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| 25505 | 9/29/2008 4:18:09 PM | Country-Of-Origin Labeling Forms Available on Web | AFBF has prepared implementation guidelines for livestock producers to comply with the new mandatory country-of-origin labeling that takes effect Tuesday. |
| 25503 | 9/29/2008 2:03:18 PM | Chasing Butterflies | Guided by nothing but 25 million years of instinct, a tiny, fragile creature that weighs less than a dime flies thousands of miles to a place it’s never been to find its ‘true love’. |
| 25495 | 9/24/2008 1:44:14 PM | Farm Bureau Helps Jump-Start Rural Economy Through Business Success Seminar | Farm Bureau’s popular Renew Rural Iowa business seminar is back with a new one-day event designed to help rural business owners affected by the recent down-turn in the economy recharge their businesses. |
| 25492 | 9/22/2008 3:12:29 PM | Ode To Hamster Funerals, Cat Tiaras and Doggie Beds | We had a funeral for a hamster this week. No, seriously. One of my 11-year-old’s hamsters got out of its cage and one of our cats, well, ate it (part of it, anyway). |
| 25491 | 9/22/2008 2:35:31 PM | No spotlight for farmers doing the right things | It was definitely another day of “bad news is good news” in Iowa this week. |
| 25490 | 9/22/2008 2:25:08 PM | It's National Farm Safety Week | President Bush has declared this week “National Farm Safety and Health Week,” calling on agencies, organizations and businesses that serve America’s agricultural workers to continue to strengthen their commitment to promoting farm safety and health programs.
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| 25481 | 9/19/2008 9:31:26 AM | Cattle Ultrasound Business That Helps "Trim the Fat" Wins Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur of the Month Award | UltraInsights Processing Lab, Inc., located in rural Diagonal, wins Iowa Farm Bureau’s coveted Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur of the Month Award. UltraInsights was founded six years ago by a farm couple who first met while working in the research labs at Iowa State University (ISU). |
| 25480 | 9/18/2008 1:26:40 PM | Survey Explores Health Insurance Cost, Coverage | The good news: Nine out of 10 of America’s farm and ranch families polled in a recent survey are covered by health insurance. |
| 25478 | 9/17/2008 4:35:07 PM | Iowa Farmers React to Bayard Animal Abuse Case | The Coalition to Support Iowa Farmers (CSIF) joined in the condemnation of the Bayard animal cruelty allegations. |
| 25476 | 9/17/2008 11:33:48 AM | Farm Bureau Members Outraged by Bayard Animal Abuse Allegations | “Criminal” and “reprehensible”; two words that come to mind for fellow livestock farmers who have heard the allegations of shocking animal abuse at a livestock farm in Bayard. |
| 25467 | 9/11/2008 8:32:58 AM | Rural Development Gets Boost | USDA announced Tuesday that 35 groups in 25 states will receive $6.3 million in training and technical assistance grants through the Rural Community Development Initiative program. |
| 25466 | 9/11/2008 8:30:29 AM | California Prop. 2 Harmful to Hens and Humans | Californians for Safe Foods say “Prop. 2 is NOT about the treatment of animals – it’s about housing standards for egg-laying hens.” |
| 25465 | 9/11/2008 8:28:47 AM | Bird Flu Outbreak in Idaho Provides Wake Up Call | An Associated Press article in the Sept. 4 Mercury News reported that Idaho Department of Agriculture officials quarantined a Boise bird farm after a strain of Bird Flu was identified. |
| 25463 | 9/8/2008 1:29:03 PM | Farm Bureau Aids Iowa's Flood and Tornado Victims with $100,000 Donation | Gift Targeted to 2008 Iowa Disaster Fund to Support Food Banks Depleted by Natural Disasters |
| 25453 | 9/5/2008 3:43:22 PM | Farm Bureau Members set State and National Policies on Comprehensive Energy, Education and Road Infrastructure Needs. | Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF), the state’s largest grassroots farm organization, set policy on a variety of issues during their annual Summer Policy Conference in West Des Moines. Voting delegates debated and adopted policy on many issues including a comprehensive energy plan, education reform and the need to improve Iowa’s flood-damaged rural roads. |
| 25452 | 9/3/2008 2:26:03 PM | World's Largest Ethanol Exporter May Challenge U.S. | An article published yesterday by Reuters reports that Brazil, the world’s largest ethanol exporter, may soon challenge the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over its tariffs on imports of the fuel. Brazil’s foreign minister, Celso Amorin, said, “My reading is that we have a very strong case and so there is a good chance we will challenge.” |
| 25451 | 9/3/2008 2:26:00 PM | World's Largest Ethanol Exporter May Challenge U.S. | An article published yesterday by Reuters reports that Brazil, the world’s largest ethanol exporter, may soon challenge the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over its tariffs on imports of the fuel. Brazil’s foreign minister, Celso Amorin, said, “My reading is that we have a very strong case and so there is a good chance we will challenge.” |
| 25443 | 8/27/2008 11:00:27 AM | FCC Chairman Wants Broadband Across America | Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, believes that high speed Internet access is so important to the welfare of U.S. consumers that America can’t afford not to offer it free of charge to anybody who wants it, according to an article in USA Today. |
| 25442 | 8/27/2008 10:57:44 AM | U.S. Consumers Most Concerned About Food Safety | A consumer trust survey to be released at the Center for Food Integrity’s (CFI) 2008 Food System Summit in October indicates U.S. consumers are more concerned about the safety of the food they eat than the war in Iraq or global warming. |
| 25434 | 8/19/2008 3:10:56 PM | Iowa Farm Bureau Announces 2008 Friends of Agriculture | State’s largest grassroots organization encourages voters to consider designations during November elections |