest headlines from Agriculture Observatory http://www.tradeobservatory.org/img/icon_iatp.gif http://www.agobservatory.org 60 161 44.963365-93.261798 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/1_32CbG952M/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106436 Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee will vet options this week for the sweeping energy and climate bill, which they...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/1_32CbG952M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106436 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/lUenr7GjN-A/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106433 While farmers markets and garden parties might be associated more with upscale wine-and-cheese communities around Chicago, the wine-and-wafer crowds of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/lUenr7GjN-A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106433 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/eV1PEa7rdRs/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106424 The House Agriculture Committee chairman threatened Thursday to slow the progress of a food safety bill until the concerns of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/eV1PEa7rdRs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106424 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/AnAA9DFfqH0/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106425 The climate change legislation now before the Senate has succeeded in doing something neither the nation’s environmental groups or the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/AnAA9DFfqH0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106425 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/wZqsE_kyNcY/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106426 WASHINGTON -- Legislation to overhaul the nation's food-safety system has spurred a backlash from livestock and grain farmers who don't...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/wZqsE_kyNcY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106426 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/Jn8WphQFH_A/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106427 ADDISON COUNTY, VT — In a year when dismal federal milk prices have slammed Vermont’s dairy industry, unmooring the cornerstone...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/Jn8WphQFH_A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106427 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/DoGN-gphgTw/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106417 Washington -- Dick Peixoto planted hedges of fennel and flowering cilantro around his organic vegetable fields in the Pajaro Valley...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/DoGN-gphgTw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106417 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/jMVhLvuDuOM/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106418 Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., introduced the amendment to the Affordable Health Choices Act being considered by the Senate Health Committee....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/jMVhLvuDuOM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106418 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/laNYapfnP88/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106415 HELENA, Mont. - A Montana-based research and development company for cereal grains. WestBred LLC, has been acquired by Monsanto, the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/laNYapfnP88" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106415 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/_6NeoINmodA/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106412 Wayne Prichard knows this from experience. A dairy farmer near Burlington for 35 years, Prichard said right now his industry...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/_6NeoINmodA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106412 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/kjvptNsDfFc/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106399 Powerful members of the Senate Agriculture Committee are angling to include even more farm and ethanol-friendly provisions to their chamber's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/kjvptNsDfFc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106399 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/-B_LpmzTd6A/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106394 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of Jerold R. Mande, M.P.H., as Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/-B_LpmzTd6A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106394 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/Eay17W3UOs8/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106398 The writing and passage of the 2008 farm bill was hardly a smooth ride. So perhaps it shouldn’t be a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/Eay17W3UOs8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106398 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/6TC_PJxoQ78/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106365 The American Soybean Association has submitted comments to the House Ag Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management regarding...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/6TC_PJxoQ78" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106365 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~3/5NI2uj94PGY/headlines.cfm http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106374 WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives has written a $123.8 billion farm-spending bill that's loaded with congressional earmarks.Brushing off conservative...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AgricultureObservatory/~4/5NI2uj94PGY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106374