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Agriculture interests stir immigration policy
Kansas Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman gets an earful from farmers and ranchers struggling to fill job vacancies. It is an economic calling, he said, worthy of thinking outside of the box.

NEW REPORT OUTLINES SIX CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS TO DRIVE AGRICULTURE TRANSFORMATIONS
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraft Foods, which has co-chaired the World Economic Forum's New Vision for Agriculture initiative for the past year, today shared a new report ( http://bit.ly/yQE75f ...

Agriculture secretary touts Missouri’s growth
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack brought the administration’s economic message to Kansas City on Friday, saying his department was fostering growth in Missouri that’s “built to last.”

Agriculture and Climate Change, Revisited
Chagrined by the failure of delegates to embrace agriculture as a formal priority in climate change talks in Durban, a group of experts calls for more research and advocacy on the world's food system.

AGCO Calls for a New Vision for Agriculture in Africa
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company , a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, today held its first ever AGCO Africa Summit in Berlin. The Summit is a joint initiative of AGCO, Bayer CropScience and DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH.

Koonce discusses agriculture’s impact at Rotary
CROWLEY – Statistics do not tell the whole story of agriculture, according to the Rotary Club of Crowley’s guest speaker Tuesday. Dr. Kenneth Koonce, dean of LSU’s College of Agriculture, spoke to ...

Agriculture chief bans cutting of coconut trees
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala on Thursday declared a total ban on cutting coconut trees in Albay after complaints that coconut-tree cutting triggered landslide and floods in remote low-lying and hillside villages in the province.

Agriculture mission continues for former Miss America
Though her reign as Miss America may have ended, Teresa Scanlan is continuing her mission to advocate for agriculture. KTIC Radio reports that Scanlan broke the mold when she was crowned Miss America in 2011. A native of Nebraska, she embraced her agriculture background and established partnerships with several agriculture organizations during her reign, including The Hand That Feeds U.S.

U.S. agriculture secretary critical of Pa. plan to tie food stamps to assets
The federal official in charge of the U.S. food stamp program said Thursday that Pennsylvania's plan to tie food-stamp benefits to people's assets will save the state nothing and create more problems than it solves.