Some Livingston County farmers may qualify for federal disaster assistance as they recover from an April freeze that damaged crops throughout the state. The designation qualifies farmers in those counties who sustained production losses between April 3 and April 11 for USDA assistance, including low-interest emergency loans. Farmers in 26 contiguous counties also are eligible for such assistance. According to the USDA, the freeze damage caused approximately 160,000 acres of wheat not to be...

Fundamental science will allow farmers to meet our energy needs, once we fully understand how to harvest the sun's energy from plants. Scientific research into food and agriculture is essential to America's future. Farmers could raise chickens without the threat of an avian influenza epidemic once we map the amino acid residues that cause the most threatening strains. And through the results of fundamental research, farmers would be able to grow crops using less water, thus preserving the...

Fri, 05/04/2007 - 10:51 admin Currently No Way to Trace Poultry Contaminated by Feed -- Without Tracking, No Way of Knowing if Contaminated Chickens Were Sold to Consumers in Recent Months; Schumer to Reintroduce Bill that Creates Tracking System to Trace Meat and Poultry to Source in Case of Contamination or Outbreak of Disease. Fri, 05/04/2007 - 10:51 admin Currently No Way to Trace Poultry Contaminated by Feed -- Without Tracking, No Way of Knowing if Contaminated Chickens Were Sold to...

The foods that nutritionists recommend we eat more of vegetables and fruits are considered specialty crops and arent eligible for direct government support. Many of those crops end up going into feed for livestock, sweeteners or cheap oil for fast food. If you dont think government has any control over what we eat, check out the facts that Newsweek discovered: For every dollar the USDA spends on nutrition education, the food industry spends $24 on ads and marketing. Soybean, corn and wheat...

Home:News:News:Top Stories Top Stories A healthy alternative By KEVIN GOODWIN, The Saratogian 06/04/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly SARATOGA SPRINGS - Public interest in organic and natural foods is growing, and the choices at supermarkets and specialty shops are growing along with them. Home:News:News:Top Stories Top Stories A healthy alternative By KEVIN GOODWIN, The Saratogian 06/04/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly SARATOGA SPRINGS - Public...

WASHINGTON - Federal food safety regulators announced Tuesday that the level of contaminated animal feed consumed by hogs does not pose a risk to humans who eventually consume that pork, and they have lifted a quarantine that kept 56,000 hogs from going to slaughter. WASHINGTON - Federal food safety regulators announced Tuesday that the level of contaminated animal feed consumed by hogs does not pose a risk to humans who eventually consume that pork, and they have lifted a quarantine that...