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Backgrounder #2697 on Agriculture
June 7, 2012
June 7, 2012 | Backgrounder on Agriculture
Abstract: Every five years, Congress grapples with agriculture policy in the form of a multibillion dollar "farm bill" that is bloated with a costly array of extraneous programs. Many of the major provisions in the existing law—the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008—expire on September 30, 2012. This expiration offers lawmakers an opportunity to rescue agriculture from its statutory morass and craft meaningful reforms. Major reforms are sorely needed to end decades of market distortions and taxpayer subsidies to wealthy farmers, and to alleviate the artificially inflated food prices that burden family budgets. Farm subsidies, which add tens of billions of dollars to the federal budget, undermine trade, and violate fundamental free-market principles, should be eliminated.
Dramatic changes in the agricultural landscape have rendered Depression-era farm policies and their progeny wholly obsolete. The tangle of corporate welfare, price controls, and import restrictions are downright perverse in an era of record-high farm income and a record-low ratio of farm debt. But even in lean years, the outsized "safety net" shrouds fundamental free-market principles and free trade.
Farming is risky, to be sure, but so are many entrepreneurial endeavors. There also are rewards to balance the hardships. Government policies that cushion farmers invite risk-taking by shifting the costs of failure to taxpayers.
At the time of enactment, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, the most recent "farm bill," was estimated to cost $284 billion over five years (and $604 billion over ten years).[1] Notwithstanding the largesse, some 61 percent of farms—those that produce the majority of farm products—receive no government payments and manage to survive.[2] Farm subsidies, commodity quotas, and tariffs largely enrich upper-income producers of grains, oilseeds, cotton, milk, and sugar, and ignore most other commodities. Nearly 80 percent of farms with gross cash farm income of $250,000 to $999,999 receive government payments, compared to 24 percent of farms with gross cash farm income of $10,000 to $249,999.3
Opportunities for reform are hindered by the sprawling scope of previous farm bills, which have encompassed food stamps, child nutrition, forestry, telecommunications, energy, and rural-development. This concentration of special interests constitutes a powerful force for the status quo. As noted by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, "For decades this bill has been about a whole lot more than just farming. It's been about energy, it's been about nutrition, it's been about jobs.… If we want this legislation to have the support of the other 98 percent of Americans who don't farm, we've got to remind those Americans why this legislation matters to them and to their families." [3]
The legislation does matter a great deal but principally because agriculture subsidies yield far more costs than benefits for the vast majority of Americans. Rather than stabilizing crop prices, subsidies promote overproduction and downward pressure on prices. Billions of dollars lavished on farmland conservation encourages over-planting that degrades the environment. Payments designed to save small family farms are largely pocketed by profitable agribusinesses. None of which should be all that surprising considering that agriculture policy is largely intended to produce votes, not a reliable and affordable food supply.
It is time to end this charade by freeing agriculture policy from the politics of welfare, "bio-energy," and foreign aid, and by ending the blight of farm subsidies, price controls, and tariffs that do far more harm than good. There are a host of nongovernmental methods with which farmers can manage risk, including futures contracts and hedging, crop diversification, credit reserves, and private insurance.
America's agricultural landscape has changed dramatically since the time most farm programs were conceived. Advances in agronomy, biotechnology, pest control, and disease management have profoundly improved productivity. Yields per acre of staples, such as corn, soy, wheat, and cotton, have doubled, tripled, or quadrupled in a matter of decades.[4]
The number of farms also has dramatically changed, decreasing from a peak of 6.8 million in 1935 to 2.2 million in 2010.[5] During that same period, however, the amount of land in farms declined by less than 13 percent. Taken together, the two trends reflect fewer, but larger, farms. Indeed, the number of farms with more than 1,000 acres increased by 14 percent between 1982 and 2002.[6] In the same period, farms with 50 to 1,000 acres declined by about 17 percent.
Not surprisingly, large farms account for the bulk of farm production.[7] Large-scale farms—those with annual sales exceeding $250,000—constitute just 12 percent of American farms, yet account for 84 percent of production value. Smaller farms—those with annual sales of less than $250,000—comprise 88 percent of American farms while producing only 16 percent of agricultural output.
Large farms are generally more viable than small farms by virtue of economies of scale and access to technology.[8] Large farms can afford more sophisticated machinery and can take advantage of the latest scientific advances—both of which allow operators to manage more acreage and increase yields.[9] At the same time, the average age of small family farmers is increasing; more of their land is being retired or incorporated into larger operations.
These trends have a direct bearing on agriculture policy. Because the volume of farm production has long been a primary factor in the allocation of subsidies, bigger farms are receiving a larger proportion of the payouts.[10] Since the operators of bigger farms tend to have higher household incomes than their smaller counterparts, subsidies have shifted to higher income households.
According to government data, farms with gross sales of $1 million or more received 23 percent of all commodity-related payments in 2009, up from just 8 percent in 1991.[11] In contrast, the share of commodity-related payments received by farms in the $100,000 to $249,999 sales class shrank from 34 percent in 1991 to 15 percent in 2009.[12]
The rationale for farm subsidies is called into question by the strong performance of the agriculture sector in recent years. Net farm income hit a record $98.1 billion last year, and is forecast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reach $91.7 billion in 2012—the second highest level on record. Additionally, the top five earnings years during the past three decades have all occurred since 2004.[13]
Two factors, in particular, have contributed to the income surge: rising exports and higher corn prices. Specifically, international sales in 2011—principally to Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and Asia—increased by $20.5 billion over the previous record set in 2010, to a total of $136.3 billion.[14] Commodity prices also have spiked in response to high demand for corn generated by "biofuel" mandates.
Farming is capital intensive, and debt is a fact of farm life. But there is considerable solvency in the agriculture sector. The debt-to-asset ratio[15] for 2012 is pegged at 10.3 percent,[16] meaning that debt is only about one-tenth of total assets—the strongest position in some 40 years due largely to rising land values.[17] The proportion of farms assuming debt financing declined by half (from 60 percent to 31 percent) between 1986 and 2007, with bigger farms taking on a larger share.
These larger farms are better positioned, generally, to repay debt—a fact seemingly ignored by those who claim that subsidies are necessary to protect supposedly debt-plagued farmers.
Farm subsidies include income support, price controls, operating and land ownership loans, insurance, and disaster relief. Eligibility and benefits vary by program and market conditions. But the underlying purpose is largely the same: to shift the costs of agricultural risk to taxpayers, either by augmenting farmers' income or artificially inflating commodity prices. Following is a list of the key programs in the farm bill, and the amount of estimated spending for FY 2012. (The dollar figures do not include the costs to consumers of higher food prices resulting from government market manipulations.)
Direct Payments. Payments are provided to producers[18] of grains, wheat, cotton, rice, oilseeds, and peanuts[19] based on a farm's crop production history and a payment formula as set in statute.[20] Payments remain constant regardless of crop cultivation or commodity prices. Producers are eligible if their average annual farm income does not exceed $750,000 (over the preceding three tax years), and average annual non-farm income does not exceed $500,000 (over the same time period). Maximum annual payment per farmer is $40,000 ($80,000 for a married couple).[21]
Estimated Spending 2012: $3.9 billion [22]
Counter-Cyclical Payments. Payments to producers of grains, wheat, cotton, rice, oilseeds, and peanuts are triggered when a commodity price falls below a season-average "target price" set in statute. The rate of payment is based on the difference between the target price and the average market price (or national commodity loan rate). Annual payments are highly variable, ranging from $903 million in 2010 to $189 million in 2011. USDA officials expect recent record-high commodity prices to result in zero counter-cyclical payments for 2012.[23]
Estimated Spending 2012: None
Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE). The ACRE program was introduced in the 2008 farm bill as an alternative to counter-cyclical payments, and triggered when state-level revenue for a crop falls below a guaranteed minimum and the producer experiences a revenue loss. Program enrollment carries an automatic 20 percent reduction in direct payments, and a 30 percent reduction in marketing assistance loan rates.
Estimated Spending 2012: $28 million[24]
Loans. A range of direct loans and loan guarantees are provided to farmers who are unable to secure commercial credit for farm operations, land ownership, and emergencies. Direct loans from the government are available for up to $300,000, as well as "loan guarantees." Under a loan guarantee, the government pledges to repay a private lender up to 95 percent of a loan loss if a farmer fails to repay (up to a maximum of $1.2 million). The repayment term for both types of loans is a maximum of 40 years. A portion of loan funding is reserved for "socially disadvantaged" applicants. Loan funding hit a record of $6 billion in 2010. The total number of loans obligated in 2011 exceeded 32,000 and the amount outstanding for all commodities totaled $2.1 billion.[25]
Estimated Spending 2012: $4.8 billion [26]
Crop Insurance. The federal government pays 38 percent to 80 percent of total premiums for crop insurance for more than 100 commodities, and reimburses private insurers for selling and servicing the coverage. Some 80 percent of U.S. acres in principal crops (294 million acres) are enrolled, with coverage worth $93 billion. Coverage is available against impaired yields or price declines. There is no limit to premium subsidies.[27]
Estimated Spending 2012: $3.2 billion [28]
Dairy. Under the Dairy Product Price Support Program, the USDA guarantees the purchase of dairy products (by the USDA) to prevent a drop in prices. The Milk Income Loss Contract Program makes payments to producers when milk prices fall below statutory limits. The Dairy Export Incentive Program pays cash "bonuses" to dairy exporters who could not otherwise compete overseas because of the inflated cost of U.S. dairy products.
Estimated Spending 2012: $222 million [29]
Sugar. Growers of sugarcane and sugar beets, as well as sugar processors, are guaranteed artificially inflated prices through marketing quotas and import restrictions. (Duties have been lifted for some sugar imports under free trade agreements.) To prevent imports from exerting downward pressure on prices, the USDA is required to purchase domestic sugar for sale to ethanol producers.
Estimated Spending 2012: None
Disaster Assistance. Congress established the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) in the 2008 farm bill to assist farmers located in primary and contiguous disaster counties designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, or whose farms' production is less than 50 percent of the normal production for that year due to weather-related losses. The maximum annual payment is $100,000 per person or legal entity.
Estimated Spending 2012: $1.5 billion
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Commonly known as the food stamp program, SNAP provides the equivalent of cash assistance for food purchases to one in seven Americans (about 45 million). The maximum allotment for a family of four is $668 per month.
Estimated Spending 2012: $73 billion
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Supplement: $12 billion (in addition to the $73 billion)
Nutrition. The government runs more than a dozen nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); and emergency food distribution after natural disasters.
Estimated Spending 2012: $28.5 billion
Conservation. The USDA funds a variety of programs to improve soil, water, air, and wildlife resources. The Conservation Reserve Program pays property owners to retire acreage for 10 to 15 years in return for annual payments. As of 2010, the program covered 31.4 million acres. The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program pays private landowners to open their land to the public for recreation.
Estimated Spending 2012: $11.9 billion [30]
AARA Supplement: $16.6 billion (in addition to the $11.9 billion)
Exports. The USDA runs at least a dozen programs to increase farmers' access to international markets, including loan guarantees for commercial financing of exports and foreign market development.
Estimated Spending 2012: $615 million [31]
International Food Assistance. A variety of programs provide commodities, funding, and technical assistance for feeding programs in foreign countries.
Estimated Spending 2012: $2.1 billion
Rural Development. Loans, grants, and research projects are funded to expand economic opportunity in rural areas.
Estimated Spending 2012: $2.6 billion
Agricultural Research. Funding is provided for government and private research projects related to the environment, public health, nutrition, and agricultural productivity.
Estimated Spending 2012: $1.2 billion
Tobacco Payments to Producers. "Transition" payments are given to owners of quotas under the former tobacco price support program.
Estimated Spending 2012: $960 million
Agriculture entails multiple risks—as does any entrepreneurial venture. A drought or cold snap can ruin a crop. An entire herd of livestock may be felled by disease. Commodity prices zip up and down with economic fluctuations. These and other potentialities are commonly cited as justification for showering farmers with subsidies.
But zero risk does not exist, not in agriculture, nor any other occupational pursuit. To the extent that Congress artificially shields some farmers from the reality of their occupation, they are more likely to take bigger risks running their farms. The vast majority of farm products—including most fruits and vegetables, beef, and poultry—are produced in abundance without taxpayer subsidies. Moreover, the small family farms that politicians claim to be saving are harmed most by the subsidy regime.
Direct payments allow larger farms to access greater levels of credit, either to expand or modernize their operations. The flow of free dollars also increases the price of farmland, crowding out newcomers and relegating small farms to niche markets.
Fortunately, awareness is spreading about the fact that direct payments are unjustified—and unaffordable, given a budget deficit of $1.2 trillion. Legislation recently approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012, would, if enacted, repeal direct and counter-cyclical payments. But such progress is largely undone by the creation of new "protections," and the expansion of other "safety net" programs. Topping the list are yet more subsidies for crop insurance.
As noted, taxpayers subsidize 38 percent to 80 percent of the cost of crop insurance premiums for more than 100 commodities, and reimburse private insurers for selling and servicing the coverage. These subsidies were created to replace escalating ad hoc disaster assistance strategically obtained by farm-state lawmakers. The level of subsidy and coverage has been expanding for three decades. Between 2000 and 2009, for example, the crop insurance subsidy averaged $3.7 billion per year, up from $1.1 billion in the 1990s and $500 million in the 1980s.[32] The 2008 farm bill alone added five new programs and a $3.8 billion trust fund to cover crop losses, as well as three new livestock-assistance programs and even a tree-assistance subsidy. The average premium subsidy reached $8,312 last year, up from $5,339 in 2010—more than the premium subsidy for Medicare.
The subsidies produce unintended consequences. By lowering the cost of insurance, some farmers are over-insuring, that is, opting for coverage that exceeds their actual degree of potential risk. Secondly, people tend to take greater risks when relieved of the full cost of their actions. And, larger farms with higher earnings net more benefits than small farms because the subsidies are based, in part, on farm size.
The Government Accountability Office found a subset of very large farms collecting a disproportionate share of the subsidies.[33] Just 3.9 percent of all farmers in the crop insurance programs accounted for about one-third of all premium subsidies—with 53 of them receiving more than $500,000 each. For example, one farmer insured crops in eight counties and received about $1.3 million in premium subsidies. The largest recipient was a corporation that insured nursery crops across three counties in one state, for a total of about $2.2 million in premium subsidies. (The administrative expenses came to an additional $816,000.) Another individual insured canola, corn, dry beans, potatoes, soybeans, sugar beets, and wheat across eight counties in two states, for a total of $1.3 million in premium subsidies (and administrative expenses of $499,000).
Despite the massive spending on insurance subsidies, Congress continues to dole out disaster assistance. Between 2005 and 2007, for example, supplemental disaster assistance totaled $2.45 billion.[34] An additional $695 million was disbursed in 2008.
Americans pay two to four times higher prices for sugar than consumers in other countries,[35] on account of government-imposed quotas on imports. The tariff rate on "excess" imports works out to 62 percent at current prices.[36] Overall, the sugar quotas cost the economy some $49 million on net, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission,[37] because every sugar-sweetened product costs more to manufacture. The sugar quotas also erode the benefits of trade. U.S. negotiators allowed Australia to maintain trade barriers on American products in exchange for maintaining sugar tariffs. Similar issues have arisen in current trade talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Domestic sugar producers contend that industry protections are needed to secure American jobs. But for every job saved in the sugar industry, nearly three confectionery jobs are lost, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.[38]
Dairy subsidies date back some 70 years, the product of New Deal market manipulations to control agricultural prices. Congress has tinkered with various milk programs over the decades, but the USDA continues to "manage" supplies through a jumble of price controls and income supports for farmers.
In the past, advocates cited the perishable nature of milk as justification for government intervention in the dairy industry. Technological advances have revolutionized milk production, making such interventions obsolete—if they were ever needed to begin with.
Dramatic price fluctuations and the consolidation of dairy operations expose the failure of existing milk policies to stabilize prices or sustain family farms, as intended. In the past decade, U.S. milk prices have fluctuated between $12.18 per hundredweight (cwt) to $19.21 per cwt.[39] At the same time, the number of milk cow operations has declined 33 percent, from 97,460 in 2001 to 65,000 in 2009. Nonetheless, milk production has increased 15 percent in the same period, in large part owing to a greater number of large operations.[40]
What has remained unchanged through seven decades of dairy policy are the price distortions that result from the government's interference. By limiting supplies to maintain higher prices, consumers pay hundreds of millions of dollars more for milk, butter, cheese, and a variety of other dairy products.[41] Thus, Americans are taking a double hit on dairy: Tax revenues are used to subsidize producers, and production limits raise the cost of products.
In 2009 and 2010, the USDA subsidized more than 22,000 "renewable" energy projects, including construction of bio-refineries, production of biofuels, and cultivation of biofuel crops. Indeed, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack boasts that his agency is "helping to establish the infrastructure to put renewable fuel in all of America's gas tanks."[42]
Congress did its part by mandating quotas of "renewable" fuels—primarily corn-based ethanol—in the nation's gasoline supply. Because of artificial demand for corn and other biofuel "feedstocks," farmers are devoting evermore acres to biofuel crops. The consequent reduction in U.S. supplies of soybeans and other displaced crops has propelled commodity prices. The attendant increase in food costs falls most heavily on the poor.
Biofuel mania is hardly environmentally benign. Two studies published in 2008 in the journal Science reported that the cultivation of corn for ethanol and other biofuel feedstocks substantially increases emissions of the greenhouse gases that are supposedly causing climate change.[43] (The excess emissions result from land conversions that are driven by demand for corn and other crops used to produce "renewable" fuels.) Moreover, the National Academy of Sciences has reported that ethanol production is draining water supplies, while the boom in corn and other feedstock production fosters soil erosion and fertilizer runoff.[44]
There are several ways for farmers to manage risk without taxpayer subsidies. There could be even more options if Washington loosened its grip on agriculture and allowed entrepreneurs to create new products and services for managing risk. First and foremost, however, a meaningful reform effort requires lawmakers to focus solely on agriculture. All the superfluous programs that clutter the farm bill—welfare, energy, broadband deployment—ought to be jettisoned to congressional committees that specialize in such issues. Otherwise, the amalgam of special interests will rise up in defense of the status quo.
With regard to agriculture policy, farm subsidies must be eliminated. Family farms are not rescued by redistributing taxpayers' money to large, profitable agribusinesses that can afford to buy them out. Subsidies do not stabilize crop prices or increase the affordability of food. Instead, they add tens of billions of dollars to the federal budget, undermine trade, and violate fundamental free-market principles.
The following nongovernment options are available to help farmers manage risk:[45]
Decades-old subsidies will not disappear quickly. In the interim, Congress can improve farm policy in the following ways:
Farm subsidies constitute the nation's largest corporate welfare program—the costs of which burden taxpayers and increase food prices. With farm income setting records—and a soaring federal budget deficit—it is a particularly opportune time to reform agriculture policy. All that is needed is a bit of congressional backbone.
—Diane Katz is Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1]Jim Monke and Renee Johnson, "Actual Farm Bill Spending and Cost Estimates," Congressional Research Service, December 13, 2010, at http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/R41195.pdf (accessed May 20, 2012).
[2]Economic Research Service, "Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms," US Department of Agriculture, July 2010, http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB66/EIB66.pdf (accessed April 9, 2012).
[3]News release, "Agriculture Secretary Vilsack on Priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill," U.S. Department of Agriculture, October 24, 2011, http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2011/10/0458.xml (accessed May 4, 2012).
[5]USDA Economic Research Service, "Data Sets—Farm Income: Data Files—Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Value of Farm Real Estate, 1850–2010," March 14, 2012, http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/farmincome/finfidmu.htm#numfarms (accessed May 29, 2012).
[6]Nigel Key and Michael J. Roberts, "Measures of Trends in Farm Size Tell Differing Stories," USDA Amber Waves, November 2007, http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November07/DataFeature/ (accessed May 30, 2012).
[7]Robert A. Hoppe and David E. Banker, "Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms," USDA Family Farm Report, July 2010, http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB66/EIB66.pdf (accessed May 30, 2012).
[9]T. Kirk White and Robert A. Hoppe, "Changing Farm Structure and the Distribution of Farm Payments and Federal Crop Insurance," USDA Economic Research Service, February 2012, http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB91/EIB91.pdf (accessed May 30, 2012).
[10]Hoppe and Banker, "Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms."
[11]White and Hoppe, "Changing Farm Structure and the Distribution of Farm Payments and Federal Crop Insurance."
[13]Hoppe and Banker, "Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms."
[14]USDA Economic Research Service, "Briefing Rooms—U.S. Agricultural Trade: Exports," http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/AgTrade/exports.htm (accessed May 30, 2012).
[15]The percentage of total debt financing compared to the percentage of total assets.
[16]USDA Economic Research Service, "Briefing Rooms—Farm Sector Assets, Debt, and Equity Forecast to Increase in 2012," February 13, 2012, http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/farmincome/wealth.htm (accessed May 30, 2012).
[17]Brian Briggeman, "Farm Balance Sheets: The Hidden Risk of Non-Real Estate Debt," Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, The Main Street Economist, No. 2 (2011), http://www.kc.frb.org/publicat/mse/mse_0211.pdf (accessed May 30, 2012).
[18]Includes owners, operators, landlords, tenants, or sharecroppers. See USDA Farm Bill Forums, "Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program," http://www.usda.gov/documents/DIRECT_AND_%20COUNTER_CYCLICAL_PROGRAM.pdf (accessed May 30, 2012).
[19]Specifically, wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, long-grain and medium-grain rice, soybeans, canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeseed, safflower, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas. USDA Farm Service Agency, "Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program Fact Sheet," December 2008.
[20]For example, a farmer with a historical base of 100 acres, a yield of 100 bushels of corn, and a direct payment rate of 28 cents per bushel would receive $2,380 (85% X 100 acres X 100 bushels X 28 cents).
[21]U.S. Government Accountability Office, "Crop Insurance: Savings Would Result from Program Changes and Greater Use of Data Mining," GAO-12-256, March 2012, http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/589305.pdf (assessed May 30, 2012).
[22]USDA, "Budget Summary and Annual Performance Plan," Fiscal Year 2012, http://www.obpa.usda.gov/budsum/FY12budsum.pdf (accessed May 30, 2012).
[25]USDA Farm Service Agency, "Loans Outstanding—National Level," April 10, 2012.
[26]USDA, "Budget Summary and Annual Performance Plan," Fiscal Year 2012.
[27]Government Accountability Office, "Crop Insurance."
[28]USDA, "Budget Summary and Annual Performance Plan," Fiscal Year 2012.
[32]Dennis A. Shields and Ralph M. Chite, "Agricultural Disaster Assistance," Congressional Research Service, October 25, 2010, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21212.pdf (accessed May 30, 2012).
[33]Government Accountability Office, "Crop Insurance."
[34]Shields and Chite, "Agricultural Disaster Assistance."
[35]Remy Jurenas, "Sugar Policy and the 2008 Farm Bill," Congressional Research Service, January 30, 2009, http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RL34103.pdf (accessed May 30, 2012).
[36]Bryan Riley, "The U.S. Sugar Program: Bad for Consumers, Bad for Agriculture, and Bad for America," Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 3569, April 18, 2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/04/us-sugar-program-bad-for-consumers-agriculture-and-america.
[37]U.S. International Trade Commission, "The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints," August 2011, pp. 2–25, http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4253.pdf (accessed June 4, 2012).
[38]International Trade Administration, "Employment Changes in U.S. Food Manufacturing: The Impact of Sugar Prices," February 2006, p. 2, http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/pdf/sugar06.pdf (accessed May 30, 2012).
[39]U.S. Department of Agriculture, "Overview of the United States Dairy Industry," September 22, 2010, http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/USDairyIndus/USDairyIndus-09-22-2010.pdf (accessed May 30, 2011).
[41]A survey by the Government Accountability Office found that U.S. prices for butter averaged twice the world price, cheese prices were about 50 percent higher, and nonfat dry milk prices were about 30 percent higher. See Government Accountability Office, "Dairy Industry: Information on Milk Prices, Factors Affecting Prices, and Dairy Policy Options," GAO-05-50, December 29, 2004, http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-05-50 (accessed May 30, 2012).
[42]News release, "Agriculture Secretary Vilsack on Priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill."
[43] Timothy Searchinger et al., "Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land-Use Change," Science, Vol., 319, No. 5867 (February 2008), pp. 1238–1240, http://www.sciencemag.org/content/319/5867/1238.abstract (accessed June 4, 2012).
[44]National Academies, "Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States," October 2007, http://dels.nas.edu/resources/static-assets/materials-based-on-reports/reports-in-brief/biofuels_brief_final.pdf (accessed June 4, 2012).
[45]Dennis A. Shields, "Federal Crop Insurance: Background and Issues," Congressional Research Service, December 13, 2010.


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Good news for school district coffers
The state of Minnesota is almost square with its school districts, Gov. Mark Dayton and other state officials reported on Monday.
By the end of Fiscal Year 2013, the state has repaid nearly $2.6 billion of the $2.8 billion the state borrowed from school districts to balance the state's budget. The state had shifted funding it was supposed to pay to the k-12 school districts in previous budget deals in order to reduce budget deficits. School districts have muddled through by tightening their own budgets, cutting programs and borrowing money to meet cash flow needs.
At the end of the last fiscal year, the state repaid an additional $636 million from its budget surplus. With another good budget year, the stat should be able to pay back all it owes to districts.
This is not a windfall for school districts, however. This is money they were supposed to received, money they had in their budgets that didn't show up.
The state can do school districts a big favor in the future by giving school districts revenue projections that are reliable and dependable, so they can set their budgets and plan their programs with confidence, without worrying if the state is going to withhold funding at a later date.


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- In 2006, the U.S. Men's Volleyball Team held the FIVB World League pool lead, only to see it disappear during its final two road matches in Poland and Serbia.
The U.S. Men have a chance to make up for last year during their final four 2007 World League pool play matches in Japan and Italy. The road trip gets started at 10 p.m. PDT on Friday (2 p.m. Saturday in Japan) when the United States will face Japan at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium. Kumamoto is on Kyushu Island in southern Japan.
Live scoring and statistics are available on the FIVB World League web site at www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2007/LiveScore/?sm=121.
Team USA leads Pool B with a 6-2 record coming off a two-match sweep of Italy on June 15-16 in Chicago. Japan is last in the pool at 1-5 and is coming off two losses to host France. After losing the first match 3-0 (25-19 25-22 25-20), Japan came back tough in the second match and lost 3-2 (25-13 25-19 22-25 20-25 15-12).
The United States already defeated Japan twice on June 1-2 in Green Bay, Wis., winning each match by a score of 3-1 (June 1: 25-17, 23-25, 27-25, 25-19; June 2: 20-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-18).
France, which sits in second place in Pool B at 5-3, will play two home matches this weekend against an Italian team that has been hobbled by illness and injuries.
But the U.S. Men are trying to focus on their own play and not worry so much about he competition.
"I think for us it's better to focus on our side of the net," U.S. Team Captain Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.) said. "We shouldn't spend time or energy on what (the opponent) is going to do."
U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) has taken the same 12 players to Japan and Italy that he used in Chicago, where he changed the starting lineups between matches.
McCutcheon has said repeatedly that he is using World League to evaluate players and rotations in preparation for Olympic qualifying. However, he has also said that he wants to win.
"I was very happy with this group," McCutcheon said following the second victory over Italy. "Having guys who have been around the block makes a difference."
The United States already defeated Japan twice on June 1-2 in Green Bay, Wis., winning each match by a score of 3-1 (June 1: 25-17, 23-25, 27-25, 25-19; June 2: 20-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-18).
Two members of Japan's 2006 FIVB World Championship squad have returned for this weekend's matches. Libero Katsutoshi Tsumagari (6-foot-0) and middle blocker Kota Yamamura (6-7) have been included in Japan's 12-man roster for the first time this season. Tsumagari comes in for Osamu Tanabe, and Yamamura completes a full roster after Japan played in France last weekend with only 11 players following an injury in training to Ryu Morishige.
Outside hitter Yusuke Ishijima (6-5) is leading Japan in scoring with 90 points on 79 kills, seven blocks and four aces. Outside hitter Yu Koshikawa (6-3) is second with 82 points on 72 kills, seven aces and three blocks.
But the United States has plenty of scoring power of its own and knows that it needs to focus on making as few mistakes as possible while using its hitters and blockers to the best possible advantage.
U.S. outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) continues to lead all World League scorers with 140 points on 114 kills, 15 blocks and 11 aces. Middle blocker Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) is second among all blockers with 24 blocks on 58 attempts.
All U.S. matches and the World League finals are scheduled to be shown on ESPNU.
The U.S. World League home matches are presented by GL7, the Official Sports Drink of USA Volleyball.
Results, statistics and photos are available on the FIVB World League Web Site at www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2007.
The USA Volleyball FIVB World League web site is www.usavolleyball.org/national/wl07.asp.
The 2007 U.S. Men's media kit is available at www.usavolleyball.org/media/national/us_men_mediakit07.pdf (please note that this is a large .pdf file).
2007 FIVB World League
Standings (as of June 21, 2007)
Pool A
1 Brazil 8-0
2 Finland 5-3
3 Korea 2-6
4 Canada 1-7
Pool B
2 France 5-3
3 Italy 2-4
4 Japan 1-5
Pool C
1 Russia 7-1
2 Cuba 5-3
3 Serbia 4-4
4 Egypt 0-8
Pool D
1 Bulgaria 8-0
2 Poland 8-0
3 China 0-8
4 Argentina 0-8
Twelve-man roster
(Teams can adjust 12-man rosters between weekends)
No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3 Jim Polster (OH, 6-6, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 Brandon Taliaferro (S, 6-5, San Clemente, Calif., UCLA)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 Phil Eatherton (MB, 6-9, Glencoe, Mo., Ball State)
7 David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
8 Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9 Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, Palmdale, Calif., BYU)
10 Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
12 Tom Hoff (MB, 6-8, Park Ridge, Ill., Long Beach State)
13 Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawai'i)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 Gabe Gardner (OH, 6-9, San Clemente, Calif., Stanford)
U.S. World League Schedule
Date: May 26-27
Opponent: France
Location: Portland, Ore. - The Chiles Center Arena
Match 1: France def. USA, 3-2 (13-25, 25-19, 25-17, 24-26, 15-13)
Match 2: USA def. France, 3-1 (25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 25-20)
Date: June 1-2
Opponent: Japan
Location: Green Bay, Wis. - The Resch Center
Match 1: USA def. Japan, 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 27-25, 25-19)
Match 2: USA def. Japan, 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-18)
Date: June 8-9
Opponent: France
Location: Lyon, France - Palais des Gerland
Match 1: France def. USA, 3-1 (25-22, 19-25, 38-36, 25-18)
Match 2: USA def. France, 3-1 (22-25, 29-27, 25-23, 25-21)
Date: June 15-16
Opponent: Italy
Location: Chicago, Ill. - The Convocation Center
Match 1: USA def. Italy, 3-1 (25-21, 25-21, 25-27, 29-27)
Match 2: USA def. Italy, 3-0 (25-19, 30-28, 25-23)
Date: June 23-24
Opponent: Japan
Location: Kumamoto - Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
Date: June 29
Opponent: Italy
Location: Napoli - PalaBarbuto
Date: July 1
Opponent: Italy
Location: Avelino - Pal Del Mauro
World League Final
Date: July 11-15
Location: Katowice, Poland


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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping wrapped up a five-day trip to the United States last week with a stop in Los Angeles that included meetings with state and local officials and private sector leaders. I traveled to Los Angeles to support the opportunity to further U.S.-China subnational engagement.
Vice President Xi's U.S. trip came at the invitation of his U.S. counterpart, Vice President Joseph Biden, following his trip to Beijing in August 2011. These reciprocal visits were agreed to by President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao during President Hu's state visit to Washington, D.C. in January 2011.
California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. welcomed Vice President Xi to California, and he and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hosted several events during the visit. I joined Governor Brown's meeting with Jiangsu Province Party Secretary Luo Zhijun, and participated in the U.S. and Chinese Governor's Roundtable, hosted by the Governor.
Moderated by Vice Presidents Biden and Xi, Governors Neil Abercrombie (HI), Pat Quinn (IL), Peter Shumlin (VT), Brian Schweitzer (MT) and seven Chinese provincial officials continued to build relationships to foster expanded trade, cultural, environmental, and educational ties. In addition, I attended, along with San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee and Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Mayor Villaraigosa's luncheon for U.S. and Chinese business and government leaders.
As part of an effort to increase direct investment in California and to assist the state's business community, Governor Brown announced plans to re-open representative offices in Beijing and Shanghai, and proposed the formation of a California-China Joint Task Force to drive more collaboration, investment, and trade between California and Chinese provinces.
Before his visit to California, Vice President Xi stopped in Des Moines and Muscatine, Iowa, where he was hosted by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad.
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Skip to comments.Brokaw: Silence On Gun Violence Akin To Failing To Oppose Segregation in 60s
Posted on 01/17/2013 7:48:31 AM PST by chessplayer
Talk about your strained analogies . . . Tom Brokaw has analogized people unwilling support measures aimed at limiting gun violence to those during the 1960s who were unwilling to speak out againt the likes of Bull Connor.
Bull Connor - Democrat.
It's just the fax machine delivering talking points from the White House.
The calls started this morning about the NRA ad. The mantra is "No White president's children having Secret Service protection was ever criticized". Actually the Bush girls were.
The calls started this morning about the NRA ad. The mantra is "No White president's children having Secret Service protection was ever criticized". Actually the Bush girls were.
um.... who is NOT against gun violence?
We are against disarming law-abiding citizens, which will have no affect at all on said 'gun violence'
Brokaw owns a big spread in Montana. How many guns do you think he has there?
The calls started this morning about the NRA ad. The mantra is "No White president's children having Secret Service protection was ever criticized". Actually the Bush girls were.
The calls started this morning about the NRA ad. The mantra is "No White president's children having Secret Service protection was ever criticized". Actually the Bush girls were.
We're far from silent on gun violence. Liberals just don't like what we are saying.
It's always about race, isn't it?
Soros, Podesta, Axelrod, Jarrett, Obama to the MSM. Well oiled machine of Commie propaganda.
I'd say more than just a couple...
I missed the discussion about measures being aimed to 'limit gun violence'.
The only measures I've heard discussed is how to prevent law abiding citizens from exercising their second Amendment rights. Discussions on how to disarm the law abiding citizenry. No discussions that I am aware of on how to dissuade gang bangers and inner city youths and criminals from shooting up folks. These day to day crimes dwarf those committed by the occasional, and freak event, lunatic.
Preach the fear of God and the judgment to come? Nah, just disarm the citizens and provide armed guards for the royals...
This weak ananlogy was already wearing thin in teh "gay marriage" debaet. Now the 'Rats have exposed it by overuse as completely as bogus.
As for the racial suggestions? The problem here is that American minorities have been stripped of their racial pride, by demagogues, seeking to instill hatred & resentment rather than pride in honest effort, in order to control them as voting blocks. Do not fall into the trap of letting them make race--that is human heredity & the continuity of peoples--into something ugly. The ugliness comes in the process of substituting blame & envy for honest effort & pride in personal achievement.
The Left has been pursuing a terribly vicious end game strategy, at least since 2000, and too many Conservatives are playing into their hands, by responses that miss the essential nature of the tactics to which they are responding.
For an argument in point, see Blame & Envy Cocktail.
William Flax
Democrats saying "We're on the wrong side of history and it's as bad as the LAST time we were on the wrong side of history"
Here's the deal: If the gerbalists keep their mitts off the 2nd, they can keep their 1st.
Otherwise all bets are off .... (ominous minor chord)
Since the regime, like one of Pavlov's mangy curs, has hit the race card, let us respond with the simple observation that, with the exception of the Arkie trailer trash Clinton, no white president has ever suggested confiscation of guns. But wait, Clinton himself has said that he was the first black president, so the exception is naught. And how do we know that Soetero has always intended to confiscate ALL firearms, - there are dozens of proofs but the main one is his endlessly repeated statement that he intends no such thing. Such words from a compulsive and not very bright liar prove the opposite.
Actually, the "civil rights" stampede of the '60s knocked down all sorts of civil rights such as freedom of association and brought Big Sis and her nanny nose into everything.
When we stopped teaching the Ten Commandments, among them "Thou shalt not murder.", that's when we started getting all of these mass murderers.
HA!! I wonder how many times Tom Brokaw has demonized Bill Clinton on viewing J. William Fulbright as his mentor!! In fact, I wonder how many times Tom Brokaw demonized Bill OR Hillary Clinton on anything. What a good Obama soldier! Good boy, Tom. Good boy.
They never get tired of playing the race card do they?
He is just wrong. Gun violence has gone down 49% in the past 20 years. Why wasn't BrokeJaw crying wolf back then?
Go back and read about Loughner...most of his history wasn't noted at the time.
Hasan was "singled out"...but MUSLIM PC prevented us from stopping him. The theatre guy had been "singled out"...and this Lanza...all you had to do was look at the group picture....
Hey, Tom....Obama's been silent on gun violence in his own 'hometown' for the past 4 yrs....what is that akin to?
No white President ever tried to disarm the public.
I'm all in favor of an honest discussion on guns and crime. For example, in Chicago, in 2011, only 1 murder was committed with a rifle. Does Tom want to discuss that? And in Chicago in 2011, roughly 75% of VICTIMS had a prior arrest record with the Chicago police. Does Tom want to discuss THAT? Perhaps he would like to discuss the racial aspects of crime - half of the murders and murderers are black. That number in Chicago is 75%. Is Tom talking about that?
For the life of me I can't figure out why the media, virtually to a man, is opposed to the Bill of Rights. Do they imagine they'll get to rule once government has all power, unopposed? Are they just hoping to be eaten last? Or is it just the natural filtering effect that anyone with natural intelligence and ability chooses a college major with substance and where work can be measured objectively, and the rest are left for urinalism?
And he wasn't trying to screw over his employers by taking away their guns. Minor detail, I'm sure it's actually the difference in race that accounts for the reactions. [facepalm]
Where are the Republicans on all this gun confiscation. Where is the Speaker? Where is there ANY statements from the Republican Establishement there in Washington on this? Silence is consent? Get on the move and defend our Constitution! Defend our rights .... speak up on this power grab attempt.
Fixed it. 2nd Amendment violations, 14th Amendment violations - show me the legal difference, please, Mr. Brokaw.
Just one more reason why the old media is very close to our number 1 enemy. Never forget and remember their sponsors.
Brokaw with his fru fru glass frames was on Scarborough.
Scarboriou is a NYC effete who only was elected because of networking skills not actual worthyness. NYC effetes live in the buble of latte and NYC apparments. (the good part of town not the icky part)
David Brinkly must be laughing his head off at the buffoon brokaw has become.
Time to organize.
Gun Owners Against Gun Violence And Racism.
Everybody is against violence, Sweetie, but countries with strict gun control laws have higher overall rates of violence than those that don't.
WOULD BANNING FIREARMS REDUCE MURDER AND SUICIDE?, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Volume 30, Number 2, Spring 2007 (pp. 649-694)
The trick you hoplophobes use is to insist on focusing on gun violence alone, as if it exists in a vacuum.
Don't you care about the people who get killed by fists and feet and knives and baseball bats too?
Or is your concern limited strictly to guns and how to subjugate the people who own them?
[[Brokaw: Silence On Gun Violence Akin To Failing To Oppose Segregation in 60s ]]
We agree- we agree that you are rqacist oe keepign sielnt on the FACT that so many innocent peopel are mrudered i ntheir homes because they are DENIED the right to own a gun to protect htemselves- Your silence on this national crisis is very evident browkaw,, and you are correct- we the peopel think you are infact racist- Thank you for your candid self analysis
Yeah, you can bet if he and "Piers" were in revolutionary times, they've have been bending over for the King, grabbing their ass.....oh, wait....
These old lefties are going for broke.
Disarming the people of the world is a big time globalist goal. It leads to mass slaughter, like in Mexico for example, but globalists don't like the possiblity that they might be picked off by the slaves they desire to control and rule.
Globalists also need to overcome our constitution in order to create a "more perfect union" under the UN's rule. Americans have way too much power for their liking and we keep messing up "logical" plans for their rule. As Government Electric CEO says China has the most efficient and most ideal government for global business.
This is where they are coming from with their missives on global warming (UN taxation and Agenda 21) and condmening the constitutional rights of Americans. They have all come out against the freedom of speech and now they are huffing and puffing about the second amendment.
Most Americans have not a clue of what is intended by these citizens of the world.
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About the Author: Sarah Goldfarb serves as Editorial Assistant to DipNote.
Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero met with four Indonesian new media journalists at the Department of State on July 7, 2010. The event provided an opportunity for Under Secretary Otero to continue a discussion about the rights and ethical responsibilities of a free media in a democratic society that first began on Under Secretary Otero's visit to Indonesia in May.
Freedom House rates Indonesia as having one of the most free media environments in Southeast Asia, and digital activism is playing a role in strengthening democracy. Under Secretary Otero highlighted how Indonesia serves as a model in the region, projecting a vibrant democracy with a dynamic civil society. Yet Under Secretary Otero voiced some concern over the degree of freedom to operate and access the Internet, particularly in light of recent government moves toward more restrictions on online speech and activity.
The journalists, who are participating in the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program, said they hope that as online media develops in Indonesia, it will enjoy the same freedom of expression privileges of print media. Commonly, laws and regulations for online media are reactive, but the journalists expressed confidence that government and civil society leaders could sit down together and discuss how to ensure a constructive future for online media in Indonesia. They also discussed the rapid growth of social media in Indonesia and their optimism for society's adaptation of new technologies in the future.
After leaving Washington, the journalists will travel to Tampa, St. Louis, and San Francisco, where they will have the opportunity to explore the responsibilities of online reporting and develop a better understanding of how the Internet, social media, and online journalism promote civic responsibility and empowerment.
Foreign Service Officer Tom Weinz writes:
Indonesian reporters from radio, television and print media attended the opening ceremony of Pacific Partnership 2010 in Tobelo, Indonesia on July 13 and asked direct, perceptive questions about the mission. It is good to see that young bloggers are being hosted by the department in Washington. This is a dynamic and vibrant society, and Americans and Indonesians have much in common.
Pamela in West Virginia writes:
It is so exciting to hear that at least one country is helping its citizens move with the rest of the world. This will help them become an active member of the global community, Its citizens will be aware of what can be acheived through international dialogue.
Glenn G. in West Virginia writes:
I'm glad to see more Moslem countries participating in freedom of speech.
Khalil in Washington DC writes:
It will be interesting to see how the international community can leverage anti-jamming and encryption software to assist Indonesian citizens, particularly democratic activists, evade government crackdowns on internet freedom.
Jenna in Washington DC writes:
Interesting...their democracy allows them to enjoy a free media, while a free media reinforces their democracy...a very uplifting read.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
I can only think that when folks at DARPA, and the US military came up with the concept of a "galactic network" in 1962 they didn't initially have any way to know what an insideous weapon of mass destruction they were to eventually create and unleash upon totalitarianism on the global level.
The rise of democracy that has taken place since may be the proof of just how effective it has been.
Between democratic governments and the private sector org's like the Internet Society
isoc.org , I doubt if tyrany as it exists still on this planet will survive another decade in any governmental structural form.
Jonathan in Washington DC writes:
Great article. It is very interesting to see that one of the largest Muslim country in the World is increasing its means to let population access Worlwide news and media, including new communications tools (blogs).
Also, my concern is now to give the population means to increase their access to the Internet since only 12% of the inhabitants are using the web (however this is the 13th largest country for internet users!).
DipNote Blogger Sarah Goldfarb writes:
@ Jonathan, Eric, Jenna, Khalil, Glenn, and Pamela: I sincerely appreciate your taking time to provide your comments and feedback. I value your responses, and I believe we have greater opportunities than ever before to freely exchange ideas and promote dialogue. I cannot emphasize enough the privilege it was to interact with these Indonesian professionals. If you haven't had an opportunity to check out the Secretary's remarks on Internet Freedom, I encourage you to do so here.
@ Foreign Service Liaison Officer Tom Weinz: Thank you for your comment. I hope everything is going well in Indonesia. For DipNote readers, you can follow Tom Weinz and the Pacific Partnership 2010's journey on DipNote. You can also view extraordinary photos from Pacific Partnership 2010.
Thank you,
Lasma in New York writes:
Good luck Indonesia! Shifting minds as well as learning sometimes is hard task; hopefully with more access to information, people there will become more knowledgable and aware.
Hugh in Georgia (U.S.A.) writes:
Thank you for the post. There is no better way to promote an open, free society than to pursue communication among citizens, professional or otherwise, of different countries/cultures.
Elizabeth in Virginia writes:
Very interesting post! As a teacher, it reminded me of the importance of making sure my students are literate in 21st century skills.
Rich in Indiana writes:
This well written article illustrates how interdependent the world is becoming through technology. It will be intersting to see how freedom develops and is enhanced in the largest Muslim country through online media and blogging.
Flankie in Indonesia writes:
as a journalist I hope that online media will have the same right as print media. It is now depend on us to publish a good news that based on fact that realy happen.


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The effects of Hurricane Irene and other storms highlight the mussel's hardiness.the water column, particularly phytoplankton. Oysters were long the bivalve of choice in the U.S., but the mussel has certain advantages that are being increasingly touted. Although an individual oyster can filter much more water — an estimated 20 to 30 gallons per day — mussels grow more densely than oysters.
A diverse set of organisms may be needed to filter out the range of pollutants in places like New York Harbor.than a decade, Thierry Chopin, a marine biologist at the University of New Brunswick, has been conducting research into the related field of "integrated multi-trophic aquaculture," or IMTA, where salmon, mussels, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and seaweeds are all cultured together. His research in the Bay of Fundy shows that blue mussels and kelp can be cultivated and thrive thanks, in part, to the wastes produced by nearby pens of farmed Atlantic salmon.
Stressing the ecological advantages of culturing mussels is one way to expand the mussel industry.U.S. in 2012, the overwhelming majority came from Canada. Gary Wikfors of NOAA says that stressing the ecological advantages of culturing mussels is one way to expand the U.S. mussel industry.


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Tenet to Buy Vanguard Health amid 'Obamacare' M&A Frenzy
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Tenet Healthcare
Tenet's proposed acquisition of Vanguard Health Solutions values the hospital network at $21 a share, or roughly $1.8 billion, and comes at a 70% premium to the company's Friday closing share price. Monday's deal values Vanguard at $4.3 billion when including Tenet's assumption of $2.5 billion in the company's debt.
The deal indicates that the healthcare industry is consolidating on multiple fronts in the wake of the ACA, commonly referred to as 'Obamacare.'
Tenet's acquisition of Vanguard focuses on the sprawling U.S. hospital and healthcare practice industry, which is quietly in the throes of consolidation, according to industry sources.
The company will expand its total base of hospitals to 79 and its number of outpatient facilities to 157, the company said in a statement. Vanguard Health Solutions will also further diversify Tenet into states such as Texas and increase the company's overall footprint to 16 states.
Tenet highlights states such as Texas should see a fast rising base of customers in the wake of 'Obamacare,' in a Monday press release. Analysts have noted the Act may increase the number of users of hospitals and outpatient facilities, while also reducing companies' bad debt expense, given an expected increase in overall healthcare coverage nationwide. States previously lagging in coverage may see the biggest change.
Vanguard Health Systems shares were rising over 65% in pre-market Monday trading to $20.55, just below Tenet's offer price. Tenet shares were rising nearly 6% to $44.35 a share, indicating investor comfort with the debt and premium attached to its acquisition.
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"This acquisition will take Tenet into new geographic markets, expand the breadth of our service offerings, diversify our earnings sources and increase the benefits we expect to realize under healthcare reform," Trevor Fetter, Tenet chief executive, said in a statement.
In the past year, Tenet's shares have gained over 100%, as investors brace for healthcare industry consolidation and the earnings impact of 'Obamacare.'
Already a lot has happened in the industry, as major players across the healthcare spectrum position for dramatic change in coming years.
Leading up to the passage of the act, pharmacy benefit managers such as Express Scripts
Healthcare provider Cigna
Healthcare providers have also been hard at work trying to position for a rapid change to Medicare and Medicaid as 'Obamacare' kicks in over the next 12-to-18 months. At around the act's passage and affirmation by the Supreme Court, WellPoint
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Hi all, now I really really don't want to put this up on bst but can use the cash for the recovery from Hurricane Sandy.
This is a true custom marker, it is NOT just anno. Instead of standard axe detents it uses dye eyepipe, so the body is smooth all along the sides with nice milling.
This is also a true 1 of 10 in red splash, there is also 9 in green splash so 19 overall. In last two year there has only been two up on bst anywhere and this is one of the two.
Marker: Axe, Boss Edition
Condition: 9.5/10
Color: red splash (1 of 10)
Upgrades: redline - this marker came stock from bosspaintball with boss bolt, full matching macdev shift barrel kit, virtue OLED board, blue laser eyes, and nano feedneck
Known Problems: none
Asking Price: $800 obo
Shipping Options: USPS Priority or UPS ground unless otherwise negotiated
Trades of interest: cash and anything with cash
Location of item: NY
What is Included: Marker, barrel kit, gatwrap, and redline
questions ask away.... can provide more pics and vid
shooting vid was shot with redline but the virtue works too
shooting vid was taken in September and marker have been in storage since then till today for the new pic
shooting vid taken on 6/1/13:
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Ok I'm going to post this again this year, last season we started late and didn't have enough interest to move forward.
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Boys golf team has unique No. 1
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MADISON - The Madison Abundant Life/Country Day boys golf team has made great strides this season starting at the top.
Junior Maya Muldowney picked up the game only two years ago, but she's already playing at the number one position for the Challengers boys golf team.
"My dad's side of the family golfs and my grandpa's a huge golfer so my mom was like, 'Hey, why don't you try this?'" Muldowney said.
It didn't take long for coach Rick Zierath to see the potential.
"I watched her swing and said, you know, there's a lot of natural ability there," he said.
About halfway through the season, Zierath put Muldowney as the team's No. 1 golfer.
Muldowney said she's not slowing down anytime soon.
"There's always that added incentive of the girl playing with the guys," Muldowney said. "That kind of drives me more as well to be able to play on the same level and try to see if I can do better."Boys golf team has unique number one


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European Commission, UN Environment step up cooperation to protect the world's oceans 20/12/2016 00:00:00
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Credit: UNDP-UNEP PEI
Since 2003, as many as 1 million coconut trees have been lost due to a lethal disease. At the present rate of spread, more than 50 per cent of the coconut area is likely to be lost over the next few years.
The loss of this vital resource has created a ripple effect as communities are now overexploiting local mangrove, which has exacerbated the problem of soil erosion in the area impacting negatively on housing, settlements, and agriculture.
Such vicious circles of poverty and environment are not unique to Zambezia. In fact, nationwide, over 82 per cent of jobs depend on natural resources and it is estimated that natural capital contributes up to 50 per cent of GDP.
Efforts to improve natural resource management are fundamental to poverty alleviation in Mozambique.
Making the environment everyone's business
A key driver of change in Mozambique has been to ensure that the environment-poverty agenda is the business of policy makers across all sectors of the government.
By developing a number of practical tools and procedures for embedding pro-poor sustainable development into the fabric of various ministries - from Defense to Finance to Planning and Development - the government, with support from the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment (PEI) Initiative, has awakened key decision makers to the benefits of growing the country whilst preserving its natural assets.
As a result, pro-poor sustainable development objectives can now be found in at least eight sector plans.
The implementation of these plans is however hugely dependent on accompanying financial commitments - an area the government is currently striving to improve.
Financing the new agenda
A study commissioned by the Ministry of Environment Coordination Affairs (MICOA) and the Ministry of Planning and Development revealed the economic value of Mozambique's natural resources and the current budgetary shortfall the government must overcome if it is to realise its new poverty-environment ambitions.
The valuation showed that the yearly economic loss due to environmental degradation and the inefficient use of natural resources is 17 per cent of GDP, or US$1.5 billion per year. By contrast, the estimated cost to remediate these damages was calculated at only 9 per cent of GDP. Yet, the expenditure on environment was equivalent to only 1.4 per cent of GDP.
The review shows that the government is investing in sustainable development, but that more needs to be done, and finds a need to design a strategy to improve the level of budgeting for sustainable development in Mozambique.
Demonstrating change on the ground
To demonstrate how quickly change on the ground can happen when funding is committed to environmental protection, PEI supported small-scale demonstration projects across the country.
In Zambezia, communities decided that instead of relocating away from the flood and erosion-risk areas - as they have traditionally done - they would employ a programme of ecosystem-based adaptation approaches to mitigate and adapt to the problem.
Measures vary from planting of trees, reforesting the mangrove, using sandbag blocks and more sophisticated concrete walls. In Madal, the results are encouraging. The community has not had to relocate, which has enabled its people to concentrate on income-generating activities inspired by sustainable agricultural practices.
Next steps - going bigger
Partly inspired by PEI's work, the shift in policy making, and the changes on the ground, the Government of Mozambique has now begun scaling up similar initiatives, often supported by other donors and development partners.
The lost coconut trees of Zambezia are gone, yet the gains made by communities there and elsewhere in Mozambique offer hope for their future in a country where poverty-environment mainstreaming is becoming business-as-usual.
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NYPA Coat Drive
KEEPING WARM - Employees of the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project, including members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2032 (IBEW), plan to deliver 60 new and gently-used winter coats to local schools this week as part of a team effort to help keep local children warm this winter. The coats will be distributed by local schools to children in need. In November, NYPA's union and management employees also held a drive to collect gifts for less fortunate children this holiday season. Pictured with some of the coats donated this year are, from left: Jill Edwards, drafting clerk and IBEW member, and Kathy Fleury, senior cost and schedule analyst.
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Oct 22, 2012
Unified Data Centers, Dynamic Career Ops
Today's enterprise data center is anything but boring. In fact, infrastructure is cool again, as evidenced by more than 20,000 people making the pilgrimage to this year's VMworld. Virtualization has permeated every corner of IT, creating private clouds that mirror the versatility, scalability and efficiency of multitenant public services. Now, we need people who can bridge these two cloud realms into a unified infrastructure, and that means data center, storage and server jobs have seldom been more interesting.
Sadly, all that exciting new technology has been wrapped in the cold, wet blanket of harsh financial realities. Budgets remain stagnant, new hiring anemic and salary growth imperceptible. But the gloom appears to be lifting, and many data center employees who have persisted through the down cycle will be rewarded with new, and greater, job responsibilities in IT teams that are much more integrated with and important to the business. And these positions will often be accompanied by opportunities for retraining and, one hopes, a greater share of the firm's financial success.
There's plenty of room for optimism, particularly for those who can take full advantage of such a dynamic environment. Here's our guide to working in and staffing the new, unified and virtualized data center. (R5841012)
Survey Name InformationWeek 2012 State of IT Staffing Survey
Survey Date July 2012
Region North America
Number of Respondents 120 respondents citing data center/storage/server/data as a top area of staffing increase
Purpose To gauge data center/storage/server/data staffing trends in the enterprise
Methodology InformationWeek surveyed business technology decision-makers at North American companies. The survey was conducted online, and respondents were recruited via an email invitation containing an embedded link to the survey. The email invitation was sent to qualified InformationWeek subscribers.
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"If you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large. "
Luis Carlos Affonso
Dreams do come true, and Luis Carlos Affonso is proof. An aeronautical engineer and private pilot, he took over in the spring of 2005 as executive vice president of the newly formed Embraer Executive Aviation division, a position he described as "just where I want to be."
He is the product of an engineering education, and after 22 years with Embraer, a life designing and building airplanes for the Brazilian manufacturer is as much a calling as it is a profession. When Embraer decided to launch a business aircraft manufacturing division, it was with the blessing of then-president and CEO Mauricio Botelho that the company selected Affonso to head the effort.
After two years under his leadership, the outlook for the company's business jet division is bright. The order book for the Legacy 600, Embraer's first executive jet, has passed 150; orders for the new Phenom 100 very light jet and Phenom 300 light jet total more than 500; and about 10 orders have been placed for the Lineage 1000, an executive/VIP version of Embraer's E190 airliner. At the National Business Aviation Association's convention in September, Affonso unveiled two more business jets currently under study. Both are clean-sheet projects, one of which was on display at the show in the form of a full-scale cabin mockup.
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CHICAGO (Feb. 7, 2013) - The all-new 2013 Nissan NV200 Compact Cargo Van adds a new dimension to the Nissan Commercial Vehicle lineup – compact. More than 4.5 feet shorter in length and 2.5 feet lower in height compared to the Nissan NV 2500/350 ...
The all-new Nissan NV200 Compact Cargo Van, which makes its North American debut at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show, is set to join the growing lineup of Nissan Commercial Vehicles in early 2013 at 300 Nissan Commercial Vehicle dealerships nationwide.
Nissan Canada Inc.'s president, Christian Meunier, presenting the new Nissan NV200 compact cargo van for the first time in Canada at the 2013 Montreal International Auto Show.
Le président de Nissan Canada Inc., Christian Meunier, présente le nouveau Nissan NV200 fourgon compact pour la premire fois au Canada, au Salon International de l'Auto de Montréal 2013.
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 14, 2012) - PrePost Data runs their entire mobile unit out of a Nissan NV 2500 High Roof. The company is in the film and video production business. Their expertise is making sure that content gets from cameras into the post prod ...
Drawing on insight from New York taxi drivers, medallion holders, fleets and passengers, the Nissan NV200T features more content tailored specifically to the unique needs of metropolitan cab service than ever before.
New York City Approves Nissan as Exclusive Taxi Provider.
Nissan Insider Dean Bowman highlights the key features of the full-size Nissan NV Passenger van.
LONDON, United Kingdom (August 6, 2012) - Nissan has unveiled a bold new vision for the future of the London 'black cab' and its 300,000 daily users - the Nissan NV200 London Taxi.


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Miss Lina's Ballerina's by Grace Maccarone
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In four rows of two and prettily dressed entirely in pink, Miss Lina's eight ballerinas do a perfect choreography every place they go – from the studio to the zoo. But what happens when a ninth dancer joins the group? With fanciful watercolor-style artwork and humorous rhyme, this book tells about ballet, making friends and arranging numbers.
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The Essence of Alfa Romeo
The best of Italian design roars back with the long-awaited introduction of the Alfa Romeo 4C and 4C Spider.
The best of Italian design roars back with the long-awaited introduction of the Alfa Romeo 4C and 4C Spider.
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Road to socialism
My hat is off to Allan Peterson writing his very truthful comments. His comments have rallied me to action. This is my plan.
I will do all I can to inform as many people as I can about the road to socialism our "president" is taking us on.
How about the rest of you Christians? Are you going to do what Allan Peterson woke me up to do?
If we Christians do nothing, we will wake up having all our religious freedoms taken away from us.
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Foster City