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• Congress passes farm bill, defying Bush
An additional $40 billion is for farm subsidies, while almost $30 billion would go to farmers to idle their land and to other environmental programs. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer again criticized the bill after Tuesday's House vote, saying it has ...
• Giant beetles seized at Pa. post office
The specimens were some of the largest of their kind, and some of the largest I've ever seen, averaging five to six inches in diameter," John Plummer, an agency agriculture specialist, said in a statement Wednesday.
• U.S. official urges National Climate Service
It would provide data to other agencies for their use — for example to the Transportation Department, Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy.
• Ants swarm over Houston, fouling electronics
The Texas Department of Agriculture is working with A&M researchers and the EPA on how to stop the ants. "This one seems to be like lava flowing and filling an entire area, getting bigger and bigger," said Ron Harrison, director of training for the ...
• Mississippi Democrat wins GOP House seat
In right-leaning Nebraska, Republican Mike Johanns, the former U.S. agriculture secretary and Nebraska governor, easily beat businessman Pat Flynn in the GOP U.S.

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» Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific - Part of Food and Agriculture Organization. Works with local governments, institutions and farmers, to develop strategies to tackle livestock problems.
» Asia Rice Foundation - Working to secure a prosperous future for Asia's rice societies by supporting rice educational activities, cultural preservation, research, and advocacy movements.
» Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center - Established to help improve the nutrition, health, and incomes of people in developing countries.
» Center for International Forestry Research - With a mission to contribute to the sustained well-being of people in developing countries, particularly in the tropics, through collaborative strategic and applied research and related activities in forest systems and forestry, and by promoting the transfer of appropriate new technologies and the adoption of new methods of social organization, for national development.
» Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - With a mission to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries through research, partnership, capacity building, and policy support. Also promotes sustainable agricultural development based on the environmentally sound management of natural resources.
» East West Seed International Ltd. - A seed supplier of tropical vegetable seeds in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.