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Nobody in the agriculture world defaults anymore - BI

| InternAdmin
John Deere

Tractor maker Deere is out with its latest earnings

Kansas ag secretary asks DHS to legitimize illegal immigrant farm labor - TheDC

| David Martosko
Illegal Immigration

Kansas ag secretary Dale Rodman asks DHS to legitimize illegal immigrant farm labor

Farm subsidies face $30B hit under Ryan's budget plan - AP

| admin

Paul Ryan has proposed cutting agriculture subsidies by $30 billion over the next 10 years

USDA spends $60 mil in climate change crop research - AP

| admin

One study will focus on Midwestern corn, another on wheat in the Northwest and a third on Southern pine forests

Food security is national security

| Catherine Bertini & Dan Glickman

Investing in agricultural development can keep America safe.

Severe drought in China leads to serious wheat shortage - NYT

| interns

The U.N. food agency issues warning as drought threatens the wheat crop and causes a shortage of drinking water

O-Mart: Michelle Obama throws weight behind Wal-Mart's healthy food push - AP

| admin

Michelle Obama offers endorsement of Wal-Mart pressuring suppliers to make healthier foods

Federal government spends millions on farmers' 'hoop houses' - AP

| admin

The federal government has spent and will continue to spend millions of dollars to help farmers nationwide buy greenhouse-like structures

Millions in farm subsidies continue with tight state budgets - AP

| admin

Despite tough financial times following the worst recession in decades, some states continue to spend millions of dollars to preserve American farmland

FoodPolitik: The unintended consequences of banning horse-slaughter - TheDC Opinion

| Rick Berman

More than a billion people around the world consume horse meat — should Americans be allowed to serve that market?

Obama aide: Don't 'play chicken' with debt ceiling - AP

| admin

The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Austan Goolsbee, says that refusing to raise the debt ceiling would push the country into default

Grocery prices to rise after FL crops freeze - AP

| admin

Florida agriculture loses $273M in December freeze

Underwood top winner at American Country Awards - AP

| admin

When it comes to Las Vegas, Carrie Underwood is a sure bet

High on paint, man throws oranges at planes - AP

| admin

After his arrest, Brian Henio said he didn’t know why it was such a big deal

A guy walks into a bar with a salmon . . .

| Henry Miller

New food regulations proposed by Democratic congresswoman make no sense.

Boehner offers plum committees to GOP challengers - AP

| admin

Boehner has dangled promises of committee membership in Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota and Hawaii

Honeybee killer found by army and entomologists - NYT

| interns

Possible answers for honeybee colony collapse mystery

Farmers choose machine instead of man - LAT

| interns

Automation is increasingly reducing U.S. workforces

Would you eat genetically-engineered salmon?

| Susan Dudley

We already eat genetically-engineered grain, fruit and vegetables. Soon we will be eating genetically-engineered animals too.

'True Blood' Sesame Street parody [VIDEO] - THR

| Julia McClatchy (admin)

Here’s an exclusive sneak peek at a puppet-filled parody that draws straight from the diner scene that opened the show in the series premiere