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Friday, December 12, 2008

Bush administration, on its way out, streamlines guest-worker visa program that aids growers

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"Aiming to ease farm labor shortages, the Bush administration issued sweeping changes to the nation's agricultural guest worker pro...

Texas governor objects to limits on carbon dioxide

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Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas spoke out in a recent interview against the legislation that both presidential candidates favored to lim...

New regulation weakens Endangered Species Act

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Federal agencies will no longer be required "to consult independent wildlife biologists before they build dams or highways or permit co...

Workers unionize largest pork plant, in rural N.C.

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Workers at the world's largest hog slaughter plant, in rural Tar Heel, N.C., have voted narrowly to be represented by a union. The bid o...
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Utah newspapers mull response to political attacks

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Attacks by politicians on newspapers are as old as the newspaper business, but the Utah Newspaper Association is taking one attacker serious...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

New Farm Bill could be reopened to cut subsidies, says Kind, who's talking with the transition team

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Kind of Wisconsin, who last year offered an alternative Farm Bill that would limit subsidies and do more for conser...

How about secretary of food, not just agriculture?

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The next secretary of agriculture should actually be the secretary of food, and at least two Republicans who held the job agree, columnist N...

Demand for coal is expected to decline in 2009

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The Department of Energy says use of electricity in the United States "flattened this year and will likely decline slightly in 2009,...

Fertilizer runoff from Midwest farms must stop, National Academy of Sciences says after study

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Fertilizer runoff from Midwest farms, which has been blamed for the large "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico and can have adverse a...
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EPA drops plan to ease pollution limits near parks

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The Bush administration has abandoned its effort to ease air-quality restrictions near national parks. The Environmental Protection Agency ...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, formerly a statewide paper, cuts rural circulation area a third time

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For the third time in less than two years, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reducing its delivery area, cutting off 22 largely rural coun...

Rural counties that went Democratic have higher incomes and education than GOP counterparts

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In this year's Democratic primaries and caucuses, education was often the chief determining factor in whether a voter chose Hillary Clin...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Paper localizes the Twelve Days of Christmas list

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In a recession, the thought of Christmas shopping may produce more anxiety, but that shouldn't keep reporters from doing holiday feature...

Deaths from overdoses of prescription drugs exploding in rural U.S., especially in West Virginia

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"Prescription painkillers account for most fatal overdoses from legal drugs in West Virginia and contribute to an exploding problem of ...

USDA faults its own inspections of meatpackers

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture 's inspector general said this week that USDA inspectors are not doing a thorough job inspecting meat...

Soybean groups at odds over use of checkoff funds

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"The board of the American Soybean Association has asked the Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S. Inspector General to investigate wh...

Village can't decide between rural and urban

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A group of 28 alpacas have stirred up a considerable controversy in Kane County, Illinois, at the edge of metropolitan Chicago. Jack and Den...

Passage of California law on animal confinement makes industry fear similar measures in Congress

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At annual gatherings of agriculture groups this winter, one of the hottest topics is the prospect of new laws or regulations aimed at animal...

New study promotes coal to fuel automobiles, but gets criticism from environmentalists and industry

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A new study says coal could provide 15 percent of U.S. transportation fuel by 2030, but a pair of unlikely allies say the study ignores the ...
Tuesday, December 09, 2008

GM not targeting rural dealers in reorganization

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Auto dealers "believe they are on the chopping block, whatever happens to the Detroit automobile companies," reports Clifford Krau...