Action on Milk-Support Program Stalls
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An end-of-the-session food fight over a milk support program erupted Friday in Congress, stalling action on legislation ranging from corporate tax cuts to hurricane and drought relief and preventing lawmakers from adjourning to hit the campaign trail.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- Despite an intensified campaign against poverty, World Bank programs have failed to lift incomes in many poor countries over the past decade, leaving tens of millions of people suffering stagnating or declining living standards, according to a report released Thursday by the...
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By LARKIN, Juliet  NEW ZEALAND'S dairy farming research organisation tasked with improving on-farm productivity is implementing five programmes in the coming year after management changes made last year.
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Federal agencies have delayed a range of proposed regulations from food safety to corporate governance until after Election Day.
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Like many farmers, Martin Busin works  from dawn till nightfall, but he still needs the help of his  cafe-au-lait cow, Miss, to bring in tourists to keep afloat his  smallholding in Italy&#39;s mountainous Alto Adige region.
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By Andrew Wellner, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 16--WASILLA -- A shiny silver Matanuska Maid milk tanker on its regular run drove slowly past a crowd of more than 100 farmers, their friends and politicians Friday in the driveway of Havemeister Dairy Farm.
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Progress on its lead drug remains stalled.
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A controversial new law that could signal trouble ahead for independent programers is delayed again.
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The Food and Drug Administration  should delay a decision on whether milk and meat from some  cloned animals are safe to eat until additional safety studies  can be conducted, a Democratic lawmaker and consumer groups  said in separate statements on Tuesday.
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By Anna Lognonn  A WOMEN'S Institute member braved chilly temperatures to plunge into a bath of milk outside Parliament this week in support of struggling dairy farmers.
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The UN Population Fund Wednesday reported a funding squeeze has undermined efforts to provide family planning services, reduce maternal deaths, prevent HIV/AIDS, and meet the needs of young people.
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With the government set to allow food from cloned animals onto the market Â and consumers not yet convinced it's safe Â meat and dairy producers are promoting an industry-led system to track cloned livestock.
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Shadow Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan has launched an appeal for cross-party support to save Wales' dairy industry.   Mrs Gillan has tabled a Commons motion on the issue as figures show three dairy farms in Wales closing each week.
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Health experts at a summit in the Philippines this week are urging East Asian countries to tout breast milk's benefits.
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A few years ago, American aid to Lebanon was measured in the number of dairy cows a U.S. program gave to farmers. Now it is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, plus military help, as Washington tries to prop up a government seen as threatened by Iran and Syria.
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Pennsylvaniaâs Agriculture Department has backed off its plan to ban milk-container labels stating that the milk comes from cows not treated with bovine growth hormone.
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TORONTO -- Post-partum depression clinics, breastfeeding clinics and other vital women&#39;s health services are on the chopping block as the province demands that hospitals balance their budgets next year, advocates warned yesterday.