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Mar. 28, 2012
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Delta Farm Press

Buffett says American food debate 'cluttered'

Howard Buffett says that no matter what you call it, transferring the right kind of agricultural technology to Third World countries is crucial if the world is to reduce hunger. And teaching farmers to produce more crops is a key ingredient in that effort. Buffett talked about feeding the hungry during a press briefing that followed his speech at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa....More
Mar. 27, 2012
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Drought of 2011 ranks far behind worse ones

Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist, saying that last year's drought was the worst ever for Texas, but nationally it caused far fewer losses than some other droughts....More
Mar. 26, 2012
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Chinese corn imports a lively debate

If you want to get a lively debate going, bring together several grain analysts and ask them for their forecasts of how much corn China might buy from the U.S. in any given year....More
Mar. 26, 2012
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Farm accident victims get USDA help

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, on a phone hookup with reporters, saying the new rules will help farm accident victims get help faster by not limiting their emergency care to a facility in their health care network....More
Mar. 26, 2012
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Schools have pink slime choice

Food companies, restaurants and food stores all have a choice of whether to use the meat filler product now known as pink slime and the Agriculture Secretary says the nation's schools have that choice as well....More
Mar. 26, 2012
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Breaking down a $7.6 billion drought

David Anderson, Texas A&M University Extension economist, giving a breakdown by commodity of the 7.6 billion dollar loss Texas agriculture suffered as a result of the 2011 drought....More
Mar. 23, 2012
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Historic ag trade mission heads to China

Members of an historic U.S. agricultural trade mission are on their way to China....More
Mar. 23, 2012
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Delta Farm Press

Buffett says crop diversity key for Third World farmers

U.S. farmers are some of the most successful in history. So it’s only natural they would want to try to teach Third World farmers their methods when they reach out to those countries. More often than not, that is the wrong thing to do, according to Howard Buffett. His comments came during a media briefing following his address at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa....More
Mar. 22, 2012
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Delta Farm Press

Howard Buffett relentless in hunger battle

Howard Buffett is a member of one of the wealthiest families in the world. Buffett, who owns and operates farms in Illinois and Nebraska, has chosen to use much of his wealth to fight hunger in Africa and other parts of the world. He described some of his experiences during a press briefing that followed his address at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa....More

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