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Biden issues veto threats on House GOP-drafted spending bills - Roll Call

President Joe Biden would veto the House's Military Construction-VA and Agriculture bills, the White House budget office announced Monday.

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2,878 complaints settled at ‘Karuthalum Kaithangum’ adalat in Alappuzha

2,878 complaints settled in 'Karuthalum Kaithangum' adalats in Alappuzha; 5,707 complaints received; 1,928 complaints under consideration of various govt. depts; paddy farmers at Vezhathar to get insurance claim; Rs. 13,500 sanctioned as crop loss compensation; differently abled woman from Kadakkarappally to get house under LIFE Mission.

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House GOP readies more cuts to fiscal 2024 appropriations bills

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are moving toward deeper cuts in the fiscal 2024 appropriations bills in an effort to win over votes from hard-line conservatives as bills start to move to the House floor next week.

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House GOP readies more cuts to fiscal 2024 appropriations bills - Roll Call

House Republican leaders are moving toward deeper cuts in the fiscal 2024 appropriations bills in an effort to win votes.

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USDA, states join forces to fight grocery ‘price gouging’

The Agriculture Department will work with attorneys general in 31 states and the District of Columbia to address anticompetitive markets in agriculture and related industries that result in higher prices and fewer choices for consumers and producers, the Biden administration said Wednesday.

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USDA, states join forces to fight grocery ‘price gouging’ - Roll Call

A federal alliance with state attorneys general would target anticompetitive markets and industries that drive up food prices.

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Digital crop survey begins in Alappuzha

A digital crop survey as part of the Union government’s Agri Stack scheme has begun in Alappuzha.

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A decade on, hemp has not yet been as lucrative to Kentucky agriculture as some hoped

Speaking to an industry group in the fall of 2015, then-state Agriculture Commissioner James Comer said he saw a bright future for industrial hemp.

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy bats for extensive use of drones in agriculture

CM Jagan Mohan Reddy directs officials to use drones for soil testing by RBKs. Suggests audio-visual programmes to educate farmers & encourages horticulture crops for food processing. Also suggests setting up cold storage rooms, godowns & collection centres. Women to be encouraged to set up secondary food processing units.

The Hindu

Kerala seeks quick nod for KERA

Agriculture Minister P. Prasad has urged the Central government to expedite the approval for the World Bank-assisted Kerala Economic Revival Program (KERA) aimed at agricultural revival through socio-economic interventions.

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Peak agricultural chemical agency faces major shake-up

Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has released a damning report into mismanagement at the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.

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Texas agency renounces workplace training that mentioned gender identity definitions

The Texas Department of Agriculture’s elected leader, Sid Miller, has fought protections for trans workers.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Department of Agriculture to invest $300 million in monitoring agricultural emissions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced Wednesday it will invest $300 million on monitoring and reporting planet-warming emissions from climate-smart agricultural processes, such as no-till agriculture and panting cover crops

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USDA launches effort to upgrade climate data tracking - Roll Call

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack launched a USDA effort to improve data on carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Agri sector saw unprecedented progress under YSRCP, says Kakani

The agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh has witnessed unprecedented progress during the last four years, and the proactive steps taken by the State government have helped the sector to flourish like never before, said Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy.

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House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks

WASHINGTON — The fiscal 2024 appropriations process has just begun, but some patterns in the distribution of earmarks by the majorities in their respective chambers are starting to emerge.

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House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks - Roll Call

Despite a push to hold down overall spending, earmarks in four House bills have grown from less than $1.6 billion to more than $1.9 billion.

The Hindu

Toll collection on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway draws flak from Parameshwar and Cheluvarayaswamy

Even as the collection of toll on the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway began at Gananguru in Srirangapatna on Saturday amidst protests by locals and Kannada organisations, Home Minister G. Parameshwar and Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy came down against the Centre for National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) incomplete work of the highway.

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Karnataka govt. decision to discontinue agriculture diploma comes under fire from farmers’ groups

The Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the Agriculture diploma course in Universities of Agricultural Sciences across the State has come under fire from farmers’ associations

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Vilsack touts Biden’s biofuel support as he details new aid

WASHINGTON -- Critics of the EPA’s rule setting biofuel mandates for transportation use overlook the Biden administration’s ongoing support for an “important industry in the Midwest,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday.

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Vilsack touts Biden's biofuel support as he details new aid - Roll Call

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new grants for biofuel projects and prasied the Biden administration's support of the industry.

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Agriculture department to launch second phase of ‘Njangalum Krishiyilekku’ project

He was inaugurating a ‘Karshaka Sabha’ and ‘Njattuvela’ calendar in connection with Thiruvathira Njattuvela at Kayamkulam on Friday.

Irish Mirror

Stephen Donnelly 'not concerned' about medical graduates 'going to live on Bondi Beach'

The Irish Mirror asked Mr Donnelly if he was concerned that the Irish State would be spending money training additional medical professionals that would end up moving abroad given the current recruitment and retention crisis

The Hindu

Unified ID cards for farmers soon, says Kerala Agriculture Minister Prasad

Online eco shop for agricultural products inaugurated at Kalliyoor

Roll Call

Battle over parties' share of earmarks erupts in House panel - Roll Call

A partisan rift over the distribution of earmarks in next year's appropriations bills spilled out into the open Wednesday.

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