Lugar Wants to Try New Approach to Farm Aid
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By The Associated Press  Instead of guaranteed payments and price subsidies for certain crops, the government should help farmers ride out lean years by creating savings accounts that could be dipped into when farm income is low, Sen. Richard Lugar said.
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The National Farmers Union launches a campaign to encourage young people to take up jobs in agriculture.
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President Bush is making a renewed push to allow the government to spend food aid money to buy crops in poor countries
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RADCLIFFE, Iowa -- Corn farmer Jim Handsaker has found a slew of ways to ride the heartland boom in biofuels that is reshaping the economy of rural Iowa.
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The United Nations' world food body  outlined steps on Monday meant to help the world's poorest  nations combat soaring food prices, including a new voucher  program for farmers and a review of food-guzzling biofuels.
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The government of Mauritania is appealing to international donors to help it reverse a food shortage affecting more than 1 million people.
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Barack Obama wants to hear about the challenges facing rural communities.
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Like any rancher trying something new  Miroslav Vujicic carefully monitors the health of his herd,  keeps an eye on feed consumption and is often busy mending the  fences and equipment necessary for keeping livestock.
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President Bush is making a renewed push to allow the government to spend food aid money to buy crops in poor countries. Congress is unlikely to go along.
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Help is hard to find on Essex County farms. Not enough people know how to operate heavy farm equipment either. Packers and sales help at the farm stand are tough to find, too.
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One school of thought would provide alternative development aid locally. The other focuses on prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment.
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The packaged food outfit is taking some important steps that should contribute to improved results down the road.
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The quest to perennialize everything from sorghum to chickpeas to sunflowers has taken on new urgency for a variety of reasons, like climate change and soil loss.
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Gordon Brown is urged to adopt a new approach in an effort to rebuild the morale of millions of workers.
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The UN is to begin new efforts to bring food aid to tens of thousands hit by Kenya's post-election violence.
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It's hard to find enough green space here for a soccer field, let alone a farm. So why is Farm Aid coming to this concrete-covered city known for crime, poverty and political corruption rather than a place known for corn, beans and hogs?
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Anticipating a fight in Congress over President Bush's proposed farm cuts, new Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Thursday that large operations are reaping too big a share of government subsidies.