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Farm Bill Conference Committee talks suddenly close
KTIC | Posted onNovember 22, 2018 in NewsThe farm bill conference committee could have an agreement in place as this week starts. “We’re darn close,” House Ag Committee Chair Mike Conaway told Politico a couple days after a bout of finger-pointing between conference committee members, who have since downplayed previous comments. Senate Ag Chair Pat Roberts was hopeful a deal would come together by (today) Monday. Roberts had reportedly received a House proposal Friday afternoon.
Recent Right-to-Farm decisions around the U.S.
Southwest Farm Press | Posted onNovember 22, 2018 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsThere have been several court decisions lately across the country related to states’ Right to Farm statutes. These cases provide good examples of the types of claims that can arise against a farm operation and also illustrate the differences between each state’s Right to Farm Act. The Pennsylvania Right-to-Farm Act was at issue in Burlingame v. Dagostin, 2018 WL 1530690.
A $12 Billion Program to Help Farmers Stung by Trump’s Trade War Has Aided Few
The New York Times | Posted onNovember 22, 2018 in Federal NewsAmerica’s farmers have been shut out of foreign markets, hit with retaliatory tariffs and lost lucrative contracts in the face of President Trump’s trade war. But a $12 billion bailout program Mr. Trump created to “make it up” to farmers has done little to cushion the blow, with red tape and long waiting periods resulting in few payouts so far. According to the Department of Agriculture, just $838 million has been paid out to farmers since the first $6 billion pot of money was made available in September. Another pool of up to $6 billion is expected to become available next month.
Chapter 12 Bankruptcies on the Rise
Farm Policy News | Posted onNovember 22, 2018 in Agriculture NewsIn addition to the melancholy agricultural outlook contained in recent Federal Reserve District agricultural surveys, an update last week from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis pointed to troubling data regarding Chapter 12 Bankruptcies in the District. In addition, recent news articles have also discussed some variables that could impact the state of the U.S. agricultural economy as the 2018 harvest draws to an end.
Trade deal between Mexico, European Union creates stink for U.S. cheese makers
USA Today | Posted onNovember 22, 2018 in Food NewsIn Mexico, asiago cheese can no longer be labeled and sold as asiago unless it comes from the alpine region of northern Italy where the mild, nutty-flavored formaggio originated. The labeling restrictions are part of a new trade deal that Mexico signed in April with the European Union – one of several trade pacts that countries around the globe have been pursuing with each other, often with ramifications for U.S.
Non-human primates essential to human medicine research
Madison.com | Posted onNovember 22, 2018 in News“If UW-Madison is the birthplace of human embryonic stem cells, then the Primate Research Center is the cradle,” says Marina Emborg, a professor of medical physics and director of the Preclinical Parkinson’s Research Program at the center.Emborg and others stress the critical need for monkeys in stem cell research.In contrast to mouse embryonic stem cells, monkey cells – especially those of the rhesus monkey – grow in culture almost identically to human cells, allowing for the study of disease etiology and physiology to develop therapies and treatments for human diseases.
Attorney General takes war on Trump to Utah monuments
Capital Press | Posted onNovember 22, 2018 in Rural, SARL Members and Alumni NewsWashington Attorney General Bob Ferguson spearheads an 11-state coalition joining the fight to overturn President Donald Trump’s downsizing of two national monuments in Utah, a court battle that the American Farm Bureau Federation says will affect the value of federal rangelands and private ranches in the West.
Researchers generate plants with enhanced drought resistance without penalizing growth
Science Daily | Posted onNovember 21, 2018 in Agriculture NewsExtreme drought is one of the effects of climate change that is already being perceived. A team has obtained plants with increased drought resistance by modifying the signaling of the plant steroid hormones, known as brassinosteroids. The study is among the first to find a strategy to increase plant hydric stress resistance without affecting overall plant growth.
Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change
Science Daily | Posted onNovember 21, 2018 in Rural NewsNew research has assessed the impact of global warming on thousands of tree species across the Amazon to discover the winners and losers from 30 years of climate change. The analysis found the effects of climate change are altering the rainforest's composition of tree species but not quickly enough to keep up with the changing environment.
Rainforest destruction from gold mining hits all-time high in Peru
Science Daily | Posted onNovember 21, 2018 in Rural NewsSmall-scale gold mining has destroyed more than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon in the past five years, according to a new analysis.