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Maryland poultry pollution trial winds up

The Associated Press BALTIMORE —  Attorneys have finished their closing arguments in a closely watched trial pitting environmentalists against an Eastern Shore farmer and poultry...

AFBF urges presidential declaration for Mississippi River

WASHINGTON — The American Farm Bureau Federation has urged President Barack Obama to issue a presidential declaration of emergency for the Mississippi River. In a letter...

Japan Airlines to serve KFC on select flights

The Associated Press NEW YORK — They're calling the flights"Air Kentucky Fried Chicken." Japan Airlines says it's serving food from the fast-food chicken chain on international...

USDA trade mission to Russia promotes U.S. agriculture

WASHINGTON — USDA) has announced that Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse is leading a mission to promote U.S. agricultural exports to...

Drought worsens after weeks of improvement

The Associated Press   ST. LOUIS — A new report shows that the nation's worst drought in decades has worsened for a second straight week,...

USFRA elects 2013 executive committee

NEW YORK, N.Y. —  Bob Stallman of the American Farm Bureau Federation has been elected to serve as chairman of the U.S. Farmers &...

Study: RFS estimated to cost chain restaurants billions

WASHINGTON — A new report on the impact of federal ethanol policies, specifically the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), estimates that...

Omtron, owner of Townsends, files for Chapter 11 protection

WILMINGTON, Del. — Omtron USA LLC, which last year acquired some of the assets of bankrupt Townsends Inc., recently filed for Chaper 11 protection...

Production begins at Auburn’s new Poultry and Animal Nutrition Center

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn University's new $7.1 million Poultry and Animal Nutrition Center, a state-of-the-art academic and research feed production facility located on a...

Programs in U.S. match fledgling farmers, landowners

The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — When Schuyler and Colby Gail were trying to get started in farming, they ran into an obstacle common to...

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