Girls suffer long term health impact from family breakup
University of Illinois researchers analyze ADD Health data and find that girls in non traditional families show worse overall health and higher low mood and smoking risk into adulthood. Early child ages 0 to 5 when a father leaves markedly worsen physical health for girls, while boys show different patterns.
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University of Illinois
Andrea Beller
U of I
Beller
Alex Slade
ADD Health
Slade
ADD
Alexander N. Slade
Andrea H. Beller
Elizabeth T. Powers
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USDA expands farm ownership microloans nationwide
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden announced that USDA will start offering farm ownership microloans to help beginners underserved farmers and veterans acquire land and improve property. The program, in its third year, has issued over 16 800 loans totaling more than 373 million dollars for operating costs and now includes land purchases and conservation projects.
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Washington — Agriculture
Krysta Harden
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
U.S
Harden
FSA
Usda Farm Service Agency
Expanded U S poultry pork beef exports gain South Africa access
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that on January 7 the USDA and USTA secured an agreement with South Africa to re open most U S poultry pork and beef exports to South Africa. The deal could yield about 75 million in yearly shipments and marks a win for American farmers and rural economies.
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U.S
South Africa
Washington
Tom Vilsack
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Office of
U.S. Trade Representative
USTA
Vilsack reports record 2015 wildfire acres burned nationwide
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said 2015 saw a record 10,125,149 acres burned across the United States with more than 50 fires over 50,000 acres and 20 over 100,000, while 4,500 homes were destroyed and 13 wildland firefighters died. He urged Congress to pass the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act and warned that fire suppression costs strained the Forest Service budget, costing 2.6 billion dollars in 2015 and diverting funds from restoration and fuels management.
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Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
United States
Congress
U.S. Forest Service
Alaska
California
Oregon
New York
Arkansas
Florida
Forest Service
USDA
Vilsack
Interior Department
Interior
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