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Grain News (Grainnet.com)
Washington—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced March 25 that USDA 's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is seeking proposals to provide assistance to Haiti and Afghanistan through the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition (McGovern-Dole) Program from nonprofit charitable organizations, cooperatives, the United Nations World Food Program and other ...
Electric cooperatives under negotiation Play Video (KTVQ Billings)
BILLINGS - Almost a year ago, members of the Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative found themselves facing higher power bills. Rates had jumped an average of 17 percent because of a wholesale power contract.
Privatized kibbutzim face hefty tax bills (Haaretz Daily)
Privatizing a kibbutz may be intended as a step forward economically for members, but kibbutzim that have undergone the process may find themselves paying much more in taxes than when they were socialist cooperatives.
Dunsmuir council passes medical marijuana ordinance (Mount Shasta Area Newspapers)
Dunsmuir, Calif. - By Ami Ridling The city of Dunsmuir now has an ordinance that regulates Proposition 215 medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives.
More disaster counties in Iowa (Omaha World-Herald)
Twelve Iowa counties have been added to the list of those receiving a presidential disaster declaration for damage sustained during the January ice storms.
Wren School Security Budget Advisory: Lean Economic Times Don't Justify Jeopardizing Student Safety (redOrbit)
ATLANTA, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The ongoing recession has public institutions from the post office to state and federal government agencies examining every last dime that affects their bottom line budgets.
FE Editorial: After Bharti (Express India)
The final fructification of the high-profile deal between Bharti Airtel and Zain, which will give the Indian telecom giant a..
Justice for Black Farmers Has Been Denied for Too Long (Skanner)
When President Abraham Lincoln created the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1862 he referred to it as the People’s Department. The problem is that its services have never been available to all the people.
State farm groups differ on EPA rules on greenhouse gases, health care law (Rapid City Journal)
At least two major South Dakota farm groups differ on how the state should respond to proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, as well as on the new national health care law.
Tesco kicks off RM30m price cut campaign (Business Times (Malaysia))
BRITISH retailer Tesco has started the first leg of this year's campaign to lower retail prices of its products by a total of RM30 million.