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Raw Milk Consumers Trust Farmers Over Health Officials
Raw Milk Consumers Trust Farmers Over Health Officials
Forget 'crying over it,' the way federal health officials portray the potential health risks of unprocessed milk might have some scrambling for a HazMat suit and respirator if faced with an overturned ...
07 Mar, 2012
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Voter ID a hot topic in state legislatures
Voter ID a hot topic in state legislatures
Voter turnout in the United States is disturbingly low. In the 2008 presidential election, voter turnout was higher than it had been in a generation, but barely 60% of eligible voters bothered to cast ...
30 Jan, 2012
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Arizona legislators push bill to allow guns on college campuses
Arizona legislators push bill to allow guns on college campuses
In a move sure to be controversial and which has already received national attention, Arizona legislators have redrafted legislation to allow guns to be carried at public colleges and universities. Go ...
03 Jan, 2012
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USDA wants to cull the statistician herd
USDA wants to cull the statistician herd
While they don't always appear to be related, statistics and modern agriculture go hand-in-hand. Industrial farmers rely on a myriad of statistical information from acreage usage numbers to data regar ...
08 Dec, 2011
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USDA announces beginning farmer awards
USDA announces beginning farmer awards
The average age of farmers and ranchers in America is increasing, and rural populations are in decline. This is why the U.S. Department of Agriculture is acting to plant a new crop of much needed agri ...
06 Oct, 2011
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Only time will tell what the debt deal means for agriculture
Only time will tell what the debt deal means for agriculture
The debt ceiling deal reached late last month might have temporarily reassured foreign debt holders, but the same can't be said of American farmers who anxiously await some decisions on cuts to agricu ...
18 Aug, 2011
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Maricopa recall signal a change in Arizona politics
Maricopa recall signal a change in Arizona politics
There’s a new level of political theater that’s premiered in America, and it’s not primary season – it’s recall season.  While the national focus has been on the recall of six Wisconsin Republica ...
15 Aug, 2011
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Has the libertarian moment arrived?
Has the libertarian moment arrived?
A libertarian-leaning sentiment is on the rise in the country, which may be attributed in part to the culture of digital personalization that's become so embedded in our way of life. With inventions s ...
24 Jun, 2011
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Brown's proposed budget finds less room for agriculture
Brown's proposed budget finds less room for agriculture
As part of his attempt to cover a $25 billion deficit over an 18 month period, Governor Brown plans to cut funding for state farm programs. In his 2011-2012 budget proposal, Brown has asked agricultur ...
26 Jan, 2011
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On breaking unions, states filing bankruptcy, and public pension underfunding
On breaking unions, states filing bankruptcy, and public pension underfunding
During the Great Depression, Congress passed an act saying states and municipalities could file for bankruptcy. The law was challenged and part of it was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1936 in Ash ...
05 Jan, 2011
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