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Dairy of Distinction applications due April 15
Pennsylvania dairy farms are invited to apply for this year’s Dairy of Distinction award from the Northeast Dairy Farm Beautification Program. Applications must be submitted by April 15. The award is based on the idea that attractive farmsteads...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Consumer Goods Industries
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Arden Tewksberry Doesn't Believe A 32-cent Increase On A Gallon Of Milk Is Too Much To Ask.
He said he’d like to see legislation that, in the short term, would raise the price of a gallon of milk from its current $3.83 to $4.15. He noted that a gallon cost $4.07 just a few weeks ago. “It would give the dairy farmer a chance to stay...Tags: Farms, Robert P. Casey, Jr., U.S. Senate, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Manufacturer plans expansion in northwest Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Tank Components Industries, which has a plant at 4520 E. Kearney St., plans to move to an 81,000-square-foot facility in Springfield’s Partnership Industrial Center West on West Division Street. Along with the expansion, it also...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Economic Policy
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South Dakota looking to add more dairy cows
SIOUX FALLS (AP) - South Dakota is on the lookout for dairy cows. Gov. Dennis Daugaard and state agriculture officials traveled this week to the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., with the goal of doubling the state's current herd of about 92,000 dairy...Tags: Plant Openings, Personal Income, Dennis Daugaard, Consumer Goods Industries
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Amherst vineyard owner named Virginia's top grape grower
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefEven in the dead of winter, there's plenty to see on Len Thompson's farm. His vineyard is a year-round labor of love. "There are easier ways to make money, but you've got to like what you do," said Thompson. For almost 14 years, he and his wife, Kay,...Tags: Amherst County, Grapes, Consumer Goods Industries, Wines
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Sweet-Tooth Tax: Should Consumers Have to Pay Extra For Candy And Soda?
Tobacco can make you sick and kill you. So can too much sugar in your diet, which most scientists agree is keyed into the obesity epidemic that's producing a generation of bloated kids and fat-plagued adults. We tax the hell out of cigarettes to...
Tags: Politics, Medical Research, National Government, PepsiCo Inc., Lobbying
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Local farmers doubt milk prices will double
Daily American Staff WriterThe predictions are dire: milk prices doubling, dairy markets collapsing, family farms folding. These are the potential results of congressional inaction on a new federal farm bill and the impending "fiscal cliff." But according to Milford...Tags: Robert P. Casey, Jr., Laws, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Fiscal Cliff
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Let the Girl Scouts cookies just be cookies
Are you ready for a road trip? Dade City in Pasco County is hosting its annual Kumquat Festival on Saturday, an event that honors the sweet-sour citrus. From 9 a.m.-5 p.m., visitors can sample all manner of kumquat cuisine from pies, smoothies, marmalade,...
Tags: Mangos, Girl Scout Cookies, Consumer Goods Industries
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Tax relief act is a disappointment for dairy farmers
After years of work to bring dairy policy reform to fruition, we are extremely disappointed that Congress has turned its back on dairy farmers. Although passing the American Tax Relief Act of 2012 averted a 'dairy cliff' that would have devastated the...Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Elections, U.S. Congress
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PASSINGS: Daniel J. Edelman
Daniel J. Edelman, 92, who built one of the world's top public relations companies and pioneered celebrity endorsements and media tours, died of heart failure Tuesday at a Chicago hospital, said his son, Richard Edelman. Edelman is credited with...
Tags: CBS Corp., Nolan Ryan, Columbia University, Advil (drug), Radio Industry
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Fight brews on Maryland drink deposit law
In a bid to boost recycling and reduce litter, a trio of lawmakers announced plans Monday to push for legislation that would levy a refundable nickel deposit on every beverage container sold in Maryland.
But the announcement drew prompt opposition from...Tags: Alcoa Incorporated, Montgomery County (Maryland), Politics, Inner Harbor, Labor Legislation
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New year's resolution
2012-13 Somerset County Dairy PrincessIt is a new year that means you made a new year's resolution. Either making some new friends or promising yourself you are going to lose weight. There is an easy solution to that, just drink milk, 3-Every Day. Happy New Year! I am Cheyenne Saumier,...Tags: Turkey (animal), Salt, Lifestyle and Leisure, Cheese, Foods and Beverages
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