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Subsidy Creep American produce growers should get the same treatment as corn and wheat farmers if our farm policy is to be equitable, predictable and beyond challenge.   |
Reason
November 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
Money for Nothing: The Joys of U.S. Farm Policy Why is there a stigma attached to using government-financed stamps to purchase food but no stigma attached to accepting government money to grow the food in the first place? American farm policy is filled with such stumpers... |
Salon.com
May 1, 2002
Damien Cave |
Old McDonald had a subsidy Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult... |
Reason
September 2004
Jacob Sullum |
Cotton Belt Farmers in developing countries have long blamed U.S. cotton subsidies for encouraging overproduction and driving down world prices. A panel of three trade experts conclude that the subsidies violate WTO rules. |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Alan Bjerga |
Farmers Anxious About USDA's New Policies Organic food, nutrition, and broadband programs are trumping farm payments under Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's initiatives |
Food Processing
September 2007
Cal Dooley |
Power Lunch: Reform, don't just renew, the farm bill This country needs a farm bill that reduces excessive taxpayer-funded subsidies to wealthy farmers and eliminates agricultural market distortions. |
Food Engineering
September 3, 2007 |
Farm Bill Under Fire After months of movement through Congress in relative obscurity, the Farm Bill is igniting controversy. Everyone, it seems, is finding something in it not to like. |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
Paul Magnusson |
Take That, U.S. Farmers! A WTO court ruling on subsidies could tip the power balance in world trade talks |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Mosaic Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of Mosaic Company jump more than 10% in intraday trading, as the entire agriculture sector catches fire. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
AgFeed Shares Popped: What You Need to Know It appears that the shares were caught up in the excitement as the entire agricultural sector reacted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's announcement on the state of the corn harvest. |
Reason
July 2005
Matt Welch |
Welfare Queen Farm subsidies for the filthy rich: Britain's queen received approximately $1.3 million in farm subsidies... Ted Turner nets a minimum of $698,127... etc. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
Jennie L. Phipps |
Farm Bill Gives Tractor Sales Traction China deal also sparks hope in troubled farm-equipment sector, which is adding new technologies to entice buyers. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Mr. Market Mistakes Good News for Bad What's going on with these fertilizer stocks? |
Information Today
August 4, 2015 |
The USDA and Microsoft Present a Data-Centric Food Resiliency Challenge The challenge will explore how climate change will impact the U.S.'s food supply and how the country can achieve better food resiliency. |
Inc.
October 2004
Jess McCuan |
Seed Capital for Farm Communities Looking for venture capital? Depending on where you live, the U.S. Department of Agriculture may be just the ticket. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Ethanol Hype Fuel AGCO? Farmers aren't as wild about ethanol as traders are ... yet. Investors, with stock prices already up in anticipation of something that'll take a little to work out, be careful to do your own due diligence. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Monsanto's Trade Dividend The giant and competitors in agricultural biotechnology should enjoy rising sales in the developed world as subsidies come down. Investors, take note. |
Delicious Living
October 2007
Frederick L. Kirschenmann |
Eating Fossil Fuels: An Unsustainable Equation When the cost of oil and natural gas goes, farmers have a hard time making ends meet. |
Delicious Living
April 2007
Kate Siber |
Walking the talk One agriculture company that's doing well by doing good |
Reason
May 2008
Ronald Bailey |
Papers Please! The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rolling out its National Animal Identification System to tag and track every farm animal in America. |
Fast Company
July 1, 2007
Jennifer Boulden |
Rent-a-Farmer Cultivate a farmer. It's even better for the planet to buy local than organic. Why? Shipping. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Monsanto's Fallow Wheat Field Monsanto halts development of its controversial genetically modified spring wheat. |
Fast Company
September 2010
Stephanie Schomer |
Jared Hayes Brings Mechanical Precision to Farming Jared Hayes develops and markets John Deere's GreenStar products, which allow farmers to automate their work. |
Wired
June 23, 2008
Ben Paynter |
Feeding the Masses: Data In, Crop Predictions Out Last October, agricultural consultancy Lanworth not only correctly projected that the US Department of Agriculture had overestimated the nation's corn crop, it nailed the margin: roughly 200 million bushels. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2011
Travis Hoium |
3 Stocks for Rising Food Prices Food prices are up, but these three companies have the businesses to take advantage of that. |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Whitney McFerron et al. |
Those Amber Waves Are Fueling Exports Foreign demand for U.S. grain keeps rising, and farmers have cash to spare. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2008
Toby Shute |
Agricultural Angst Ahead? Two key players weigh in on the sector's outlook. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
CF Industries Shares Popped: What You Need to Know The entire industry, including PotashCorp, Mosaic, may be looking at good times ahead. |
InternetNews
December 9, 2010 |
USDA Taps Microsoft for Cloud Services As competition with archrival Google for public-sector cloud contracts heats up, Microsoft snags a major contract to provide email and other services to the Department of Agriculture. |
Reason
December 2007
Kerry Howley |
Data: Green Acres Willie Nelson's crusade to save the family farm has never been so relevant to Park Avenue. Here is a map that represents Manhattan residents raking in federal agricultural subsidies. |
Reason
February 2006
Griswold, Slivinski & Preble |
Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers The time is ripe for unilaterally removing America's distorting agricultural trade policies. Here's how: 1. Lower Food Prices for American Families... 2. Lower Costs and Increased Exports for American Companies... etc. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Paul Magnusson |
Betting The Farm On Free Trade Bob Stallman is at the center of a storm over the future of American agriculture. |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Carey & Carter |
Food vs. Fuel As energy demands devour crops once meant for sustenance, the economics of agriculture are being rewritten. |
Food Engineering
February 8, 2006 |
Food Safety Remains Top Priority at USDA The US Department of Agriculture continues to collaborate with states and private industry to protect the nation's food supply from terrorist threats. Currently the agency is in the midst of conducting five critical food defense exercises this year. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
Mark L. Clifford |
Trade: "We Would Like a Fair Deal" India's Commerce & Industry Minister, Arun Jaitley, talks about the failure in Cancun and the future of trade talks. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Jon Birger |
The Battle Royale for Supercorn Corn that doesn't need so much nitrogen could cut America's $8-billion-a-year fertilizer bill, send less pollution into the water and less carbon into the air. Meet the scientists trying to build a better kernel |
Delicious Living
May 2007
Anne Lappe |
Local and Organic Getting the younger generation interested in organic farming so that the tradition continues. |
Fast Company
September 2010
Stephanie Schomer |
How Frederik Jung-Rothenhaumlusler Detects Fertile Land from Above Frederik Jung-Rothenhausler uses satellite imaging and technology to help farmers detect and solve field deficiencies. |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Clements et al. |
Oil Subsidies: Costly and Rising Reducing subsidies worldwide can bring substantial environmental benefits and create much-needed fiscal space |
Job Journal
June 10, 2007
Julia Hollister |
From Science to Sales, California Crops Create Abundance of Careers Advances in science, technology and marketing create new fields on and off the farm. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Don't Let Your Portfolio Get Wished Into the Cornfield High corn prices are crushing profits in certain industries. |
Food Engineering
August 2, 2006 |
Regulatory Watch USDA announces new BSE surveillance program. |
Insurance & Technology
April 16, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Insurance Group Will Acquire 21st Century, Other AIG Personal Auto Carriers The $1.9 billion deal to acquire AIG's Personal Auto Group is expected to close by the third quarter of 2009, pending regulatory approval. |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Harvesting Green Power Farmers are sowing the seeds of an alternative energy future. But how much of the country can we fuel on corn? |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Thursday's ETF to Watch: iPath DJ-UBS Grains Index Fund The release of the yearly "Prospective Plantings" report puts this ETF in focus today. |
| AskMen.com |
The Bovine Solution U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the dairy industry by convincing farmers to capture the methane from cow manure that otherwise would be released into the atmosphere. |
Reason
March 2003
Brian Doherty |
Come Hear Uncle Sam's Band The hippie capitalism of the Grateful Dead |
Science News
November 2, 2002
John Pickrell |
Federal Government Launches Organic Standards Though for decades some foods have carried the label "organic," consumers never could be sure exactly what the term meant. Action by the Department of Agriculture last week should clarify things. |
Reason
April 2008
Radley Balko |
Data: Handout Bonanza The Cato Institute researched the total number of subsidies handed out by the federal government since 1970. This chart shows their findings. |
Insurance & Technology
July 2, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Completes Acquisition of 21st Century Insurance Largest acquisition in the company's history strengthens its position as the third-largest personal lines carrier in the U.S. and makes it the top auto insurer in several states, including California. |
