Lower Income Threshold Now Protects Small Farms
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By Carol Demare, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Jun. 18--ALBANY -- A new county law was just what Teri Conroy needed to protect her small llama farm in Altamont.
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Poultry farmers who participate in a   program to prevent the spread of diseases would be fully   compensated for loss of birds and equipment if low-pathogenic   strains of avian influenza are found, the U.S. Agriculture   Department said on Friday.
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By Bill Hord, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 14--LINCOLN -- Farmers ranked renewable energy and assistance for small and beginning farmers as top priorities for farm policy in a nationwide survey released Wednesday.
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.
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Financial results were fierce for this agricultural enabler.
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By The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Mar. 4--The Bush administration is proposing an $87.8 billion farm bill that would cut overall agricultural spending, boost funding of conservation programs and reduce the number of wealthy farmers eligible for taxpayer subsidies.
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NEW YORK -- Barely two years ago, Cristina Rodriguez and her three children were moored on the wrong side of the income gap. A high school dropout, she was making a little more than $200 a week, stapling price tags to shirts and boxing them at a Modell's warehouse. "I didn't use my mouth, didn't use...
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People on low incomes have similar diets to the rest of the population, a government report states.
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It's not too late to make money in small caps.
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Â· More digestible feedstuff reduces production of gasÂ· Farmers could switch to different grass varieties
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LOWER payouts and rising on-farm expenses have left dairy farmers predicting minimal growth for the current season, according to an Agriculture Ministry report.
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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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About 3.2 million households in the state, most of which are middle and lower income, would be affected, according to tax records.
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One of my buddies had a brilliant idea I hadn't thought of: Check Pennsylvania's maps for what's called a co-op farm. It's not a commune, it's a farm which offers up it's land to the public for hunting.  What the Farmer Gets  If the hunters are decent-folk, they generally clean up the trash off the property. I personally built a blind out of rocks I happened to find in a fallow field to give me something to sit on and a hiding place. The blind is next to a power utility pole, so it gives me a great shot at birds coming in slowly to land on the wires. He got his field cleaned essentially for free since I also picked up trash. I don't want my game animals eating garbage.  The other bonus the farmer enjoys is limited crop losses to wildlife. This particular farmer was doing the soy-corn-fallow crop rotation which is pretty typical Pennsylvania crop rotation. Doves love this stuff and eat it up. Probably about 2/3rds of the doves I cleaned had corn in their crop.  What the Hunters Get  A place to hunt with a ton of acreage devoted to what essentially amounts to bait.
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The bill is part of a measure aimed at curbing what some consumer advocates say are deceptive lending practices aimed at people with low incomes or poor credit histories.
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By John Holland, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 21--Well-placed federal money could help San Joaquin Valley farmers provide food while caring for the land, speakers told two congressmen Tuesday.
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By FORDYCE MAXWELL  DAIRY farmers have been advised to allocate at least 4p per litre for unpaid labour when calculating milk production costs.