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Top EU regulator says Bayer-Monsanto merger must not hurt competition in digital farming
St Louis Post Dispatch | Posted onFebruary 13, 2018 in Agriculture NewsBayer needs to ensure that a merger with rival Monsanto does not stifle competition in digital farming, the European Union's Competition Commissioner Margrethe Verstager told a German newspaper on Saturday. Bayer's $63.5 billion takeover of Creve Coeur-based Monsanto, announced in 2016, is set to create the world's largest seeds and pesticides company.
Leftover food bypasses garbage to fill nutritional goals
Bismarck Tribune | Posted onFebruary 13, 2018 in Food NewsOne afternoon last week at Fort Lincoln Elementary School in Mandan, kindergartner Traven Hanning placed a red apple on a cart parked in the middle of the cafeteria.The portable cart, dubbed the "share table," allows students like Hanning to return unwanted food to the table, and it gives them an option to take an extra helping."I can't eat my apple because I might break my tooth," said Hanning, who indicated his front tooth was loose. Instead, he prefers milk and crackers, which he has taken before from the share table.
Cruz scapegoating the renewable fuels standard
My San Antonio | Posted onFebruary 13, 2018 in Energy NewsTexas Sen.
Cotton, dairy provisions slide into budget deal
Politico | Posted onFebruary 13, 2018 in Federal Newst may have taken about three years, but a lobbying campaign by the cotton and dairy industries to increase their subsidies may just pay off. The budget and disaster-aid package worked out by congressional leaders on Wednesday would make seed cotton eligible for Price Loss Coverage, which makes payments to growers when crop prices drop below certain levels, starting with the 2018 crop year.
Canadian solar companies sue Trump over tariffs
The Hill | Posted onFebruary 13, 2018 in Energy NewsA handful of Canadian companies that make solar panels are suing the Trump administration over the 30-percent tariffs the president imposed last month on their products. In their lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the United States Court of International Trade, the three companies say that since Canadian solar imports do not harm United States producers, the tariffs violate the Trade Act and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Racehorses, rum, honeybees: The surprises in the budget bill
Politico | Posted onFebruary 13, 2018 in Federal NewsDoctors. Honeybees. A small Christian college in Kentucky. Racehorses. The rum industry. The Federal Reserve. Livestock producers. Advocates of nuclear energy. Critics of the federal budget process. They all got a piece of the massive budget bill. Born of bipartisanship and propelled by a “must-pass” urgency, the measure, which includes disaster relief and stopgap spending, has been loaded up with little-noticed deals for lawmakers’ favorite causes.
Colorado Senate gives initial OK to rural broadband bill
Aspen Times | Posted onFebruary 13, 2018 in Rural, SARL Members and Alumni NewsColorado’s Republican-led Senate gave initial approval Wednesday to a bill that would expedite the construction of high-speed broadband service in rural areas by taking money from a state fund that has long subsidized rural telephone service. Rural broadband is a top session priority for lawmakers and for Gov. John Hickenlooper, who acknowledge that Colorado’s eastern plains, western slope and many mountain towns have missed out on the economic boom that is centered in metropolitan Denver.Republican Sens.
Now that marijuana is legal in Alaska, this bill would hide misdemeanor pot convictions
Anchorage Daily News | Posted onFebruary 13, 2018 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsA new bill in the Legislature aims to seal Alaskans' convictions for low-level marijuana possession — nearly four years after voters approved a citizens initiative to legalize the drug's commercial sale.Anchorage Democratic Rep.
Winners and Losers in the Trump Budget in One Chart
Roll Call | Posted onFebruary 13, 2018 in Federal NewsThe Trump administration submitted its fiscal 2019 budget request to Capitol Hill on Monday, outlining the president’s priorities for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Roll Call analyzed the documents and put together the following graphic on the departmental winners and losers in the proposed budget The agriculture budget loses more than 15%. About the same level as defense gains.
State budget proposal could cost Jackson Memorial $59 million in Medicaid funding
Miami Herald | Posted onFebruary 12, 2018 in Rural, SARL Members and Alumni NewsSafety net hospitals could see their state Medicaid payments decrease by $170 million under a proposal in the budget that the Florida Senate is poised to approve Thursday. The proposal, which targets about $318 million in payments that currently go to 28 hospitals with a higher percentage of Medicaid patients, would funnel those funds into the base rates paid to all hospitals instead.