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Policy pits candy against sugar
Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...
Tags: Jeanne Shaheen, U.S. Congress, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Justice System, Conservation
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Analysis: U.S. food labels seen heating up North America meat war
ReutersWINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is poised to introduce stricter rules on the labeling of meat imports this week, a move that is likely to heat up a simmering trade dispute with Canada and Mexico. Under new regulations that...Tags: Maple Leaf Foods Incorporated, Tom Vilsack, Veal, Mexico City, World Trade Organization
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U.S. Plains storms cause minor harm to Oklahoma/Kansas wheat
Reuters* Hail damage to wheat in localized areas * Crops blown down by wind to recover * Hot weather last week stressed Kansas wheat By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May 21 (Reuters) - Tornadoes, high winds, rain and hail that cut a swath across the midsection of...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Arable Farming, Weather Reports, Natural Disasters, Weather
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LIVESTOCK-U.S. live cattle jump with new beef price record
Reuters* Live cattle climb lifts feeder futures * CME hogs up with wholesale pork values By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 21 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday closed higher after wholesale beef prices notched another...Tags: Memorial Day, Groceries, Holidays, Viral Diseases and Infections, Services and Shopping
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U.S. to introduce stricter rules on meat imports, labels
ReutersThe United States is expected to propose new rules this week that would require meat to be labeled with information about where an animal was born, fed and slaughtered -- a move that has drawn fire from Canada and Mexico. Officials said the rules are...Tags: Tom Vilsack, Politics, Mexico, International Organizations, World Trade Organization
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Showers to slow U.S. corn seedings from blistering pace
Reuters* Plantings at a record fast pace last week * Corn plantings still lag five-year average pace * Good weather next week to help crop growth, development By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May 21 (Reuters) - Occasional rainfall over the next week to 10 days will...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather
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High crop prices entice farms to expand planting
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. He's not the only one turning over soil in unlikely...
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LIVESTOCK-U.S. hog futures shrug off pig virus sell off
Reuters* Live cattle jump as beef prices set new record * Feeder futures follow CME live cattle higher By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs recovered on Monday from Friday's selloff, led in part by news of a hog virus...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Memorial Day, Holidays, Viral Diseases and Infections
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READER SUBMITTED: Historic Bill Prohibiting The Sale Of Puppy Mill Dogs In CT Pet Stores Awaits Vote In Hartford
StatewideConnecticut Votes for Animals (CVA), a Connecticut-based legislative animal advocacy organization, along with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), and Connecticut...Tags: Humane Society of the United States, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Wilton
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Paraguay soy chamber sees record 2012/13 crop
ReutersBy Mariel Cristaldo ASUNCION, May 20 (Reuters) - Paraguay will produce a record 9 million tonnes of soybeans this season, an all-time high likely to be repeated in the next crop year as well, officials of the country's exporters chamber told the...Tags: Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated, Weather Reports, Paraguay, Weather, Brazil
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Lower Township allotted more water to serve new areas
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.New Jersey has agreed to increase the township's water allocation, allowing thousands of homes tapping polluted groundwater or threatened by saltwater intrusion from the Delaware Bay to hook up to public lines. The added allocation will provide water...Tags: Town Bank, Water Supply, Cape May (Cape May, New Jersey), Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Salt
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