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What is rural? Most Ohio farm counties still don't qualify, despite update

Published May. 22, 2013

It’s official: A Washington bureaucrat could stand amid 1,000 acres of tall corn and still not realize he was in the country.

White House supports Senate farm bill; calls for more subsidy cuts

Published May. 22, 2013

“Consistent with the President's budget, the administration looks forward to working with the Congress to achieve crop insurance and commodity program savings that are not contained in S. 954,” the White House statement says.

Agriculture Close To Avoiding Furloughs

Published May. 22, 2013

Senate appropriators have approved the department’s request to shift funds within the Rural Development division to avoid furloughing about 4,800 employees because of sequestration, according to an aide. House lawmakers have not yet responded but a decision could come as early as today or Wednesday, J

U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture

Published May. 22, 2013

Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the American diet.

Mid-Ohio Foodbank bristles at food stamp cuts in farm bill

Published May. 22, 2013

Mid-Ohio’s vice president of public affairs, Marilyn Tomasi, called the cuts “reckless, short-sighted and a compromise of our most fundamental American values.”