Topic: U.S. Department of Agriculture
The 2008 Farm Bill was passed on May 22 , 2008 , when the Senate overrode President Bush's veto. The bill is the funding mechanism for most of the programs of the United States Department of Agriculture. Although most of the programs ...
Many U.S. bankers, and home mortgage lenders, have clearly engaged in a form of legalized racketeering, or predatory lending, since 1999. In the case of Regions Bank, they just agreed to pay a fine (settlement) in excess of $1 million for fraud, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators on Thursday approved Elizabeth Hagen as the top food-safety official at the U.S. Agriculture Department, a post that was vacant for months, and Catherine Woteki to oversee USDA's research arm.Hagen and Woteki were confirmed as agriculture undersecretaries by ...
Ga. Senate candidate talks race at USDA; says didn't speak to white person until high schoolDemocratic U.S. Senate candidate Michael Thurmond from Georgia says he used to be suspicious of white people because he never spoke to one until his all-black high ...
Agriculture Department says it may ban additives DHA and ARA from organic infant formulaThe Agriculture Department says it may ban two synthetic additives from organic baby formula, overturning a Bush administration decision to allow them.The USDA said Tuesday that the department incorrectly ...
President-elect Barack Obama's vision of a more open government in 2008 became a presidential directive in late 2009 and has now taken shape as a whole mess of plans. Reaction to those plans was muted last week - not by a lack ...
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) plans to introduce new legislation aimed at improving the safety of food served under U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National School Lunch Program.. Both bills are in response to an Aug. 20, 2009 report from the Government Accountability ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will serve a sampling of traditional school lunch menu items to members of Congress next week to illustrate improvements its has made in the nutritional quality and taste of the $1.2 billion in school commodity foods ...
Arkansas farmers detail crop losses from flooding as congressional panel meets in Little RockArkansas farmers say that a record amount of rainfall and flooding this year has put a strain on their crops and their infrastructure.Farmers and farming advocacy groups on Monday ...
National Restaurant Association spends $840,000 in 2Q to lobby on food safety, worker issuesThe National Restaurant Association spent $840,000 in the second quarter to lobby on food safety, seasonal workers and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.The trade group that ...
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Southern Drought Farmers
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Plum Island Sale
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Ground Beef Recall
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USDA GMO Policy
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USDA Food Safety Tips For Holiday ...
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USDA Launches MyPlate Spanish
The US Department of Agriculture has unveiled a Spanish version ...2011-10-14
