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Brazil leader vetoes parts of law opening up Amazon

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:38:07 -0700
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Friday vetoed parts of a new forestry code that environmentalists say would lead to further deforestation in the Amazon, home to the world's largest collection of plants and animals.
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New law aims to grow Vt farming, forestry

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:38:03 -0700
A new economic development law in Vermont aims to help entrepreneurs in farming and forestry come up with new ways to make money.
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Ag Energy Coalition Tells Congressmembers That Farm Bill Energy Programs Support Energy Security and Job Creation

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:15:00 -0700
Ryan Stroschein, co-director of the Agriculture Energy Coalition , today urged Members of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry to reauthori
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Cork popped on wine signs

Sat, 12 May 2012 01:39:16 -0700
A new highway sign to promote the Eastern Shore as a federally recognized viticultural area was unveiled this week at Chatham Vineyards. Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd P. Haymore, left, was on hand to help with the unveiling along with Chatham owners Jon and Mills Wehner.
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Kitzhaber Appoints Adviser To Work On O&C Issues

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:48:38 -0700
Governor Kitzhaber has appointed Tom Tuchmann as the new Forestry and Conservation Finance Advisor.
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BIO Testifies to House Agriculture Subcommittee That Farm Bill Energy Programs Are Working

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:01:00 -0700
“Farm Bill energy programs are working and BIO member companies are beginning to put steel in the ground,” BIO President & CEO Jim Greenwood said today in testimony to the Hous
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Sistema Seeks Diversity in Agriculture

Thu, 03 May 2012 07:27:05 -0700
Sistema, one of the country's largest conglomerates with assets ranging from oil to telecoms, is looking at a range of possible deals as it seeks to diversify into new business lines such as agriculture and infrastructure.
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McVeigh drives Qld agriculture

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:29:04 -0700
QUEENSLAND agriculture is back in business. That has been the message newly instated Agriculture Minister John McVeigh has repeatedly delivered during a whirlwind series of meetings with the state's farming representative groups since taking on his cabinet position less than a month ago.
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Japanese importers accuse their government of favoring domestic lumber over foreign wood

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:11:30 -0700
They say Japan's powerful Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries favors Japanese wood products over Northwest lumber.
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Oklahomans Asked To Use Firewood Found Near Campsites

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:54:44 -0700
Oklahoma forestry officials are asking people who plan to camp for the Memorial Day weekend to only burn firewood acquired near the campsite.
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