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WEEK ENDING December 18, 2009
Dec 18, 2009
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GAO STUDY FINDS THAT ETHANOL PRODUCTION DOUBLED FEED COSTSEthanol production more than doubled feed costs for livestock producers in the U.S. between 2006 and 2008, according to a soon-to-be released report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). An article in the Times-News of Twin Falls,...
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Week Ending December 11, 2009
Dec 11, 2009
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EPA MUST REGULATE GREENHOUSE GASES UNDER CLEAN AIR ACTEPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced Monday that EPA finalized its endangerment finding that considers greenhouse gases (GHGs) a threat to public health. The finding, which Jackson said is designed to complement climate-change legislation now...
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Week Ending December 4, 2009
Dec 4, 2009
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CLIMATE LEGISLATION WOULD RAISE GRAIN PRICES, DEVASTATE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONClimate-change legislation would lead to higher grain prices and huge cuts in pork production, according to several witnesses at hearings held Wednesday and Thursday by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Cre...
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Week Ending November 20, 2009
Nov 20, 2009
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CLIMATE CHANGE – SENATE NOT READY AND OBAMA UNSURE Senate Democrat leaders said Tuesday they would put off debate on a climate change bill until springtime. The decision comes just weeks before the U.N. is set to host 40 world leaders for the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen Dec. ...
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On Flu Vaccine List, Swine Workers Should Be ‘At Least Equal’ With Santa
Nov 18, 2009
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While acknowledging that, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” the National Pork Producers Council is asking that pork industry workers be given at least equal billing with shopping mall St. Nicks on any priority list of those who should receive the vaccine for the novel H1N1 flu.
Several gro...
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Week Ending November 13, 2009
Nov 13, 2009
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FOR THE WEEK ENDING November 13, 2009
USDA TO PURCHASE MORE PORK U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week announced USDA’s decision to purchase up to $50 million of pork products, which will be used for various federal food programs. The purchase should help struggling pork producers, who h...
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USDA To Purchase More Pork Products
Nov 11, 2009
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The National Pork Producers Council today commended U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for his decision to purchase up to $50 million of pork products, which will be used for various federal food programs. The purchase should help struggling pork producers, who have been mired in a 2-year-long ...
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Week Ending November 6, 2009
Nov 6, 2009
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FOR THE WEEK ENDING November 06, 2009WITH REPUBLICANS ABSENT, SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES CLIMATE BILLThe Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday approved climate change legislation that would require by 2020 a cut in emissions of 20 percent over 2005 levels. S. 1733, sponsored by comm...
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Week Ending October 30, 2009
Oct 30, 2009
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CHINA TO RE-OPEN MARKET TO U.S. PORKChina yesterday announced that it will lift its ban on U.S. pork imports. The ban was implemented in late April in the wake of an outbreak in humans of novel H1N1 influenza, which the media misnamed “swine” flu. NPPC hailed the announcement, which came at the conc...
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China To Lift H1N1-Related Ban On U.S. Pork
Oct 29, 2009
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With prodding from the Obama administration, China today announced that it will lift its ban on U.S. pork imports, a move hailed by the National Pork Producers Council.
The Asian nation implemented the ban on U.S. pork in late April in the wake of an outbreak in humans of novel H1N1 influenza, whic...
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