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Agricultural producers eligible for grants to help qualify for growth and certification program

Daily Freeman 18 Oct 2019

The grants, provided by the Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, will help agriculture producers ... Eligible commodities include produce, dairy, eggs, shellfish, maple, beef, poultry, pork and craft beverages....

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Cameroon: Going Beyond Resilience!

All Africa 18 Oct 2019

In effect, for a couple of years now, most, if not all, countries across the globe have been battling to weather the storm brought about by a sharp fall in commodity prices notably that of crude oil, one of the main export produce .......

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Japan to dispatch its own self-defense troops to Strait of Hormuz: report

Arab News 18 Oct 2019

... Japan would not join its most important ally in the security mission due to its close economic ties with Iran, a major oil producer....

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Value-added ag grows Nebraska

Kearney Hub 17 Oct 2019

Nebraska’s official nickname is the Cornhusker State, and unofficially we’re known as the Beef State because of the world-class red meat produced by our cattlemen and women ... From flooding and low commodity prices to trade uncertainty and a packer fire, ag producers have been through a lot....

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Iowa’s farmers — and American eaters — need a national discussion on transforming US agriculture

Alternet 17 Oct 2019

By the 2048 caucuses, Iowa and other farm states where farmers mainly raise commodity crops like corn and soybeans could be producing a wide variety of goods and services, including annual and perennial grains, fiber and biomass crops, livestock, wind and solar energy, ethanol, biodiesel, fruits, vegetables, nuts and hops....

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Agriculture symposium takes look at what’s on the horizon for Colorado farmers, ranchers

Denver Post 17 Oct 2019

There was plenty of optimism to go around Wednesday at a Colorado Department of Agriculture symposium despite international trade disputes, low commodity prices and questions about the industry’s future in the face of an aging corps of producers....

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From state agriculture departments to Congress: Our farmers need the USMCA

The Hill 17 Oct 2019

As former heads of our states’ agriculture departments, we understand the significance an updated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico holds for growers and producers across the country ... We have worked with growers, producers, commodity groups, and governments to promote our agricultural goods....

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Farm City Banquet tickets on sale

Watauga Democrat 17 Oct 2019

Commodity groups also will award their respective producers of the year, and the Watauga Soil and Water District will present the Farm Family of the Year award ... Door prizes of baskets full of locally produced foods and goods will be drawn from ticket stubs, and an original ......

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'AECO is back in the game, baby': 400% spike in Alberta natural gas prices piques investors’ interest

Canada Dot Com 17 Oct 2019

Energy regulator shocks industry by blocking Enbridge's 'open season' process Canadian gas producers, U.S. commodity traders face off over TC Energy pipeline A fortune lies in the oilsands, but many voters want to leave it there ... gas producers in the U.S., he said....

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Palm oil body to wield stick to get consumer goods giants to go green

Yahoo Daily News 17 Oct 2019

Producers of palm oil, a commodity used in everything from ice cream to lipstick, are blamed for destroying millions of hectares of forest in Southeast Asia, in part by using slash-and-burn techniques that blanketed Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia in smog in September....

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Southeast Texas Agriculture Summit Dec. 11 at NRG Center in Houston

The Bryan Eagle 17 Oct 2019

Hemp production in Texas, emergency management topics to be discussed. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service helped collect donations of hay and other resources to provide to more than 4,500 stranded livestock during Tropical Storm Imelda ... to 2 p.m ... A variety of vendors will be on hand showcasing agricultural commodities produced in the region....

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New market would pay farmers for conservation practices

Capital Press 17 Oct 2019

It also has a host of partners including other agribusiness — such as Bayer and Tyson Foods — and farm, commodity and conservation groups. The great thing about establishing a market for credits is that producers know what they can receive for delivering a credit, said Kris ......

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Hemp processor gets $100K incentive for new site in North Carolina

Ashe Post & Times 17 Oct 2019

Hemp processor Carolina Botanical will plant its roots in North Carolina with a promise of a $100,000 performance grant from the state ... Copeland ... North Carolina is the eighth leading agricultural producing state, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The state collected more than $11 million in receipts from its commodities in 2018 ... ....