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ND House passes bill that would exempt horse and bike riders from DUI laws
Inforum | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in NewsThe North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill earlier this week that would exempt riders of bicycles and horses from certain criminal offenses while riding.
Dairy economists: Not a lot to be optimistic about
Capital Press | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in Agriculture NewsThe government shutdown left a void in market data for the dairy industry, with no reports on milk production, stocks, prices, world supply and demand and exports.
Washington cougar bill allows training by vetted houndsmen
Capital Press | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in Rural, SARL Members and Alumni NewsThe Humane Society of the United States has endorsed letting vetted hound handlers pursue cougars to stay sharp for when the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife needs dogs to track a big cat menacing people or livestock. Senate Bill 5320 would heighten scrutiny of the handlers used by the state. In exchange, handlers who pass muster could take their dogs out and trail cougars under a training program overseen by Fish and Wildlife.
Legislation is chnaging laying hen rules worldwide
Egg Industry | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in NewsRegulations mandating how laying hens are raised are becoming more commonplace across the globe. TheInternational Egg Commission has a database where it keeps track of each country's animal welfare legislation. Europe has very cut and drient explanation of trhe rules pertaining to how they expect all farm animals to be treated.
People Strongly Against GMOs Had Shakier Understanding Of Food Science
NPR | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in Food NewsPeople who most intensely oppose genetically modified food think they know a lot about food science, but they actually know the least, according to a peer-reviewed paper published in January in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. GMOs are widely considered safe by scientists, but opponents have said they want more science on the potential harm so that subjective arguments aren't part of the equation.
Trump rollbacks for fossil fuel industries carry steep cost
AP News | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in Energy NewsAs the Trump administration rolls back environmental and safety rules for the energy sector, government projections show billions of dollars in savings reaped by companies will come at a steep cost: more premature deaths and illnesses from air pollution, a jump in climate-warming emissions and more severe derailments of trains carrying explosive fuels.
Our government's dairy conundrum
The Week | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in Agriculture NewsThe United States' dairy surplus has reached a record high, rounding out at 1.4 billion pounds of cheese. Reports attempting to quantify this astonishing amount have deferred to metrics like "enough to wrap around the U.S. Capitol." Suffice to say, nobody's suggesting we could consume it all. In the past, the U.S.
Corporate Clean Energy Buying Surged to New Record in 2018
Bloomberg | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in Energy NewsCorporations purchased 13.4 gigawatts of clean power through long-term contracts, more than doubling 2017’s total, helped by demand from new industries and previously untrodden markets.
Missouri reports 9,300 feral hogs killed in 2018
AP News | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in Rural NewsThe Missouri Department of Conservation says more than 9,000 feral hogs were killed in the state last year. The department on Friday reported that along with partner agencies and private landowners, it killed roughly 9,300 hogs in 2018.
America’s Twin Deficits since 1980
Farm Doc Daily | Posted onFebruary 4, 2019 in Agriculture NewsThe Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, reduced business and personal taxes with anticipated economic stimulus effects. However, this Act may worsen the trade deficit by stimulating imports, and the Congressional Budget Office forecasts it will increase the Federal fiscal budget deficit. This article reviews what is often called “America’s twin deficits” using data from the US National Income and Product Accounts, (see first Data Note and Source). The review starts with 1980, when President Ronald Reagan’s election launched the US on a fiscal policy path dominated by tax cuts.