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		<title>Food Safety Issues; Biotech; Biofuels; Ag Economy; and Political Notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food Safety Issues
Alicia Mundy reported yesterday at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “The criminal division of the Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department have joined the probe of the Iowa farm at the heart of the recent egg recall linked to an outbreak of salmonella, according to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.
“‘There is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=3079</link>
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		<title>Disaster Aid- Farm Bill; USDA Reports; Climate Issues; Biofuels; and Food Safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Disaster Aid- Farm Bill
John Lyon reported earlier this week at the Arkansas News Online that, “A recent spate of editorials in the national press knocking U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s efforts to secure $1.5 billion in disaster aid for farmers [Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal] shows how the East Coast media misunderstands the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=3063</link>
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		<title>Food Safety; Animal Agriculture; Crop Insurance; Climate Issues; Ag Economy; and Biofuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food Safety
Philip Brasher reported yesterday at the Green Fields Blog (Des Moines Register) that, “The Food and Drug Administration says it found numerous sanitation and biosecurity lapses, including live mice, in the Iowa hen houses that have been linked to a salmonella outbreak and a nationwide egg recall.
“Mice are one of the main sources of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=3060</link>
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		<title>Farm Bill; Food Safety; GIPSA Issue; Ag Economy; and Climate Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Farm Bill
On Friday, USDA issued a statement indicating that, “U.S. Department of Agriculture Press Secretary Justin DeJong today released the following statement in response to the recent Bloomberg/Business Week story titled ‘Broadband Trumps Farmer Payments in Rural Aid’: 
“‘The Obama Administration cares deeply about our farmers and ranchers, and USDA continues to work hard and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=3054</link>
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		<title>Farm Bill; Food Safety; and the Ag Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Farm Bill
Bloomberg writer Alan Bjerga reported yesterday that, “Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack knows that Farm Belt protocol requires paying respect to the Butter Cow. During a visit to the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 17, he made the pilgrimage to the 600-pound bovine sculpture carved from pure creamery butter. Now that he is U.S. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=3048</link>
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		<title>Food Safety; GIPSA Issue; Disaster Aid; Ag Economy; and Sec. Vilsack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food Safety
Andrew Martin reported in yesterday’s New York Times that, “Federal investigators have descended on Iowa to try to figure out the cause of a salmonella outbreak that may have sickened thousands of people and led to the recall of a half billion eggs.
“Because most of the tainted eggs have either been used or removed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=3044</link>
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		<title>Food Safety; Climate Issues; Disaster Aid; Biofuels; Ag Economy; and USDA Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food Safety
Bloomberg writer Molly Peterson reported yesterday that, “A nationwide recall of more than a half billion eggs linked to a salmonella outbreak prompted investigations by U.S. lawmakers as health officials said at least 40 new illnesses have occurred in the past four days.
“Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms of Iowa were asked by lawmakers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=3039</link>
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