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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 7:23 am ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- World cereal production will reach 2.234 billion metric tons this year, more than forecast in July on a bigger-than-expected wheat crop, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 24 minutes ago
At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 31 minutes ago
Food prices remain stubbornly high in the developing world despite a strong cereal harvest this year, and 31 countries need emergency aid, the UN food agency warned on Tuesday.
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USA Today - Tue Nov 10, 3:07 am ET
Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq.
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Clarinda Herald-Journal - 1 hour 29 minutes ago
Senior Meal every third Sunday at Clarinda Regional Health Center
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 8:49 pm ET
At first glance, Giuseppe Oglio's farm near Milan looks like it's suffering from neglect. Weeds run rampant amid the rice fields and clover grows unchecked around his millet crop.
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High Plains Observer - 1 hour 20 minutes ago
Spearman, Texas, November 10, 2009-Rick Hargrove, Executive Director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Hansford County, Texas announced that the 2009 FSA county committee elections start as ballots are being mailed to eligible voters.
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Washington Post - Tue Nov 10, 12:00 am ET
We used to hear so much about the destruction of the Amazon rain forest, but lately not a word. So what happened: Did we save it, or not?
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Voice of America - 6 minutes ago
The poorest countries continue to face very high food prices, even though prices have dropped elsewhere in the world.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 6:34 pm ET
Poor nations battered by record food prices last year need international help to raise agricultural output given conditions are still ripe for another food crisis, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation's chief said.
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The Frederick News-Post - Tue Nov 10, 2:11 am ET
MOUNT AIRY — A wine-tasting room built with materials grown or gathered at Black Ankle Vineyards garnered a green award at the recent Maryland Tourism and Travel Summit in Ocean City
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TruckingInfo.com - Tue Nov 10, 3:13 am ET
11/10/2009 - Diesel Takes First Dip in Four Weeks Diesel broke its four-week rise, falling 0.7 cents to $2.801 Monday, landing at the same price as Oct. 26...
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New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 1:27 pm ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A hard rain can be deadly here. A family of four was reported killed late last month when rushing st...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 25 minutes ago
Drought and war in eastern Africa have left more than 20 million people in desperate need of emergency food aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Entrpreneur.com - 2 hours 21 minutes ago
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Cape Gazette - 2 hours 16 minutes ago
William Donald Clifton II, executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency in Delaware recently announced that enrollment for the 2010 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program and the Average Crop Revenue Election program has begun and will continue through June 1, 2010.
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TruckingInfo.com - Tue Nov 10, 3:13 am ET
By teaming up with in-truck driver coaching aid Tiwi, Valvoline is offering fleets real fuel savings through its new Fuel Proof Guarantee program.
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Adirondack Daily Enterprise - 8 minutes ago
TUPPER LAKE - "Green" jobs have often been thought of as those associated with alternative energy or occupations such as organic farming, but for some, the scope is much wider than that.
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Bennington Banner - Mon Nov 9, 8:37 am ET
BENNINGTON -- How do we define "local" food? What foods are local? How can we draw connections between the producers and the consumers of food? All these are among the questions that will be discussed at Bennington County's Farm-to-Plate summit, Saturday, Nov. 14, at St.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 37 minutes ago
Pennsylvania will open nearly 32,000 acres of additional state forest land to leasing by gas drilling companies, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said.