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 Stories About: agriculture AND Department of Agriculture AND Muckraker
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Old Big Brother Had a Farm
USDA ID-tag plan for farm animals has some small-scale farmers unhappy |
Amanda Griscom Little |
10 Mar 2006 |
Muckraker |
| If only Orwell could get a load of this. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is promoting a system that would have farm-animal owners and livestock handlers attach microchips or other ID tags to their furry and feathered charges so they could be monitored throughout their lifetimes by a centralized computer network. The National Animal Identification System, ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Muckraker (all these topics) |
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Mikey Likes It
Bush's pick to head the USDA is a big ethanol booster |
Amanda Griscom Little |
09 Dec 2004 |
Muckraker |
| At a White House ceremony last week announcing the nomination of Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns (R) to succeed Ann Veneman as agriculture secretary, President Bush called his pick "a strong proponent of alternative energy sources, such as ethanol and biodiesel," later adding that "in a new term, we'll continue policies that are pro-growth, pro-jobs, and pro-farmer." Johanns ( ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, Department of Agriculture, energy, ethanol, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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