Japanese Boxed Lunches Stir Rural Protests in Tokyo
Imported O-bento boxes from California grown rice spark opposition from Liberal Democratic Partyrice farmers. The boxes priced around 4.76 dollars drew ire as Japan lifts rice import limits to 8 percent yearly, amid a slow economy and questions of self sufficiency.
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Tokyo
Nippon Restaurant Enterprise Inc
United States
Liberal Democratic Party
Yuri Kageyama
Associated Press
Japan
Yuzo Nakamura
Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
Nakamura
U.S
Tokuharu Tano
America
Obento
California
Lundberg Family Farms
Akita Komachi
Shizuka Yasui
Nippon Restau
Rant Enterprise Co
JR East Group
Yukari Maeda
Mika Kashima
Water cleanup plan on hold amid EPA review
The Bush administration seeks to delay and re-examine Clinton era rules requiring state plans to clean up runoff across about 21 000 water bodies. EPA asks appeals court to stay ruling and pause implementation 18 months. Environmental groups warn of a rollback. Farm Bureau sues EPA over authority under the Clean Water Act.
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Washington
Administration
Clinton
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Court of Appeals
Joan Mulhern
Earthjustice Environmental Law Firm
American Farm Bureau
EPA
California
Biodiesel could boost Iowa farmers and soybean demand
A federal USDA study at Sen. Grassley’s request says increasing soy based biodiesel by 1.5 billion pounds annually would lift U S farm income by about 0.7 percent during 2001 10. Iowa, the top soybean producer, would gain as biodiesel produced from soybeans or used oil reduces emissions. Even 2 percent biodiesel would require about 400 million bushels of soybeans to yield 600 million gallons.
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Des Moines
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chuck Grassley
Department of Energy
Iowa
Karen Andersen-Schank
Iowa Soybean Promotion Board
Midwest
Andersen-Schank
Weather and farm conference set for West Des Moines
A weather outlook and Market Advantage 2001 conference run 8 a.m. to 4 45 p.m. Thursday at the Iowa Farm Bureau office in West Des Moines. Topics include a USDA loan program update and registration costs 10 in advance 25 at the door.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
West Des Moines
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dysart City
Cows Seen as Power Plants in Iowa Biogas Project
Dan Meyer of Iowa State University designs a digester at Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar to heat water and test biofuel from cow manure. About 125 cows feed a 50 000 gallon digester producing biogas for heating and future electricity with a fuel cell.
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Calmar
Dan Meyer
Meyer
Iowa State University Extension
Northeast Iowa Community College
Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation
Resource Conservation and Development Council For
Dairy Center
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D-Bento
National Academy of Sciences
Epa.gov
Farm Bureau
National Academies
National-Academies.org
Earthjustice
Farm Bureaus
Tama
Benton Counties
Gateway Cooperative
Conway
Heartland Co-op
Gateway
Conray
Malcom
Montezuma
Heartland
National Pork Board
Wisconsin Pork Associations
Culver
ISU
County Blues Society
Cme
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