Who is in the news? John Arthur

Source: Quad-City Times

John Arthur, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s area director serving eastern Iowa, has received a national 2012 Unsung Hero Award from the … The Memorial Day weekend gets off to a flying start today at Davenport’ ...
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First Midwest BMX Fest is this weekend in Davenport

Source: Quad-City Times

John Arthur, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s area director serving eastern Iowa, has received a national 2012 Unsung Hero Award from the … The Memorial Day weekend gets off to a flying start today at Davenport’s Centennial Park with the first Midwes ...
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Anti-encroachment drive along channels soon

Source: The Hindu

Collector directs PWD officials to take up works on clearing of silt in tanks An eviction drive will be launched for clearing encroachments along irrigational channels across the district, said Jayashree Muralidaran, Collector. Presiding over the monthl ...
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Tax Watch: Westchester, Putnam cultivate farms, but different methods yield different results

Source: LoHud.com

Preserving farmland was a priority for Westchester and Putnam county governments in the early 2000s, with substantial public investment made to save Hilltop Hanover Farm in Yorktown and Tilly Foster Farm in Sou ...
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Brand of organic baby spinach being recalled

Source: The Daily Courier

Organic baby spinach is being recalled voluntarily by Taylor Farms Retail Inc., because of potential contamination with salmonella following a random test on a finished package that the U.S. Department o ...
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New Commissioner for Corporation

Source: The Hindu

R. Nanthagopal, a 2012-batch Indian Administrative Services officer, on Friday assumed charge as the Commissioner of Madurai Corporation. Mr. Nanthagopal, a post-graduate in Agriculture, was hitherto Special Officer of the National Cooperative Suga ...
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It's feeling hot, hot, hot: Temperatures expected to jump even higher by holiday

Source: The Morning Journal

MORNING JOURNAL/ANNA NORRIS Tony Derher, 4, of Elyria, pats down wet sand into a bucket as he builds a sand castle with the help of his dad Travis Derher as Erica Derher watches yesterday as the family spends the afte ...
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Japan 'eager' to join trilateral FTA

Source: SINA English

Japan is becoming increasingly "eager" to join a free trade agreement with China and South Korea while it is unable to join a broader Asian trade pact, and as Beijing and Seoul began negotiations on an agreement, ...
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United States of America:American-Pima cotton production to grow significantly

Source: Fibre2Fashion.com

The production of American-Pima cotton, predominantly grown in California State of the US, is likely to rise significantly this year over 2011, a report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) states. ...
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