Milwaukee urban farming advocate promotes local food system
Will Allen, founder of Growing Power Inc. in north Milwaukee, leads a movement to ruralize city life through urban farming. His center, with greenhouses, fishponds, and a youth program, aims to reduce poverty and crime by producing healthy soil and local produce while hosting a national conference on risk management for new farmers.
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Finance chairman proposes new plan for farm bill
Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus outlines a farm bill package with tax credits bonds and a disaster trust fund to help farmers nutrition programs and rural development A hoped 8 to 10 billion in new revenue would be added to a 280 billion five year baseline amid debates with Agriculture Chair Tom Harkin and others over priority funding and subsidy reform
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Corn crop forecast boosts Kansas yield by 33 percent
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reports 459 million bushels of corn to be harvested, up 33 percent from last year, with 3.7 million acres planted and yields averaging 135 bushels per acre. Wet spring and ethanol demand lift prices, while winter wheat production totals 288 million bushels. Nationwide, U.S. corn output hits a record high of 13.3 billion bushels with an average yield of 155.8 bushels per acre.
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