America In Danger - The Blog » Agriculture/Farming http://americaindanger.com/blog Exposing the dangerous political corruption facing America today. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Late Nev. Rancher Awarded Million$ in Decades Old Dispute http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/06/11/late-nev-rancher-awarded-million-in-decades-old-dispute.htm http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/06/11/late-nev-rancher-awarded-million-in-decades-old-dispute.htm#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:07:31 +0000 admin http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/06/11/late-nev-rancher-awarded-million-in-decades-old-dispute.htm

A federal judge has awarded more than $4.2 million to the estate of late Nevada rancher, Wayne Hage, ruling that the U.S. Forest Service committed a unconstitutional “taking” of his water rights during a decades-long dispute over livestock grazing on federal land. Calling the conflict a “drama worthy of a tragic opera”.

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]]> http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/06/11/late-nev-rancher-awarded-million-in-decades-old-dispute.htm/feed 0 Sam’s Club, Costco Limit Rice Purchases http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/24/sams-club-costco-limit-rice-purchases.htm http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/24/sams-club-costco-limit-rice-purchases.htm#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:49:25 +0000 admin http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/24/sams-club-costco-limit-rice-purchases.htm

Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s Sam’s Club warehouse division said on Wednesday it is limiting sales of Jasmine, Basmati and long grain white rice “due to recent supply and demand trends.”

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]]> http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/24/sams-club-costco-limit-rice-purchases.htm/feed 0 Era of cheap food ends as prices surge http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/23/era-of-cheap-food-ends-as-prices-surge.htm http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/23/era-of-cheap-food-ends-as-prices-surge.htm#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:47:43 +0000 admin http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/23/era-of-cheap-food-ends-as-prices-surge.htm

Gordon Brown responded to mounting concerns about the global rise in food prices by signalling that he might scale back Britain’s commitment to biofuels, which critics say has exacerbated the food crisis because land has been given over to grow crops for energy rather than food.

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]]> http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/23/era-of-cheap-food-ends-as-prices-surge.htm/feed 0 Americans hoard food as industry seeks regs http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/23/americans-hoard-food-as-industry-seeks-regs.htm http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/23/americans-hoard-food-as-industry-seeks-regs.htm#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:42:50 +0000 admin http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/23/americans-hoard-food-as-industry-seeks-regs.htm

Farmers and food executives appealed fruitlessly to federal officials yesterday for regulatory steps to limit speculative buying that is helping to drive food prices higher. So they want to keep Americans from storing food and not being self-reliant?

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NEW ORLEANS – President Bush has replied to criticism from Democratic presidential candidates and says that now is not the time to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement or to walk away from the accord.

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]]> http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/23/bush-now-is-not-the-time-to-renegotiate-or-cancel-nafta.htm/feed 0 In lean times, biotech grains are less taboo http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/21/in-lean-times-biotech-grains-are-less-taboo.htm http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/21/in-lean-times-biotech-grains-are-less-taboo.htm#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:13:24 +0000 admin http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/21/in-lean-times-biotech-grains-are-less-taboo.htm

Soaring food prices and global grain shortages are bringing new pressures on governments, food companies and consumers to relax their longstanding resistance to genetically engineered crops.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. ? Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing. Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting…

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]]> http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/21/food-rationing-confronts-breadbasket-of-the-world.htm/feed 0 Global warming rage lets global hunger grow http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/15/global-warming-rage-lets-global-hunger-grow.htm http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/15/global-warming-rage-lets-global-hunger-grow.htm#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:01:18 +0000 admin http://americaindanger.com/blog/2008/04/15/global-warming-rage-lets-global-hunger-grow.htm

The mass diversion of the North American grain harvest into ethanol plants for fuel is reaching its political and moral limits. The world intelligentsia has been asleep at the wheel. While we rage over global warming, global hunger has swept in under the radar screen.

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“Biofuels are fast becoming a new flash point in global diplomacy, putting pressure on Western politicians to reconsider their policies.” It’s about time!

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The U.S. is wrestling with the worst food inflation in 17 years, and analysts expect new data due on Wednesday to show it’s getting worse. That’s putting the squeeze on poor families and forcing bakeries, bagel shops and delis to explain price increases to their customers.

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