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Floods Take Major Toll on Australian Farms, Mines
By not in system - AOL NewsTENT HILL, Australia - Australia began to tally the multibillion dollar toll of massive flooding that left fertile farmland in the northeast a boggy mess of rotting vegetation and swamped the third-largest city of Brisbane, where residents waded through stinking mud Friday in search of salvageable possessions. Mining companies have announced that they won't be able to meet contracts for coal, Australia's biggest export, due to the flooding in Queensland state while farmers there are counting crop losses that could push up world food prices. The floodwaters that swamped entire neighborhoods ...
In Hard Times, States Still Spend to Protect Farms
By not in system - AOL NewsHAMDEN, Conn. -- Despite tough financial times following the worst recession in decades, some states continue to spend millions of dollars to preserve American farmland and stem its rapid loss to development and suburban sprawl. Advocates say the preservation efforts are needed to ensure food is available locally if the national distribution system is ever disrupted. They also say it helps maintain a way of life important to many Americans. Twenty-five states have farmland preservation programs, and nearly half of them are in the densely populated Northeast, where the loss of fields ...
Rare Miniature Panda Calf Born on Colorado Farm
By Lisa Holewa - AOL News(Jan. 2) – He does look a bit like a panda, with thick black fur interrupted by a white belt around the middle, and an adorable white face with black ovals around the eyes. But newborn Ben moos just like the calf he is. Ben is a miniature panda cow, reportedly one of only 24 in the world, born to a lowline Angus cow named Bella in a stall on a northern Colorado farm. "They're so small that they don't fit in a calf blanket, so we had to get him a lamb blanket," his owner, Chris Jessen told the Loveland, Colo., Reporter-Herald, as he prepared the calf for a cold day after the birth ...
'A Wake-Up Call' for Rural America
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyAre America's farms facing a crisis? Addressing the USDA's annual Outlook Forum -- which looks at the year ahead in agriculture -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday, "I want to express concern about the 2.2 million farmers and 50 million people who live in rural America." He noted that rural America has fewer college graduates and an average income $11,000 per-capita less than the national average. Rural America is also older than urban or suburban communities; this year's agricultural census puts the average age of farmers at 57. And as those farmers retire or move on to ...
Tom Vilsack's Farm-Country Tour: A Different Kind of Town Hall
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyHealth care town-hall meetings are certainly stealing the spotlight these days -- but they're not the only game in town. Mostly unnoticed, a quieter series of town halls is taking place on a different crisis: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has embarked on a listening tour through rural America to hear about the problems facing farmers. And it's a good thing too, because back on the farm, all is not well. ...
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