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When the government announces these chemicals are unsafe on food they're ... announcing, in effect, that the farm groups and chemical companies who have said there is no problem were wrong,

. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers go to Mexico and have unlimited, unrestricted use of illegal alien strikebreakers to break the strike. And, for over 30 years, the Immigration and Naturalization Service has looked the other way and assisted in the strikebreaking. I do not remember one single instance in 30 years where the Immigration Service has removed strikebreakers. . . .The employers use professional smugglers to recruit and transport human contraband across the Mexican border for the specific act of strikebreaking . . .

'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.

The GPS and automated technology for the farm is still in the beginning stages, but we're interested and curious about the opportunities with GPS with farm equipment.

The good news is that the physical mechanics of the '02 farm bill worked. However, the federal government in 2002 was experiencing surpluses, and that isn't the circumstance now. A different environment exists now for the 2007 farm bill to be created, and there is still uncertainty of what it will look like.

We're talking about people that were already economically devastated, including within the city of New Orleans, ... They can't go to State Farm or Mutual of Omaha. They have to rebuild on the basis of whatever funds are within their means, which is very limited." ()

We had a small farm growing up. It was my grandfather's farm, and we didn't torture the animals, and we didn't feed them stuff we wouldn't eat.

We've got a farm bill that is not working and needs to be fixed,

We all eat. We are all part of the world. A lot of this is about the practice of democracy. It goes way beyond the farm bill.

We all love the 2002 farm bill. We don't know if we'll get to keep it. It's a good safety net. There are things that could be corrected, but overall it's a good farm bill.

We have a farm there. The farm is not maintained properly, because we don't have (enough) people. So we can hand it over to them as an open prison and they can work there and we can get vegetables.

We have a fair on our farm every year - a gymkhana and a dog show and a funfair and a heavy-horse show. It was my idea. Be careful what you wish for - it's a monster.

This used to be just FM 1325, a little old farm road. And now State Highway 45, which is the new toll road, will run through here and actually follow the old 1325 alignment, continue across what was Louis Henna and eventually connect with State Highway 130, another toll road.

We were there for the press conference. For a while, she was on house arrest, so she invited every department up to her farm in Bedford for dinner once a week. One night, the chef of Le Cirque restaurant was cooking for us, and that was really great. Her house was still being furnished, so here we were sitting in this unfurnished room with Martha.

We furnished the farm house and the land. They furnished the labor and the equipment and then we divided the profits. It was a perfect arrangement.

We fully expect to be a key player in the next farm bill, ... could possibly result in a specific proposal.

We have 60 hills of rhubarb now. When we bought the farm in 1946 we found it coming up in the pasture near the old greenhouse and moved it closer to the house.

Twenty years ago when Live AID or Farm Aid played, that was a big deal. That was something very different. Now these things seem to be the response to big very bad disastrous events.

To have two incidents that were unrelated to our fields and how we farm is frustrating. Once again, it is our job to assure consumers that the California strawberries are produced with quality and safety in mind.

You may have a farm, but sitting next to it you may have a small community. They (new residents) like the idea of open space and having a farm next to them, but they are not thrilled with the odors coming from it.

We've been telling everybody they'll have to come by the farm to have a cup of coffee.

We were playing at Farm Aid with those guys, and we were just passing the guitar back and forth backstage, and I played that song for him. He said, 'I love it. If you ever record that song, I want to cut it with you.'

Whats wrong about eating cows? What do you think god made them for? Their big, their stupid, their delicious. You want more reasons? I never met an animal more prepared to die than a cow. Next time you go to the farm look at a cow in the eyes, it is begging you for a bullet.

Via the Production Decision Aid site, producers can link to the best farm management information available including recent government and university reports and marketing specialist analysis.

Veterinary controls on the farm and at slaughter, and the flow of information from stable to table, protect EU consumers against any potential risk.

Users don't want to bet the farm up front on network-based storage intelligence -- and Troika gives them a way to stick their toes in the water without drowning,

This one-stop Web site will provide links to some of the best farm management information we could locate. This will be a dynamic page, with updates occurring as quickly as they can be identified. Producers make the key decisions about what goes on with their operations. We're just trying to give them the best information we can - to help them make the best decisions they can.

We are very proud of them. They are about the relationship a State Farm customer has with his agent.

Bob knows that his expertise and guidance are needed by the agricultural industry in Monterey County. Bob is very dedicated to the preservation and success of that industry and it makes sense that he wants to continue his important work with the farm bureau.

Boston is positioned extremely well for the future. They have a good farm system with upper-level players and a depth of pitching talent. They've rebuilt the farm system from a dilapidated system to a productive one. If they take a small step backward this year, at some point they will go on a run that will be an impressive run. They're a short period away.

Even if we do try and pick up the pieces on the farm and go back into bananas, we're still looking at nine months before there's any income.

Everyone that came through our farm said what a beautiful farm it was. It's a big cleanup job, but I don't give up that easy I'll start again.

every rest area, historical mile marker and tourist trap between a grocery store parking lot in Mount Union and a hog farm in the alleged center of the United States.

Every single flock at every single farm is being tested. We're doing this program to reassure the people that poultry is safe to eat.

Every dollar these countries spend on American farm products is a dollar they cannot spend on terror and repression,

Every farmer, whether he has 50 or 50,000 acres, should have a small experiment on his farm with replicated strips across the field. The data he collects can be used with other trial information to help choose effective varieties.

Every extra delay reduces the chances of a deal being done that will lift people out of poverty. Promises have been made repeatedly by rich countries to remove barriers to farm trade. But this rearguard action by the French and other EU member states is undermining even the minimal progress made.

At one time, I had an office on Music Row, but we moved to a small farm and I just like being here, ... I get up every day and go out in the trailer and spend a few hours writing.

At $2,000 an acre, that's far more than you can farm out of it.

Diane thought we should have the farm named a Century Farm. We really didn't want to go through it. We did it for her.

Consumption continues to rise on higher farm incomes, rising employment and increasing consumer loans. Still, rising material costs slowed construction.

Culling has begun. We are taking the help of farm workers also to destroy the poultry.

Crop insurance is a key component of the farm safety net and it is crucial that this Subcommittee continues to stay abreast as to the health of the crop insurance industry.

dressed the way he would be when he was selling real estate, when he was the manager of a farm co-op, when he was doing many of other responsible jobs he's held during his life. What you see is who he is.

Europe and the United States are moving on farm issues. This is good news,

Ethanol plants really mean economic development down at the farm level - and this is great for our livestock industry as well,

First we need a safety net from the farm bill. It would be a safety net that we would not use every year.

Farm work is hard work, and a lot of folks just don't want to do it at any wage. This is not about cheap labor.

Farm work can be a hazardous environment and if workers have anxiety or depression, they may fail to take appropriate precautions to prevent occupational health injuries.

Farms as a whole are going away at an alarming rate. Any farm that is eliminated for one reason or another is significant, and being a Century Farm adds to it.

Farm Safety is important all year long, but we are proud to help Farm Bureau promote safety during spring planting. Farm families need to be reminded about slowing down and taking proper safety precautions. By working together, we are keeping rural kids safe and healthy.

Farm policy and food stamp policy should not be mixed. They should stand on their own merits.

Farm income will rise because of the increased demand for corn, ... Rural incomes will rise as farm income increases and new jobs will be created by new ethanol plants.

Farm Bureau worked for eminent domain reform for the last three years in Missouri, and we are pleased such comprehensive legislation is being considered by the Missouri General Assembly. The general public wants these reforms implemented, and our organization is going to do everything we can to see that appropriate legislation is approved.

Farm Bureau remains committed to achieving significant progress in market access. Opening markets is the only way to achieve real trade liberalization. We further oppose any effort to single out cotton on domestic supports. Instead, cotton must be treated in the same realm and timeframe as all other commodities.

Farm Bureau members commonly pay their guest-workers above minimum wage and provide other benefits, such as health insurance, workman's compensation, as well as travel to and from their home country.

Exchange rate reform will affect trade, employment, farm products, and the overall economy. Companies and financial institutions all need time to adjust.

The response has been, I would say, it qualifies as overwhelming. We've had county farm bureaus and generous folks all over the state sending items to that part of the state and cash as well.

There was a larger use of the farm with the horses. Now there are no longer horses there. It is now strictly used as an outdoor laboratory for our agriculture production courses.

There's no net gain in farmland. No matter how you do the math, we will still lose farmland. We're still losing 700 acres of farm ground.

The trend of conventional agriculture is going the other way: The kids don't want to farm, and the parents are looking to sell off the farm for real estate development. But then you have this significant counter-movement of people giving up their keyboards to farm, professionals going back to the land, and younger people getting into organic farming.

I stepped into the Tigers situation with no farm system and no general manager, ... I had to work with scouts as GM's and not being connected in the sport. I'm not trying to make any alibis, but it's tough. I didn't make any good decisions on hiring.

It would have been real easy for me to address the short-term issues and trade half the farm system. I could have. There was enough acclaim and enough interest out there that I could have filled other gaps out there by trading some of the young players. But I'm not short-sighted. I'm not impatient to the point that I'm going to do something that's going to tear apart the future, but I'm also not patient enough to sit back and get beat. This was probably as good a middle ground as I could find.

The whole system is tilted to a handful of big farm operations, and everybody else comes up short,

I've never seen a potato farm since I've been down here.

The seed companies have been really responsive. That's a new thing at a farm show -- having the equipment demonstration right next to the dealers' booths. That's one of the fantastic things about the Tipton County Fairgrounds.

The seller said that you can be pretty sure that the property was a very prosperous farm to have such a great barn there. The fact that the posts are oak and the rest is white pine is also very unusual and points to a wealthy landowner.

The structure of the farm bill should be maintained. This would include current eligibility rules and payment limit provisions. The budget process should not be used as a vehicle for rewriting farm policy.

The structure of the farm bill should be maintained, ... This would include current eligibility rules and payment limit provisions. The budget process should not be used as a vehicle for rewriting farm policy.

The silence of the president and the government on, for example farm murders, leads a lot of people to come to the conclusion that these issues are not a priority for the government.

The Southern pattern was that every farm or plantation would have their family cemetery.

The testimony from the Farm Bill Forum listening sessions across the country indicated that the farm bill is working. If you're going to do anything, draft one that mirrors that.

I've always thought kids from Iowa don't get enough respect on the national scene. Everyone sees us as farm boys, but there's more to us than that. We can definitely play some basketball. If you grow up in Iowa, a lot of people think of corn and stuff like that. But a lot of kids think about basketball.

Sometimes I think people are under the misconception that you have to go to a big lake to catch bass. People can find great success in the small lakes, streams and farm ponds right around here.

Quite frankly, most members of both political parties agree that (the farm bill) is going to have to be rewritten, or rewritten in a very dramatic way. But, in the meantime ... we are going to try and provide these farmers and ranchers with assistance to help them make it through this terrible crisis,

Property taxes are too high because valuations are too high. I would support a tax shift, with an increase of sales and income taxes. It will not be a popular idea, but the burden of property taxes is too high on farm and ranch land.

Our sites are cleaner than farm land when they're completed, ... We don't cut corners.

People from Farm Aid have approached us about shows. We'd never done it. So part of my pitch to the band is that this IS farm aid.

On this (latest) farm he also set a brand-new quad bike alight. He stole a firearm,

Coalition forces rescued American Roy Hallums and an Iraqi citizen from captivity in an isolated farm house located 15 miles (25 kilometres) south of Baghdad,

An outbreak has been detected. A local poultry farm keeping 46,000 birds was affected, of which 42,000 were infected and 40,000 of those, died.

As far as the pool of players in our farm system, although it's improved, we have a long way to go and you don't redo a farm system overnight. You have to do it one draft at a time. So it takes four to five years to get it back to where you wanted to get it.

As a part-time farmer, I have walked into a Farm Services Agency office and know how important it is to have easy access to these offices, ... North Carolina agriculture relies on FSA services more than most other states because of the highly diversified nature of our farm products.

As a kid, I grew up on a farm in Florida, and I did what most little kids do. I played a little baseball, did a few other things like that, but I always had the sense of being an outsider, and it wasn't until I saw pictures in the magazines that a couple other guys skate, I thought, 'Wow, that's for me,' you know?

The bullpen guys are going to have to grow up just like the starters, just like our shortstop, second baseman, first baseman, right, center and left fielders probably. It's OK. Just because a guy is young doesn't mean he can't play. It just means that no one in the public besides maybe farm directors and the press know who they are. They can still play. There's a reason that they are top prospects.

That's why Leah won the State Farm Good Neighbor Award. She's a great person, a great kid and a great leader. She didn't want to leave the team so she waited until halftime and said her goodbyes. It was tough (losing her).

Young's Farm . . . was always a special place. It is a very unique property. We really felt an obligation and an opportunity to do something special up there and continue the legacy of the land.

Young people (should understand) how important what happens on a farm is to their well-being,

This is a pretty serious-minded farm show. But it has to be when you're pulling the farmer away from the farm.

This is really great exposure to agriculture for most of these kids. There are not as many kids growing up on a farm as there used to be. Coming here gives them the opportunity to see the animals up close and learn how much agriculture affects their daily lives." ()

The whole experience co-curating the Biennial was a learning experience. The Suburban and The Poor Farm are not institutions. They are not by design, organized around power structures. Because I am someone who thrives on delineating context, seeing up close the inner workings of the museum was not wasted on me.

This convenient new tool gives customers up-to-the-minute access to their accounts, helping producers better manage the daily operations of their farm or ranch.

This forces family businesses to sometimes sell off under fire-sale conditions to come up with cash. Sometimes it causes them to go into a decade or more of very, very deep debt, which takes away their capital and their ability to grow as they had been growing, to provide more jobs and employment opportunities. Sometimes they end up having to slice off parts of the business or farm to come up with the cash.

This farm is a New England gem. But I think we can bring in more curb appeal.

They were here this summer. I saw him and then we took his children and went to Reston Farm Park and fed all of the animals.

This important legislation addresses two harsh realities: an intolerably high percentage of the farm workers who plant and harvest our produce are undocumented - and they are the most poorly paid and poorly treated workers in the United States.

American companies use host services in other countries with laxer spam laws--perhaps a server farm in South America or an ISP in China. Communications between the spammer and the server can be encrypted, so the provider may not know what the server is being used for.

American companies use host services in other countries with laxer spam laws -- perhaps a server farm in South America or an ISP in China. Communications between the spammer and the server can be encrypted, so the provider may not know what the server is being used for.

A lot of this stuff you learn in games. That's where you learn because it's at game speed. Experience you gain in a game is farm more valuable than going out and practicing something.

They made their drawings, cut out the various pieces of fabric and create what we would think of as a typical farm scene. The farmer tilling the land and the woman working the home.