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Carbon tax baffles small business: survey
Mon, 28 May 2012 07:01:21 -0700
A new survey has found that almost half of small businesses are unclear about the price on carbon that comes into effect on July 1.
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Ag Energy Coalition Tells Congressmembers That Farm Bill Energy Programs Support Energy Security and Job Creation
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:15:00 -0700
Ryan Stroschein, co-director of the Agriculture Energy Coalition , today urged Members of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry to reauthori
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New law aims to grow Vt farming, forestry
Thu, 24 May 2012 15:38:03 -0700
A new economic development law in Vermont aims to help entrepreneurs in farming and forestry come up with new ways to make money.
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BIO Testifies to House Agriculture Subcommittee That Farm Bill Energy Programs Are Working
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:01:00 -0700
“Farm Bill energy programs are working and BIO member companies are beginning to put steel in the ground,” BIO President & CEO Jim Greenwood said today in testimony to the Hous
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Sistema Seeks Diversity in Agriculture
Thu, 03 May 2012 07:27:05 -0700
Sistema, one of the country's largest conglomerates with assets ranging from oil to telecoms, is looking at a range of possible deals as it seeks to diversify into new business lines such as agriculture and infrastructure.
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Brazil leader vetoes parts of law opening up Amazon
Fri, 25 May 2012 14:38:07 -0700
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Friday vetoed parts of a new forestry code that environmentalists say would lead to further deforestation in the Amazon, home to the world's largest collection of plants and animals.
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McVeigh drives Qld agriculture
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:29:04 -0700
QUEENSLAND agriculture is back in business. That has been the message newly instated Agriculture Minister John McVeigh has repeatedly delivered during a whirlwind series of meetings with the state's farming representative groups since taking on his cabinet position less than a month ago.
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Governor McDonnell Signs AG Bills at Weyers Cave Farm
Wed, 09 May 2012 15:22:05 -0700
Governor Bob McDonnell signed a pair of bills that aim to boost Virginia's agriculture business. The ceremony happened as the governor gathered with legislators at Cave View Farm in Weyers Cave.
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MAFES presents awards
Sun, 27 May 2012 08:58:33 -0700
The Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station recently honored several faculty and staff members for their research, publications and commitment to excellence.
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Japanese importers accuse their government of favoring domestic lumber over foreign wood
Sat, 19 May 2012 09:11:30 -0700
They say Japan's powerful Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries favors Japanese wood products over Northwest lumber.
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