Fire-season forecast: Four large fires in O.C. region (Orange County Register)
Fire agencies prepare for possible errant fireworks on Fourth of July.
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Water district fills reserves first (The Glendale News-Press)
BURBANK — The main water wholesaler for Southern California has no plans to bump up allotments to member agencies such as Burbank and Glendale despite an announcement from the state Department of Water Resources that it would release 10% more water to the region.
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Schwarzenegger back in Fresno to talk budget - Fresno Business Journal
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Schwarzenegger back in Fresno to talk budget
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He was referring to the Assembly Agriculture Committee's hearing yesterday on legislation to ban tail docking on cows, a bill sponsored by state Senator ...
California prepares to send out IOUsDVM 360
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EPA: Spilled coal ash can be dumped in Ala. (MSNBC)
The nation's largest utility can dump millions of tons of coal ash from a Tennessee spill into an Alabama landfill, federal regulators said Thursday, despite criticism that the plan is unfair to one of Alabama's poorest counties.
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USDA chief spotlights food crops at DC garden - Capital Press (subscription)
USDA chief spotlights food crops at DC garden
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Dan Newhouse, director of Washington state's Agriculture Department, recently traveled to the nation's capital on a trade trip. He said initiatives like the ...
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NASA begins its first bilingual Twitter (UPI)
HOUSTON, July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. astronaut Jose Hernandez, set to fly aboard space shuttle Discovery in August, is providing NASA's first bilingual Twitter in both English and Spanish.
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Industry welcomes pilot insurance program for California citrus ... - The Packer
Industry welcomes pilot insurance program for California citrus ...
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... or disease and be imposed by the department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service or the California Department of Food and Agriculture. ...
Growers Opt Out of SegmentsThe Ledger
“Fresh” Citrus Referendum Results Now Official as per USDASoutheast AgNet
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Annual homecoming and a tenacious congregation of four are . . . keeping history alive (The Indianapolis Star)
Published: Jan. 31, 1993 You won't find Roberts Settlement on any modern road map. Even on a detailed map of Hamilton County, only a mapmaker's tiny symbols for cemetery and church distinguish the spot that was once the social and spiritual hub of a busy, prosperous agricultural community called Roberts Settlement.
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Organic Farms as Subdivision Amenities (CommonDreams.org)
by Alec Appelbaum SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The bewildered Iowan who converted his farm into a ballpark in "Field of Dreams" in 1989 might reverse the move today. From Vermont to central California, developers are creating subdivisions around organic farms to attract buyers. If you plant it, these developers believe, they will buy. read more
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Industry reacts to Florida citrus shipping rule - The Packer
Industry reacts to Florida citrus shipping rule
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Nelsen said California's citrus industry plans to have some scientists as well as the California Department of Food and Agriculture review the studies that ...
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Water district to fill reserves before helping city (Burbank Leader)
BURBANK — The main water wholesaler for Southern California has no plans to bump up allotments to member agencies such as Burbank and Glendale despite an announcement from the state Department of Water Resources that it would release 10% more water to the region.
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Wesley Clark: Ethanol's field general (CNN Money)
If ever there were an industry in need of a general, it's the ethanol industry. Already under siege from food companies blaming biofuels for rising grocery prices, ethanol companies are now seeing their profit margins crushed by falling prices for their product. Compounding the problem, many environmentalists -- who five minutes ago seemed to be in ethanol's corner -- have turned against the ...
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Foster Farms to reduce contracted growers in La. - The Associated Press
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Foster Farms to reduce contracted growers in La.
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Grower contracts are subject to regulation by the US Department of Agriculture. "Foster Farms is committed to premium, locally raised poultry products and ...
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New vaccine keeps E. coli inside cows - San Francisco Chronicle
New vaccine keeps E. coli inside cows
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Epitopix LLC, a Minnesota veterinary pharmaceutical company, has received a conditional license from the US Department of Agriculture to market Escherichia ...
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Water wars will impact us all - Farm and Dairy
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Water wars will impact us all
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They're finding that out in the San Joaquin Valley, which is California's leading agricultural region and has sometimes been called the “nation's salad bowl ...
Ag board hears farmer's plightCapital Press (subscription)
Nearly 4000 people march in Fresno for waterSan Jose Mercury News
Battle over water heats up in drought-stricken CaliforniaUSA Today
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More use grazing sheep, goats against invasive weeds, vines - USA Today
More use grazing sheep, goats against invasive weeds, vines
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In between rows of grapevines at a Mendocino County farm in California, dozens of sheep are milling about, munching on the grass ...
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Water district fills reserves first (The Glendale News-Press)
BURBANK — The main water wholesaler for Southern California has no plans to bump up allotments to member agencies such as Burbank and Glendale despite an announcement from the state Department of Water Resources that it would release 10% more water to the region.
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California crisis a threat to US economic recovery - Christian Science Monitor
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California crisis a threat to US economic recovery
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... California is a national retail behemoth and engine for the overall economy – in real estate, auto sales, technology, construction, and agriculture. ...
Calif. prepares to issue IOUsabc7.com
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