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Brazil share of China soy import market hits 53% in 2017
AgriCensus | Posted onJanuary 30, 2018 in Agriculture NewsBrazil’s share of the lucrative and expanding soybean market in China grew to above 53% in 2017, as better quality beans and a huge Brazilian crop sent buyers away from the US. According to Chinese customs data, Brazil's exports to China rose 33% on the year to almost 51 million mt.That is out of a total of 95.5 million mt and compares with US exports of 32.8 million mt, down 3.8%, and Argentinian exports of 6.5 million mt.
Why do people leave, and what helps bring them back?
Daily Yonder | Posted onJanuary 30, 2018 in Rural NewsU.S. Census data shows that many of those leaving rural Montana are the young people, the high school graduates who leave to pursue post-secondary education and don’t come back. “If you can marry a superior and superb quality of life with the reliability and convenience of strong infrastructure, including internet connections and fiber connections, places like Choteau and Fairfield and Cut Bank and Shelby, become far more relevant and attractive for business development than they would be otherwise,” Tuss said.
Fossil fuel developments on U.S. public lands emit more greenhouse gases than most countries.
Grist | Posted onJanuary 30, 2018 in Energy NewsAccording to a report released by The Wilderness Society “If U.S. public lands were their own country, they would rank fifth in the world for greenhouse gas emissions.” There’s been a big hullaballoo over Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s plans to turn our public lands over to industry interests.
U.S. EPA reverses policy on 'major sources' of pollution
Reuters | Posted onJanuary 30, 2018 in Federal NewsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is withdrawing a provision of the Clean Air Act that requires a major source of pollution like a power plant to always be treated as a major source, even if it makes changes to reduce emissions. The decision to withdraw the “once-in always-in” policy is part of President Donald Trump’s effort to roll back federal regulations and was sought by utilities, the petroleum industry and others.
Business GOP lawmakers condemn Trump’s tariff decision ahead of NAFTA talks
The Washington Post | Posted onJanuary 30, 2018 in Federal NewsRepublican senators on Wednesday condemned President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on washing machines and solar panels, exposing simmering GOP divisions over international trade that threaten the uneasy alliance between the president and lawmakers of his own party. “I don’t agree with it, I think it’s a bad path to head down,” Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said of the tariff decisions.
Proposal would tie Oregon wolf compensation to population
Capital Press | Posted onJanuary 29, 2018 in Rural, SARL Members and Alumni NewsOregon House Bill 4106 would directly correlate the amount of compensation ranchers receive for wolf attacks on livestock with the overall wolf population statewide. House Bill 4106 requires the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife to prepare a report each biennium detailing the change in wolf population over the preceding two years. Legislators would then allocate money from the general fund to the Department of Agriculture’s Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance Grant Program based on the change.The bill is spearheaded by Rep.
Immigration Crackdown Raises Fears of Seeking Health Care
Roll Call | Posted onJanuary 29, 2018 in Rural NewsMany people get nervous any time they need to go to the doctor. But in the past year, some U.S. residents became more concerned than usual. Immigrants around the country who are on edge about broader enforcement under the Trump administration have been skipping appointments, questioning whether enrolling in government-funded health care coverage could undermine their immigration applications and showing anxiety about visiting unfamiliar physicians, according to nearly two dozen medical providers and lawyers interviewed recently.
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Poultry plants have jobs to fill, but workers are scarce
Gainesville Times | Posted onJanuary 29, 2018 in Agriculture NewsOn the floors of a poultry processing plant in Murrayville, workers speak 13 different languages. Fieldale Farms President Tom Hensley said he estimates about 50 or so refugees and other immigrants come to Murrayville from the metro Atlanta area daily to work in the plant.“They come up in 15-passenger vans full, so there’d be five or six vans every day coming from Clarkston up to Murrayville and going back from Murrayville to Clarkston every day,” he said. But Hensley could use 200 more people right away at the company’s locations in Gainesville, Murrayville and Cornelia.
Rise in severity of hottest days outpaces global average temperature increase
Science Daily | Posted onJanuary 29, 2018 in NewsWhile our planet's average annual temperature has increased at a steady pace in recent decades, there has been an alarming jump in the severity of the hottest days of the year during that same period, with the most lethal effects in the world's largest cities.