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  • Vitter Urges Approval of Louisiana Ag Disaster Designation 20 Nov 2009 19:34 GMT
    ... Nov 20, 2009 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- ... David Vitter today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack urging his quick approval ... approval of a natural disaster designation for Louisiana. "Our state's agricultural sector is still recovering ...

  • Strain: State still waiting for funds 20 Nov 2009 07:26 GMT
    ... The state agriculture department should have nearly all of ... and Ike and Tropical Storm Faye cost Louisiana farmers about $1 billion, according to estimates ... Strain said he also has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to designate Louisiana parishes as disaster areas ...

  • LSU AgCenter wins $3 million grant to research sweet potatoes 20 Nov 2009 18:21 GMT
    ... The latest business news from New Orleans and south Louisiana LSU AgCenter wins $3 million grant to ... safety. The grant, announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was included in more than $46 million ...

  • GMO Rice - U.S. Suit Confirms Contamination in Country, ERA 20 Nov 2009 00:30 GMT
    ... THE legal action instituted against Bayer CropScience AG by ... contamination. More than 1,000 farmers from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri, have sued Bayer ... for their crops was curtailed when the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2006 announced that trace amounts of ...

  • USDA: Progress made in harvest of cotton, other crops in Louisiana, Mississippi 17 Nov 2009 17:37 GMT
    ... headway on their rain-delayed fall harvest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cotton farmers in Louisiana and Mississippi had completed at least 85 ... condition of cotton, soybeans and other crops. USDA rated 91 percent of Louisiana and 99 percent ...

  • USDA says Nebraska corn harvest nearly half done 17 Nov 2009 21:34 GMT
    ... USDA says Nebraska corn harvest nearly half done Farmers ... headway on their rain-delayed fall harvest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cotton farmers in Louisiana and Mississippi had completed at least 85 ...

  • Rain dampens crop estimates 19 Nov 2009 12:12 GMT
    ... predicted across the state, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report. The forecast anticipates soybeans being down ... of Agriculture and Commerce news release. The USDA announced Tuesday that 79 counties in Mississippi including ... disaster declaration includes counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. The disaster declaration makes available ...

  • Farmers make progress in delayed harvest 17 Nov 2009 11:31 GMT
    ... headway on their rain-delayed fall harvest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cotton farmers in Louisiana and Mississippi had completed at least 85 ... condition of cotton, soybeans and other crops. USDA rated 91 percent of Louisiana and 99 percent ...

  • Farmers make progress in delayed harvest 17 Nov 2009 18:18 GMT
    ... headway on their rain-delayed fall harvest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cotton farmers in Louisiana and Mississippi had completed at least 85 ... condition of cotton, soybeans and other crops. USDA rated 91 percent of Louisiana and 99 percent ...

  • Catfish genome research complete 17 Nov 2009 12:55 GMT
    ... University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine was ... and the work was funded through a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant. “Edwardsiella ictaluri is the causative agent of ...

  • USDA Release: AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES $13.4 MILLION IN COMMUNITY CONNECT BROADBAND GRANTS 17 Nov 2009 03:16 GMT
    ... USDA Release: AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES $13.4 MILLION IN COMMUNITY CONNECT ... Valley Network, Inc. - $834,164 (Clark Fork) Louisiana: Nexus Systems, Inc. - $924,308 (Enterprise) Missouri: ...

  • Killer bees aren't so smart 18 Nov 2009 16:12 GMT
    ... African subspecies, says Thomas Rinderer of the USDA, ARS Honey Bee Breeding Genetics and Physiology Research Laboratory in Baton ... and Physiology Research Laboratory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. African bees come from a landscape where ...

  • EDITORIAL: Fish stew 17 Nov 2009 16:55 GMT
    ... Nov 14, 2009 (Houston Chronicle - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via ... have devastating effects on the industry," said Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu. "We stand united to ... of meat and poultry -- to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Now, a total of 13 federal agencies ...

  • GMO Rice - U.S. Suit Confirms Contamination in Country, ERA 19 Nov 2009 23:43 GMT
    ... THE legal action instituted against Bayer CropScience AG by ... contamination. More than 1,000 farmers from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri, have sued Bayer ... for their crops was curtailed when the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2006 announced that trace amounts of ...

  • Food stamp fraud alleged 17 Nov 2009 09:09 GMT
    ... The indicted include current and former employees of the Louisiana Department of Social Services' Office of Family ... 57-count federal indictment accuses them of diverting U.S. Department of Agriculture Disaster Food Stamp funds to themselves, family ...


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