Pesticide testing debate pits enviro groups against industry in Washington
A House subcommittee reports most major pesticides lack adequate testing for cancer risks and birth defects. Environmentalists push new data rules while the NACA argues reforms should wait for EPA leadership review. The FIFRA reform bill aims to close tests gaps, but industry warns of market disruption and delays.
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al Swegie Gazette
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Farm Chemical
Industrial Biotest, Inc
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
IBT
Tom Harkin
Iowa
National Agricultural Chemicals Association
William Ruckelshaus
Sylvia Walters
NACA
The
Gazette
Walters
House
Harkin
Congressional Record
Dog trained to sniff out bee disease in Michigan
Angie a 34 year old German shepherd tests beehives to detect American Foulbrood a bacterial disease that attacks larvae and can wipe out a hive beekeepers hope she provides a fast accurate tool inspector Michael Corneil says she misses few hives while Virgil Green owner of Green Bee Apiaries notes she works much faster than humans Michigan experts say Angie may be the only dog used to detect the disease locally
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Card
Mich
Angie
Michael Corneil
State Agriculture Department
Virgil Green
Green Bee Apiaries
Caro
Michigan
Are farm women truly farmers in USDA surveys
The USDA notes few farm women identify as farmers despite heavy farm involvement. 1978 census found 5 percent of operators were female, 1980 survey 4 percent called themselves farmers. Variations in surveys, perceptions, and occupation choices affect labeling. most women were wives or homemakers. Married women who identified as farmers showed greater confidence they could run the farm if needed.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kathleen Scholl
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Ms. Scholl
Family Economics Review
Farm labor rally and sausage giveaway planned in Waterloo
A Waterloo solidarity day planned for November 1 will feature a rally a sausage giveaway and a round table discussion. Organized by the Iowa Farm Unity Coalition and the North American Farm Alliance with unions and community groups the event aims to build a farm labor coalition. Hogs donated will be processed into up to 6000 pounds of sausage for unemployed or needy residents.
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Waterloo
Iowa Farm Unity Coalition
North American Farm Alliance
United Auto Workers Local 838
United Food and Commercial Workers
Brown Baggers
Jim Reardon
Reardon
Robert Anderson
Iowa
UAW
Iowa National Farmers Organization
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
End of Daylight Savings Time Plea From a Farm Wife
Doris Engstrom, a farm wife from Woodbury County Iowa, argues against daylight saving time returning to standard time. She notes darker mornings threaten children and traffic, questions energy savings, and praises earlier sunsets. She adds personal background and invites readers to write to Hornick Iowa.
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Doris Engstrom
Woodbury County
Clayton County
Benton County
Hornick
Iowa
Bloomfield banker's farm sold after bank failure
A pony farm owned by Peter Burchette, president of the failed Exchange Bank of Bloomfield, sold for 58000 dollars to Bruce and Chris Piper. Proceeds go to repay uninsured depositors who have received 10 percent so far. Court approval pending.
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Bloomfield, Iowa
Peter Burchette
Exchange Bank of
Bloomfield
Burdette
Bruce
Chris Piper
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