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Boston-based startup Guardian Agriculture has invented an autonomous crop-dusting drone intended to complement or replace crop dusting using low-flying planes.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is poised for an extended period of strong growth and hiring, the chair of the Federal Reserve said in an interview broadcast Sunday, though the coronavirus …
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As governors loosen long-lasting coronavirus restrictions, state lawmakers across the U.S. are taking actions to significantly limit the power they could wield in future emergencies.
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A Montana state report made public this week showed that grizzly bear deaths in parts of Yellowstone National Park increased last year and were higher than the 10-year av…
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet, according to a sweepin…
Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers may benefit from $2 million in USDA funding announced April 5 though the agency's newly established Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative.
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MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores po…
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CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — State officials are putting farmers in south-central Arizona on notice that the continuing drought means a “substantial cut" in deliveries of Colorado River water is …
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U.S. agricultural industries contend the European Union is misusing geographical indications to block U.S. exports of such products as feta cheese, bologna and chateau wines.
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DELANO, Calif. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden praised California farmworkers for their persistence during the pandemic and urged them to get vaccinated during a visit Wednesday to an agricultura…
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DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service illegally helped pay for a Colorado program to kill dozens of mountain lions and black bears in an experiment to determine if the predators wer…
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a rule allowing pork plants to speed up production lines because the U.S. Department of Agriculture didn't properly consider the risks to workers.
The initiative allows California to ban the sale of pork and veal into the state from states that don’t meet California’s animal-confinement standards.
A federal appeals court will not allow environmental and food safety groups to resurrect a lawsuit that accused a major poultry producer of falsely advertising its chicken as “natural.”
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Grizzly bears are slowly expanding the turf where they roam in parts of the northern Rocky Mountains but need continued protections, according to government scientists w…
PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden is flying to Pittsburgh Wednesday, where he plans to unveil his national infrastructure plan. If passed, it would channel $2 trillion toward infrastructure projects.
Trade ministers representing the G-7 countries will meet virtually Wednesday to talk about World Trade Organization reform, health, climate and digital trade.
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Speaking during a virtual White House briefing, Dr. Rochelle Walensky grew emotional as she reflected on her experience treating COVID-19 patients who are alone at the end of their lives.
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An article in the March 19 edition of the Capital Press included an incorrect figure for the increased cost of shipping per container for agricultural goods heading for Shibushi, Japan. The co…
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USDA molecular biologist Ashley Cannon and research plant molecular geneticist Camille Steber are "partners in crime" working with USDA and Washington State University researchers to improve t…
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MECOSTA, Mich. (AP) — For generations, Brian Sackett's family has farmed potatoes that are made into chips found on grocery shelves in much of the eastern U.S.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A second former officer at a northwest Iowa agriculture cooperative has been sentenced to federal prison for a grain-blending fraud scheme.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced plans to slow mail delivery standards and cut hours at some post offices as part of a 10-year strategy to stabilize the struggling agency.
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The bill would require large meatpackers to purchase half of their weekly cattle needs on the open market.
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TerraClear will take its first rock picker commercial this fall and continue to develop a completely autonomous version.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of American bald eagles has quadrupled since 2009, with more than 300,000 birds soaring over the lower 48 states, government scientists said in a report Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — USDA on Wednesday announced it has a new plan — called Pandemic Assistance for Producers — to provide farmers with financial aid during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The meat industry, experts say, should be prepared for changes surrounding supply chains, traceability, salmonella tracking, labeling and antitrust issues.
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The Supreme Court appeared ready Monday to side with two California agriculture businesses that want to bar labor organizers from their property, a case that could be another blow to unions.
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The labor secretary has significant sway over labor-related policies that could impact agriculture. The Labor Department regulates labor standards and authority over the H-2A visa guest farmwo…
Mexico is throwing up new roadblocks in addition to maintaining longtime hurdles.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia — while off the coast of California, dozens of container ships sit ancho…
A bipartisan bill to provide more flexibility to haulers of agricultural commodities and livestock was reintroduced in the Senate on March 18.
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