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Ducks Unlimited on hand to welcome new U.S. Agriculture Secretary
Sec. Schafer to meet with DU Executive Vice President Don Young WASHINGTON – February 6, 2008 – Several members of Ducks Unlimited’s staff from Washingto C. and the Great Plains region helped welcome Secretary of Agriculture, Ed Schafer to his new post toda DU was invited to join the Secretary’s family and President Bush at a swearing in ceremony held at the Department of Agriculture. “Conservation efforts help preserve our natural resources,” said President Bush, in describing the importance of the USDA for farmers, ranchers, and the public. Newly sworn in Secretary Schafer agreed, saying that he looks forward to working with Congress to craft a Farm Bill that is best for America. DU staff spoke with the Secretary after the ceremony to discuss the importance of conservation in Schafer’s home state of North Dakota, the heart of the Prairie Pothole Region. Also on hand for the ceremony were Chairman Tom Harkin (Iowa) and Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss (Geo.) of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Chairman Colin Peterson (Minn.) of the House Agriculture Committee, who will soon begin the conference negotiations for the Farm Bill and work with the Secretary Schafer to achieve a bill that is acceptable to both Congress and the Bush administration. Secretary Schafer is already acquainted with Ducks Unlimited, and in addition to meeting with the staff on hand today, he will meet with Ducks Unlimited Executive Vice President, Don Young next week to discuss agriculture conservation issues impacting sportsmen. “I am looking forward to meeting with the new Secretary next week,” said Young. “North Dakota is a very important state for North America’s waterfowl, and we want to work with him to find solutions that benefit people and waterfowl in the prairies and across the country.” Young will be in Washington, D. C. to meet with leaders of the
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John Saunders, Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture
SECRETARY JUDGE : Thank you, Mary Jane. And now the we'll hear from Missouri. MR. SAUNDERS : Thank you, Secretary Jud I'm John Saunders, Director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture, and I would say at the outset I wanted to thank Secretary Judge and her staff for helping to put this forum together. I think we can see the importance of it by the size of the crowd and the representations of the states. I would go on to say a big thank you to Secretary Glickman and his staff. Mr. Secretary, we work very closely with your staff and FSA and FAS particularly and also NRTS, and they've been very responsive, I can assure you, to the needs of our farmers in Missou I feel a little bit -- coming up here and after listening to some of these figures from Iowa and Kansas, I feel a little like the two fourth-grade boys that were in my sister's fourth grade class in King City, Missouri this last spring. And the boys, as young boys often do, their dads were both farmers and they were talking about -- they were in an argument about the size of their farm, and well, this one kid had the advantage on the other boy in almost in every category. You know, my dad has a bigger tractor and my dad has a bigger farm and a bigger truck, and it just went on and on.
http://www.fas.usda.gov
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USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) - Homepage
Highlights Statement By Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer on Signing of the Andean Trade Preference Extension Act (H. R. 5264) By President George W. Bush (02/29/08) — Statement by Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer on the Extension of the Andean Trade Preference Act by the U. S. House of Representatives (02/28/08) FAS Administrator Yost in Iraq — Dialogue Continues On How To Improve Iraqi Ag Sector (USDA Radio News; 02/27/08 - real , mp3 , wave ) — Human Resources Important To Rebuild Iraqi Agriculture (USDA Radio News; 02/27/08 - real , mp3 , wave ) — Iraqi Agricultural Rebuild Needs Plant Research (USDA Radio News; 02/28/08 - real , mp3 , wave ) — More about rebuilding agriculture and food security in Iraq FAS Names Christian Foster as Deputy Administrator For Office of Trade Programs (02/25/08 pdf) USDA Raises Agricultural Exports Forecast To Record $101 Billion for 2008 (02/21/08) — USDA Makes Big Boost In Its Export Forecast (USDA Radio News; 02/21/08 - real , mp3 , wave ) — Read full report (. pdf) — FAS Analysis More information on: — U. S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement — U. S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement — U. S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement — U. S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement U.
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Covercrops for California Agriculture
Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, All contents copyright © 2008 Regents of the University of California.
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu
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California Agriculture
Minimum tillage could benefit California rice farmers Bruce A.
http://repositories.cdlib.org
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California State University Agriculture Research Initiative
Who we are The California State University Agricultural Research Initiative (ARI) is a comprehensive applied agricultural and environmental research program joining the CSU's four colleges of agriculture and the state's agriculture and natural resources industries and allied business communities.
http://ari.calstate.edu
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California Federation of Certified Farmers' Markets: Resources
Associations and Organizations -- General Agriculture American Farm Bureau Federation (Voice of Agriculture) American Farmland Trust ASA/CSSA/SSSA Home California Certified Organic Farmers The California Farm Bureau Federation California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) Community Alliance With Family Farmers Epicurious Food Food & Agriculture Frieda’s, Inc.
http://www.cafarmersmarkets.com
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CDFA > Statistics
ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE DIRECTORY 2007 Californians want their government to act efficiently, effectively and cooperatively--in other words, they want government to act smart.
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov
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California
Each year there is a major lobster festival featuring fresh Maine lobster in Redondo Beach, California.
http://www.classbrain.com
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Legislative Information - Agriculture
Ensure an adequate water supply for farmers- Senator Feinstein was the leading Senate sponsor of the CALFED legislation enacted in 2004.
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov
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