The Daily Caller

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USDA school-food proposal gets under spud industry's skin - TheDC

| Gracie Ferrell
Food And Farm School Spuds

Advocates cite the potato’s health benefits, cost burdens for school districts in opposing regulations to starchy veggies in school meals

Dairy processors fight milk price controls - TheDC

| Michael Watson
Food And Farm Big Farm Fight

While milk processors seek end to New Deal-era price controls, large dairy farming co-ops back bill to save their subsidies

FoodPolitik: Food cops have sour prescription for our diets - TheDC Opinion

| Rick Berman
Salt Shaker

FDA, Dept. of Agriculture open formal inquiry into how to achieve salt reduction goals

Obama's wackiest budget cuts - CNN

| interns

Obama’s budget would slash programs that don’t work

Shirley Sherrod sues Andrew Breitbart over infamous USDA video clip - TheDC

| Daniel Keylin

Breitbart defiantly dismisses the suit as ‘transparent effort to chill his constitutionally protected free speech’

Ethanol eats away U.S. corn supply - AP

| admin

After record-high levels of production in December and January, corn prices have risen to $7 per bushel from $3.50

Is America heading towards reparations?

| Ashley Stinnett

The Pigford II settlement sets a dangerous and disturbing precedent.

Will Pigford vindicate Breitbart? - TheDC

| Caroline May

Shirley Sherrod incident may have opened door to exposing one of the biggest fraud cases in history

Universities encourage students to receive welfare, food stamps - TheDC

| Matthew Boyle

Universities encouraging students to receive welfare benefits

Food Stamps are pretty easy to get - TheDC

| Matthew Boyle

What you can buy with food stamps - TheDC

| Matthew Boyle

GIPSA chief is finger lickin' bad

| Billy Gribbin

J. Dudley Butler, an Obama administration appointee, is using his position to enrich himself.

Congress sends child nutrition bill to Obama - AP

| wrahn

The $4.5 billion bill passed by the House 264-157 Thursday would expand a program that provides full meals after school to all 50 states

CURRAN & ENNIS: Google fired workers, why can't Obama? - TheDC Opinion

| The Tech Guys

If the federal government were run like a tech company, we’d all be better off.

Did Kyl already violate GOP ban on earmarks? - AP

| wrahn

Senate Republicans’ ban on earmarks – money included in a bill by a lawmaker to benefit a home-state project or interest – was short-lived

USDA, Dems plow taxpayers - TheDC

| Caroline May

Pigford II settlement to black farmers to be opposed by Republicans in the House

Senate expected to approve $1.15B for black farmers - CNN

| Steven Nelson (admin)

The Senate is also expected to clear in the same piece of legislation $3.4 billion to fund a separate settlement for Native Americans

Gov't aids cheese makers, scolds cheese eaters - NYT

| interns

At a cost of $140 million, Dept. of Agriculture simultaneously pushes cheese production while urging consumers to avoid fatty foods like cheese

Are Obama's czars using their positions to enrich themselves?

| Derek Hunter

Too many Obama administration bureaucrats face conflicts of interest. They have to go.

Juan Williams and Shirley Sherrod: a comparison - Slate

| interns

Is Juan Williams being attacked by liberals as Shirley Sherrod was attacked by conservatives during her forced resignation fiasco?