Labor Dept weighs changes to farm labor contractor law
Washington reports the Labor Department faces a pivotal decision on FLCRA enforcement amid Senate pressure from agribusiness groups. A proposed refinement could exclude many corporate employers from regulation, while the department also clarifies rules for Texas cotton ginners and exemptions for farmers and packing firms.
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Washington
Labor Department
Congress
Ray Marshall
National Food Processors Association
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
John Tower
Georgia
Sam Nunn
Herman Talmadge
Florida
Lawton Chiles
Richard Stone
Marshall
FLCRA
Gary Bryant
Migrant Legal Action Program
Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association
Craig Berrington
Department of Labor
Weatherization program policy questioned by rural group
Rural America criticizes Agriculture Department weatherization loans for rural homes as underfunded and inadequately promoted. Calls for lower interest, more staff, and broader loan use, citing TVA as a model for effective conservation and delivery.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
America
Raphael
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Farmers Home
Farmers Home Administration
Congress
Community Services Administration
Department of Energy
Energy Department
Pennsylvania tops nation in deer hunters
Hundreds of thousands of hunters flocked to Pennsylvania for the antlered deer season. The Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates 57,000 bucks to be killed by sunset December 8, with last year’s tally at 61,698. Officials note the deer herd is down slightly from an estimated 730,000.
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Energy Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
Raphael
TVA
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission
4-H Clubs Boost Toy Library for Fayette County
Stanley 4-H clubs the Scott Hot Shots and the Merry Hearts of Scott helped fund a Fayette County toy library for professional baby sitters. Patti Dillon organized it as an initiative of the extension service during the international year of the child. Janet and Jim McMillan of Stanley secured $4,000 grants from Pioneer Hi-Bred International to buy and make educational toys and puppets.
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Stanley
Scott Hot Shots
Merry Hearts of Scott
Fayette County
Patti Dillon
Janet
Jim McMillan
Hi-Bred International Seed Co
Monticello FFA hay and grain show winners named
Jeff Monck of Monticello won the Monticello FFA hay and grain show with 30 points, while Randy Muller was second with 21 and Paul Siebels third with 14. Steve Turnis and Don Greif tied for fifth with 13 and 11 points respectively. Lori Engelken of Earlville led the Maquoketa Valley FFA day and grain show at Delhi with 191 entries.
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Future Farmers of America
FFA
Jeff Monck
Monticello
Monck
Randy Muller
Paul Siebels
Steve Turnis
Hopkinton
Don Greif
Dave Russell
Lance Tuetken
Anamosa
John Lang
Doug Helms
Todd Schneit
Serengeti Die Off Linked to Poacher Crisis
Tanzania's government newspaper reports more than 5000 animals have died on the Serengeti's western edge in an ecological disaster blamed on poaching, with wildebeest and elephants among the losses.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Serengeti National Park
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Rural Electrification Administration
David Raphael
Rural America
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Brary
Pete Kalb
Industrial Arts
Renee Hillers
Dave Offerman
Dean Hawkins
Delhi
Maquoketa Valley
Hankins
U.S
3Rd Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Bell
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
P.O
Iowa
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