Garden gardener Dale Cooke grows a mile of fruit and flowers
Dale Cooke, a 66 year old Riverside Home resident, began with tomato seeds from a sandwich and built a mile long garden. Staff say the garden keeps him healthy and engaged, inspiring other residents to cultivate plants and animals around the 17 acre campus. Cooke shares produce with staff and uses funds to buy tools. He formerly farmed in New Jersey and later joined city programs before a stroke left him with a cane.
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Knight Ridder
Philadelphia
Dale Cooke
Riverview
Cooke
Delaware River
Mary Woertz
Woertz
Haddonfield
N.J
Haddonfield High School
South Jersey
Riverside
Philadelphia Inquirer
Bonnie Weller
Glickman Defends Meat Test Rules Amid Salmonella Drop
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman told the Senate committee that salmonella test limits are reasonable and working as the industry fights in court over a Texas plant halted after repeated test failures. He cited declines across beef, poultry, hog, and turkey products since 1996.
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Washington
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
USDA
Turkey
USDA and processors clash over meat safety standards
The National Food Processors Association argues USDA limits on salmonella in meat are arbitrary and fail to consider regional differences. They note ground beef tests allow up to 7.5 percent positive samples while urging formal performance standards to measure progress in reducing contamination. The USDA plans to issue standards for complyobacter and defend existing rules.
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USDA
Dane Bernard
National Food Processors Association
Glickman
Ethanol's day is still in the future
Farmers face low corn prices amid oversupply while ethanol's growth depends on price, policy, and subsidies. ADM dominates U S ethanol capacity with about 40 percent share, but wider use hinges on tax breaks, MTBE bans, and gas prices.
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Badge News
Kansas City
Archer Daniels Midland
Corn Belt
U.S
Henry Ford
Ford
Ward Lenz
Iowa
Chicago
ADM
Cargill
Minnesota Corn
Wichita
Kan
High Plains Corp
Christine McCracken
Midwest Research
China
High Plains
Bush
Gore
Iowa farm prices by month and season with key items
Iowa Agricultural Statistics lists mid month prices for hay and eggs and whole month prices for corn oats soybeans hogs cattle sheep and milk. Prices published in January April July and October.
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Iowa
U.S
Farm Progress Show set in Cantrall Illinois this week
The Farm Progress Show hosted by Prairie Farmer runs 7 30 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Thursday in Cantrall Illinois with adults pay 5 and under 18 free. Iowa boards appoint officers for 2000 01 with Brian Peterson chairing the Corn Promotion Board and Ray Gaesser chairing the Soybean Promotion Board. Executive committees include Vic Miller Curtis Jones Darry Haack Helen Inman and Jim Stillman among others.
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Prairie Farmer Magazine
Cantrall
Ill
Farmprogress.com
Brian Peterson
Mondamin
Iowa Corn Promotion Board
Vic
Ray Gaesser
Corning
Iowa
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Coggon
Highway
Campbell Hausfeld
Hydro
Kenny Hoge
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