Groups want better protection for farm workers
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Farming, labour and consumer associations are calling for national standards to prevent farm workers from being exploited.
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By KIDSON, Sally; FAIRFAX  By Sally Kidson and NZPA   Dairy farmers in Tasman district have shown a "huge improvement'' in meeting their resource consent conditions.
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TO THE EDITOR:           As persons who are deeply concerned about hunger and poverty in our nation and throughout the world, my wife and I are joining with members of Bread for the World and other organizations in raising questions about the farm bill now being considered by Congress.
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By GREG EDWARDS  Every few years, the gaze of Virginia farmers falls beyond the edges of their fields toward Washington, where lawmakers are crafting another farm bill.
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In the 1960s, farm labor leader Cesar Chavez rallied fieldhands to speak out against a guest worker program that recruited millions of Mexicans to pick crops at low wages.
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Arizona farmers cite tighter border security and limits on guest workers. They're paying field hands $2 more per hour.
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Competition Commission calls for ombudsman with powers to protect farmers and suppliers
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_ Consumer and cattle-industry groups joined the government in cautioning against public alarm as federal scientists investigate a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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By Cynthia Sewell, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 4--A group of farmers, ranchers, timber companies, conservationists and sportsmen are working together to save farm and ranch land from development.
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Plant scientists who work to protect Red River Valley sugar beet fields from weeds and disease have helped farmers enjoy record crops in the last two years.
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Many Democrats, womenÃÂs organizations and liberal groups are gearing up for a fight on another workplace issue: paid sick days.
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Gunfire and gang violence are alarming people in this farm town where the usual background noise is the reassuring chug of field machinery.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 18--A proposed federal farm bill could see some local farmers losing their subsidies and others gaining much needed dollars for research, development and marketing.
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WASHINGTON, June 19  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) expressed disappointment with today's House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management markup of H.R. 2419, the 2007 Farm Bill.
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By Jacob Luecke, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 9--A group of Boone County residents plan to lobby the Missouri General Assembly next year to legalize a new tax that could be used to safeguard farms from development.
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By John Holland, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Sep. 9--Proposed ways of protecting farming in Stanislaus County will go before the public Tuesday and Sept. 18. County officials have drafted revisions to the agricultural element of the general plan.
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By Sara Semelka, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Feb. 11--Soon after residents of Arrow Rock began to network with other activists to try stopping a large pig farm planned two miles outside their historic town, they realized their situation was not unique.