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Sep 8   A Hawkish Market for Chicken  
Sep 3  Damage Control - Earl and the Crop Harvest  
Sep 2  Farmers - Ranchers - Tweeters!  
Sep 2  Agricultural exports report for 2010   
Sep 1  Locally Grown Food Now Found in Fine Dining  
Aug 30  NCBA & NPPC Say Market Competition is Alive and Well  
Aug 27  Carolina Soybean Crop Doing Alright   
Aug 26  Global Impact of Russian Drought  
Aug 25  NPPC Board Member Speaks Out Against Proposed GIPSA Changes  
Aug 20  Sanderson Farms Expanding into Kinston, NC pt 2  
Aug 19  Sanderson Farms Expanding into Kinston, NC pt 1  
Aug 18  GIPSA Proposal Has Impact on Livestock Marketing  
Aug 13  Cotton Analyst Happy With USDA Supply and Demand Report  
Aug 12  Pork Checkoff Makes Curriculum Available to Schools  
Aug 11  Hundreds Attend NC Commissioner’s 6th Annual Food Safety Forum  
Aug 6  Celebrating National Farmers’ Market week in Southern Pines  
Aug 4  Celebrating National Farmers’ Market Week in Chapel Hill  
Aug 2  Inner City Farmers' Markets Draw Faithful Shoppers  
Aug 2  NC Dry Conditions Worsen Ahead of Weekend Rains  
Jul 30  U.S. Soy Being Incorporated into Mexican School Lunch Program  
Jul 29  Pork Checkoff Has Resources for Workforce Training  
Jul 28  OIG Report Vindicates United Soybean Board  
Jul 26  ASA Leaders Push Pending Trade Deals on Capitol Hill  
Jul 23  ASA Presses Congress on pending FTAs  
Jul 22  Pork Producer Part of ADT Heading to Afghanistan  
Jul 22  Scrutiny of Ohio Ag/HSUS Deal Understood, But Groups Stand Behind Agreement  
Jul 21  Recognizing Resistance Issue, Many Attend Respect the Rotation Event  
Jul 19  USDA Addresses Graying of its Workforce  
Jul 19  Finally, Some Good News for Agriculture  
Jul 16  EPA Exhibiting Common Sense? Part 2   
Jul 15  EPA Exhibiting Common Sense?  
Jul 14  House Subcommittee to Examine Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture Today  
Jul 12  Understanding Contract Arrangements  
Jul 9  Abnormally Dry Conditions Region Wide  
Jul 8  President Obama Says US on Right Export Track  
Jul 7  Humane Watch Retracts Approval of Ohio Livestock Deal with HSUS  
Jul 5  FDA Tackles Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals with Draft Guidance  
Jul 2  USDA Thinking Ahead to the Time When Bt Seed Patents Expire  
Jul 2  Easing of Cuban Trade Embargo One Step Closer  
Jun 30  Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack Discusses Latest USDA/DOJ Hearing  
Jun 28  Canada Goes to the Head of the Line in the Game of Free Trade   
Jun 25  FDA’s Regulations on Tobacco Products Being Phased In  
Jun 24  Iowa GOP Senator Grassley Discusses Illegal Immigration  
Jun 23  Grassley Wants to Know How EPA Delay Fits With President's Plans  
Jun 21  Mt. Olive Plot Tour Demonstrates Weed Control  
Jun 18  Immigration Reform & Agriculture pt 3  
Jun 17  Immigration Reform & Agriculture pt 2  
Jun 16  NC Ag Commissioner In Europe Promoting NC Tobacco   
Jun 11  Justice Learns From Farmers During Workshops  
Jun 10  NC Cattlemen’s Association Working to Educate Young People   
Jun 9  Senate to Vote on Murkowski Resolution This Week  
Jun 7  Secretary Vilsack Addresses Resignation of Japanese Prime Minister, NCBA Proposal  
Jun 3  CSP Deadline is Fast Approaching  
Jun 2  Cotton Planting Stalled Again  
May 31  EPA Settlement on Discharge Permits  
May 28  Humane Society of U.S. Strives to Establish Guidelines  
May 27  Producers Encouraged to Increase FMD Surveillance Part II  
May 26  USDA/DOJ Poultry Workshop Draws Many From Both Sides  
May 24  New DHS Security Measure Could Impact Ag Community   
May 21  3rd Annual Got to Be NC Festival Opens Today  
May 20  Tobacco Contracts Smaller, Not Fewer in 2010  
May 19  Concerns Over Congress Using Disaster Assistance as a Budget Balancing Tool Arise in Farm Bill Hearing  
May 17  A Mid-May Pork Barometer  
May 15  A Different Looking New Climate Bill  
May 13  The latest USDA WASDE Report Shows Record U.S. Corn Production.  
May 12  Chambliss Believes Senate Could Pass FTAs if President Sends Them to the Floor  
May 10  Sen. Saxby Chambliss Discusses Immigration Reform  
May 7  Pork Industry Leaving Dollars on Table Without Key Trade Deals  
May 6  Portions of Financial Reform Under Attack  
May 5  NPPC & NCBA Take Case to Cabinet Members  
May 3  Former Ag Secretary John Block Testifies on Cuban Trade Embargo  
Apr 30  Planning is the Key to Fighting Resistant Weeds pt 2  
Apr 29  Planning is the Key to Fighting Resistant Weeds pt 1  
Apr 28  Report Show Some Progress on Making Food Safer  
Apr 26  Former Ag Secretary John Block’s Weekly Commentary on Spring Planting  
Apr 23  2012 Farm Bill Gets Off to a Heated Debate  
Apr 22  Banking Reform Bills that affect Commodities Linked  
Apr 21  Resistant Palmer Pigweed Marches Into Southeastern Fields  
Apr 19  US Pork Exports On The Rise  
Apr 16  ASA Speaks Out Against Further Environmental Impact Studies  
Apr 14  Don't Be Fooled, HSUS Trying to Narrow, Control Consumer Choice  
Apr 12  HSUS Targets Egg Industry   
Apr 9  EPA Regulations Could Affect Soybean Farmers  
Apr 8  Web Soil Survey Explained  
Apr 8  What a Difference a Year Makes  
Apr 7  Cattlemen Hopeful for Vilsack Visit to Japan  
Apr 5  Vilsack to Talk Beef Trade in Japan This Week  
Apr 2  What Happened to the Economy and How to Recover  
Apr 1  Prospective Plantings Reports Yields Few Surprises  
Mar 31  Animal Ag Working Hard to Set The Record Straight  
Mar 30  Feral Hogs In NC  
Mar 29  Commodity Group Leaders Part of Unprecedented Meeting in DC  
Mar 26  Solutions for Wildlife Damaging Crops  
Mar 26  Grassland Reserve Program Explained  
Mar 25  Prospective Plantings Report Usually a Market Mover  
Mar 24  Health Care Reform Explained  
Mar 22  NPPC's Giordano Says Pork Going Back to China for Good This Time  
Mar 19  Customer Loyalty Programs Go the Extra Mile  
Mar 18  Vilsack and Kirk Discuss Success in Russia, Ongoing Efforts to Reopen Other Markets  
Mar 17  Customer Loyalty Cards Not Just for Discounts Anymore  
Mar 15  New Bill would Bring Big Benefits to US Ag  
Mar 12  DOJ & USDA Hold First Workshop  
Mar 11  Cotton Numbers Not What Was Hoped For  
Mar 11  USDA-NRCS Offering High Tunnel Initiative for Organic Production  
Mar 10  HSUS Testing Federal Waters with Minor California Legislators  
Mar 8  Strategic Plan Unveiled at Pork Forum  
Mar 8  Winter Wheat May Have a Chance  
Mar 5  Economist Wiesemeyer Speaks At Commodity Classic  
Mar 4  Pork Industry Forum Underway Today  
Mar 3  EPA Reg’s Could be in place by March 31st  
Feb 27  Pork Checkoff's Goal is to Get More Pork on More Plates More Often  
Feb 25  Dates Set For Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Reg's  
Feb 24  Sen. Grassley Has Some Choice Words for the Latest Health Care Reform Proposal  
Feb 22  Long-pending US Free Trade Agreements See Little Movement  
Feb 19  10-Year Economic Projections for Food & Ag Released  
Feb 9  Series of food marketing workshops in Morehead City  












 







 

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