Word: usda
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...pending suit filed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) against Columbia University, accusing the school of mistreatment of laboratory animals, may halt much of the animal research performed at the New York school...
...spokesman for the USDA said that the agency's suit was filed primarily to force Columbia to comply with recently revised animal welfare laws. He said that the USDA expects that the school will plead guilty once the case reaches court...
...seed-processing business in 1949 and doubling profits during the next 18 years. He went on to hold top positions in the agriculture departments of California Governor Ronald Reagan and President Richard Nixon. After a six-year stint as head of the American Meat Institute, he returned to the USDA as Deputy Secretary during Reagan's first term as President. In Washington he has earned a reputation as a smooth operator who can handle lobbyists, bureaucrats and even Congressmen, with a cool head. Thus it was no surprise last week when the President nominated Lyng to succeed John Block...
...result, wheat stockpiles are actually expected to grow this year. For every other commodity, however, PIK appears to be succeeding in drawing down the enormous surpluses. The USDA predicts that the unsold carryover of feed grains, mostly corn, may dwindle from 3.4 billion bu. to 2 billion bu. by the end of the year, a reduction of about 40%. Rice stocks are expected to be cut by almost half, from 68.2 million cwt. (hundredweight) to 36.3 million cwt. "Without PIK, we would have had a market glut like we've never seen," says Agricultural Economist Barry Flinchbaugh of Kansas...
...eligible land), 39.5 million acres of corn and sorghum (39%), 1.7 million acres of rice (43%), 6.8 million acres of cotton (44%) and 2.3 million acres of barley and oats (12%). As a result, surpluses will begin to shrink. This year's corn crop, predicts the USDA, will be only 5.6 billion bu., far below last year's record 8.4 billion and low enough to draw down stocks a year from now to 1.9 billion...