From Bloomberg Government’s Congress Tracker: President Barack Obama’s budget envisions zeroing out money for horse inspections, a move that — if it becomes law — would effectively block the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the U.S. Section 725,...
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Loose horses sold for slaughter.
Obama Budget: No Horse Meat
Without a new farm bill, old legislation would gradually take effect in 2013, beginning with dairy programs in January. Photograph by Paul Sisul
Farm Bill Stalemate: No Crying Over Doubled Milk Prices Next Year
The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee says the $1-trillion agriculture bill the panel approved in July is out of his hands — and if milk prices double next year because Congress doesn’t act, it has only itself to...
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Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) and food stamps are accepted at the Dollar General Corp. store in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, U.S., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011.
Food-Stamp Record: Quiet Report
While the lowest unemployment rate of President Barack Obama’s tenure dominated weekend economic news, a less-welcome statistic for the White House — a record number 0f food-stamp recipients — slipped by with barely a notice. About 46.68 million Americans received...
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Steve Tellam, co-owner of Tellam & Tellam Cattle, prepares to round up cattle to sell to another ranch in Ramona, California.
USDA: No Meat in ‘Meatless Monday’
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association was not amused, not by a long shot, when it learned this week that the USDA was endorsing — or at least someone with access to an agency website was endorsing — “Meatless Mondays.” The...
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