Workers are getting injured, but the Department of Agriculture says their safety is not its responsibility. Sixty miles northeast of Atlanta, a chicken statue atop a 25-foot monument proclaims the small city of Gainesville, Georgia, the “Poultry Capital of the World.” In the rolling hills outside of town, white feathers […]
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How A Grass Might Generate Fuel And Help Fix Damaged Mine Lands
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Down bumpy back roads deep in central West Virginia, a flat, bright green pasture opens up among the rolling hills of coffee-colored trees. Wildflowers and butterflies dot the pasture, but West Virginia University Professor Jeff Skousen is here for something else […]
Read MoreHouse Budget Rejects Trump’s Proposed Cuts for Rural Programs
The budget bill also blocks the Department of Agriculture from moving two research agencies from Washington, D.C., to the Kansas City region. But the Senate has yet to take up any budget legislation. The budget the House of Representatives passed in June reverses billions of dollars in cuts to rural […]
Read MoreReport: Moving Agriculture Research Centers Out of Washington Will Cost More
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says moving the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington, D.C., will save taxpayers millions of dollars. A report from an independent association of economists says the move will actually wind up costing more than staying put. Moving two USDA […]
Read MoreChicken Farmers Thought Trump Was Going to Help Them. Then His Administration Did the Opposite.
The Agriculture Department is barely enforcing regulations on big meat companies. By late 2016, many of the nation’s 25,000 chicken farmers said they had grown bitterly frustrated by the administration of President Barack Obama. Under Obama, top officials had promised to help farmers by tightening regulations on meat processing companies, […]
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