Sentences with phrase «hearings by agriculture»

Following special consultations and public hearings by Agriculture Quebec, in which HSI / Canada participated in, the final version of the Bill reinforces the Animal Health Protection Act, and aims to improve the welfare of companion animals in Quebec in the following key areas:

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«I'm just really discouraged by what I hear,» she said, adding that she had been optimistic about the new administration and what it could do for the agriculture sector.

Western United Dairymen (WUD) and the California Dairy Campaign (CDC) have petitioned the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for an emergency hearing to increase over-base milk prices by about 35 cents / cwt for the next 12 months.

You probably heard by now that the U.S. Department of Agriculture got firmly put in its place last week by the National Cattleman's Beef Association when a poor employee had the gall to suggest in an internal employee newsletter that coworkers consider taking up Meatless Mondays.

THE CUPCAKES ARE SAFE: The Department of Agriculture does not intend its proposed rules on the marketing or sale of junk foods in schools to prohibit class treats, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a hearing held by the House appropriations agriculture subcommitAgriculture does not intend its proposed rules on the marketing or sale of junk foods in schools to prohibit class treats, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a hearing held by the House appropriations agriculture subcommitAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a hearing held by the House appropriations agriculture subcommitagriculture subcommittee Friday.

Has anyone heard of the Graduates - in - Agriculture Scheme in several states of the federation, a self - driven, government - assisted programme by which our young men and women are stopping their endless wait for white - collar jobs and creating wealth for themselves and the nation?»

Hear him: «Let me assure you that if I am elected President, the world will have no cause to worry about Nigeria as it has had to recently; that Nigeria will return to its stabilising role in West Africa; and that no inch of Nigerian territory will ever be lost to the enemy because we will pay special attention to the welfare of our soldiers in and out of service; we will give them adequate and modern arms and ammunition to work with; we will improve intelligence gathering and border controls to choke Boko Haram's financial and equipment channels; we will be tough on terrorism and tough on its root causes by initiating a comprehensive economic development plan promoting infrastructural development, job creation, agriculture and industry in the affected areas.

Among others, I have requested hearings on new findings on the impacts of climate change on agriculture, new findings regarding the probability that extreme weather events are influenced by climate change, and new analysis of earth surface temperatures.

«We hope that the consensus among plant scientists presented here is heard by policymakers, the business community, and, more importantly, the general public and initiates a new conversation on how best to implement GM tools to improve crops for sustainable agriculture.

We've also heard the quote by Jared Diamond to describe agriculture as «the worst mistake in the history of the human race» and this, making sense to us, is our motivation for completely cutting out all bread, pasta, rice and couscous altogether as we're concerned about constant the spikes in insulin.

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee led by Chairman Pat Roberts (R — Kan.) held a hearing today titled A Review of Child Nutrition Programs.

Since the loan is furnished and guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture, it's assumed (by those who have even heard of the loan) that the only people who qualify are farmers or those willing to live miles from the nearest Super Target.

Monday at 3:30 pm the Senate Agriculture Committee will be hearing HB2921 (authored by Rep. Phil Richardson and Senator Josh Breechen) which is quickly getting worse than we thought.

Less than two weeks after the «Community Cat Act» received unanimous approval from Florida's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, the bill (SB 1320) is scheduled to be heard and voted on by the Senate's Agriculture Committee Monday afternoon.

Following the current legislative issues affecting the veterinary profession, we were lucky enough to attend the House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Markup, attend a hearing on the 2019 Budget of the US Department of Agriculture involving the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, and attend a discussion at the Newseum hosted by the Retail Industry Leaders Association about the current Supreme Court Case involving online sales tax collection (the majority of veterinary clinics are small businesses largely affected by this issue).

But first, here's an update on the situation in Nepal, where a Ministry of Agriculture hearing was held last Sunday and covered by Kashish Das Shrestha, a Nepal - born photographer and writer now based in New York City.

For 8 years we've heard about death of honey bees (probably due to pesticides) and the resulting wreck of agriculture, told with varying degrees of hysteria by a wide range of publications.

If you've listened recently to public radio, you may have heard the following promotional announcement on Marketplace, produced by American Public Media: «Marketplace is supported by Monsanto, committed to sustainable agriculture; creating hybrid and biotech seeds designed to increase crop yields and conserve natural resources.»