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  • Feinstein seeks to attach guest-worker plan to Iraq war funding bill 16 May 2008 21:46 GMT
    ... to provide temporary legal status for illegal farm workers. She used to think it was ... an emergency spending bill that includes Feinstein's agricultural guest-worker plan. If it survives, the guest-worker ... Growers Association further declared that Arizona and California farmers often need to hire more workers ...

  • Indianapolis Trees Provide $5.7M In Benefits 16 May 2008 21:39 GMT
    ... 117,000 trees the Indianapolis Parks and Recreation Forestry Section manages and found every $1 spent ... of $19 per tree reported for 256 California cities. It is also less than a ...

  • Farm worker rolls down 7 pct, wages up - USDA 16 May 2008 21:38 GMT
    ... WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. farms and ranches pared hired workers by 7 ... same month a year ago, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday. USDA said 700,000 ... hired workers from last year occurred in California and in the Delta (Arkansas, Louisiana and ...

  • House Votes to Expand Northern California's National Marine Sanctuaries 16 May 2008 21:35 GMT
    ... for the National Marine Sanctuaries of Northern California. The Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell ... bans commercial aquaculture except for existing shellfish farms, and prohibits vessels from dumping waste and bilge ... The bill does not add any additional fishing restrictions. “The National Marine Sanctuaries are an ...

  • Kearney family shaped a town for generations to come 16 May 2008 21:19 GMT
    ... estate was settled in 1877, the Kearney farm along the Minnesota River was one of several ... McHugh said of cousin Gretchen Desautels of California. She researched and wrote a book, “Our ...

  • Kearney Family Legacy: Savage at the time of statehood 16 May 2008 21:19 GMT
    ... By Chris McHugh and Tom Kearney, Guest Columnists A burial ... where they settled on a river side farm which would eventually be laid out as ... and Rose’s great-great granddaughter of Grenada Hills, Calif., has documented the known descendants of John and ...

  • Gavin Cook and Dave Siegel get favorites 16 May 2008 21:19 GMT
    ... and driving harness horses from his 30-acre farm in Christchurch. Cook was the inaugural Canterbury champion ... last start. Siegel lives in Palo Alto, California. He grew up in New Jersey and ...

  • EEEC Cites Los Angeles & Orange County Garment Manufacturers for Multiple Labor Law Violations 16 May 2008 21:19 GMT
    ... multi-agency task force designed to root out California's underground economy by enforcing California labor laws, ... their employees. EEEC is currently targeting garment, agriculture, construction, pallet, auto body, carwash and restaurant ...

  • Clearing vegetation can save houses from wildfire 16 May 2008 21:18 GMT
    ... seeing fires rage last year in Southern California and how they wiped out entire communities. ... plan coordinator for the Utah Division of Forestry, "and look at how it can be ...

  • George Edward Englund, 90 16 May 2008 21:18 GMT
    ... George Edward Englund, International Falls, Minn., passed away Thursday, ... destroyer. From Texas he went to Needles, Calif., before being sent overseas to Hilo, Hawaii. In ... and winter. He enjoyed making his own fishing lures to use and give to his ...

  • Beta Beats Alpha 16 May 2008 21:18 GMT
    ... a trend. And the big trend in California today is recession. House prices have fallen ... on to India." Others threw biofuels and agricultural subsidies in America's face. Then, striking low, ... market regulations. Agricultural engineers introduced peasants to pesticides and DDT. And just as 17th century ...

  • CHP investigates Hwy. 4 cow stampede as final casualty count released 16 May 2008 21:15 GMT
    ... 10 calves that broke loose from a livestock trailer Thursday night and ran wild on ... were euthanized after sustaining serious injuries, the California Highway Patrol said today. The bovine casualty ...

  • Cedar Fair Limited Partners Pass Three Proposals at Annual Meeting 16 May 2008 21:14 GMT
    ... are Kings Dominion, VA; Carowinds, NC; and Worlds of Fun, MO. Western parks in California include: Knott's Berry Farm; Great America; and Gilroy Gardens, which is managed under contract. Also included in that region ...

  • Feinstein, Lofgren push for immigrant workers 16 May 2008 21:14 GMT
    ... 04:00 PDT Washington - -- Two of California's most immigrant-dependent industries - agriculture and Silicon Valley - are pushing narrow ... Silicon Valley. Sen. Dianne Feinstein attached a farm guest-worker program to the giant Iraq spending ...

  • Pomona fire burning near homes 16 May 2008 21:14 GMT
    ... to be contained at five acres, said Massiel Ladron De Guevara, spokesperson for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Corona blaze was reported only two minutes after the Pomona ...

  • Congress Approves Measure on Energy Markets 16 May 2008 20:59 GMT
    ... The provision is part of the congressional farm bill. It would close what lawmakers have called ... along with Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein of California and Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine. ...

  • US: Strawberry fest blooms this weekend 16 May 2008 20:56 GMT
    ... The 25th annual California Strawberry Festival will be held from 10 ... in 1984 as a tribute to the agricultural industry. It now ranks among the top ...

  • Message to Oregon Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight 16 May 2008 20:54 GMT
    ... from local processors UMPQUA Dairy Dari gold/West farm Foods. To learn more about the Campaign for ... tagline "got milk?"(R) was created for the California Milk Processor Board by Goodby Silverstein & ...

  • Ellsworth voted for Obama 16 May 2008 20:52 GMT
    ... the dems want to. Just like the farm bill, wanting to give all these millons to ... your cartoon hour or soap operas or fishing shows. Then you will see what is ... libs already packed your bags... Moving to California to get "married" with your "life-partner"? Posted ...

  • Océ Announces Winner of its First Annual Green Reprographer of the Year Award 16 May 2008 20:52 GMT
    ... in Las Vegas, NV. Reliable Graphics, a California-based leader in the reprographics, imaging and document ... as a Forest Steward Council and Sustainable Forestry Initiative reprographer through its active membership in ...

  • Trimble Raises the Bar for Mapping and GIS Accuracy with the GeoExplorer 2008 Series 16 May 2008 20:52 GMT
    ... High-Accuracy, Real-Time Asset Management Maximizes Field Worker Productivity ... Asset Management Maximizes Field Worker Productivity SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 15, 2008—Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today its ... applications requiring position or location—including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and ...

  • House Armed Services panel approves $712 billion defense package 16 May 2008 20:51 GMT
    ... House Armed Services panel approves $712 billion defense package ... amendment offered by ranking member Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., to add $422 ... all that money on social programs, ie farm bill. That was never the framers intent ...

  • Jamba shares drop after company announces store closures, job cuts 16 May 2008 20:50 GMT
    ... The Emeryville, Calif., company also said it would have to take ... company said. Jefferies & Co. analyst Jeff Farmer said in a note to investors that ...

  • Workplace Law: Know the law on hiring teens 16 May 2008 20:49 GMT
    ... special laws regarding hiring minors. Under the California Labor Code, minors must typically be at ... There are exceptions for some entertainment and agricultural jobs. During the school year, 14- and ...

  • California rejects PG&E wind contract, saying standards were ignored 16 May 2008 20:39 GMT
    ... The California Public Utilities Commission concluded that the proposed ... even though no power from the wind farm would actually be transmitted into While the California ...


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