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Invasive Pests Bug USDA
2015-04-02 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Three new species found in US.
Commissioner Putnam Announces Florida to Receive $7.3 Million to Combat Agricultural Pests, Diseases
2015-03-19 19:50:04| Agriculture - Topix.net
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services today announced the state will receive $7.3 million in federal funding through the federal Farm Bill to help eradicate pests and control diseases that affect the state's $120 billion agriculture industry. "From citrus greening to giant African land snails and many others, pests and diseases are major threats to Florida agriculture," said Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam.
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COYOTES ARE WILY PREDATORS AND PESTS
2014-12-23 23:04:38| Cattle Today
Before 1965, coyotes did not live in southern states east of the Mississippi River.
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Year-round cattle pests steal from bottom line
2014-12-05 15:43:00| Beef
Economic losses caused by horn flies and lice may be invisible to the naked eye, but they gnaw plenty from the bottom line. read more
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As Uganda heats up, pests and disease flourish to attack its top export crop
2014-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: When Abudu Zikusoka was a small boy his father would bring people to their home in Ndesse village in Central Uganda's Mukono district. He would watch as they packed the family's harvested coffee into sacks and then loaded it onto their bicycles. "I used to see one of them giving daddy money from which he took out some coins to give my sister," Zikusoka tells IPS. "When my brother started going to school, daddy continued with the practice until one day I asked my sister where she was taking...
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