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Texas:Landowners Leasing Property for Hunting Required to Obtain License from the State
Texas Agriculture Law Blog | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in Agriculture, Rural NewsWith the fall comes opening day of several popular hunting seasons across the state. For Texas landowners, this often means entering into hunting lease agreements that generate added income for the operation. Under Texas law, a landowner leasing private property for hunting in return for any type of compensation is required to obtain a Hunting Lease License from Texas Parks and Wildlife (“TPW”). Note, this is separate from a hunting license that the hunter must possess.
Rural Utahns hope new push to create jobs means they don’t have to leave home to be employed
The Salt Lake Tribune | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in Rural, SARL Members and Alumni NewsWhen Angela Arnold was laid off at the end of last year, she didn’t know if she would find work that would let her stay in Carbon County.
U.S. states hit back at EPA chief over climate rule guidance
Reuters | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsDemocratic state officials blasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for telling governors in what they describe as a “legally incorrect” letter in March that they do not need to comply with a major climate change regulation.
Judge: Trump Delay of Obama Coal Rule Was Illegal
US News and World Report | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in Energy NewsA federal judge in San Francisco says the Trump administration illegally delayed an Obama-era rule intended to increase royalty payments to taxpayers from companies that extract oil, gas and coal from federal land.
Finances key to new farmers
The Daily News | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in Agriculture NewsNew York has dedicated millions in recent years to support a younger agricultural generation, and to promote the growth of niche crops such as hops. But they leave gaps that Maxwell and other groups said prevent them from being useful in common situations.
In a blow to Monsanto, France to vote against license renewal for weedkiller glyphosate
St Louis Post Dispatch | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in Agriculture NewsFrance will vote against renewing the European license for weedkiller glyphosate, an official at the environment ministry said Wednesday, adding to uncertainty over the future of widely-used products such as Monsanto's Roundup in the European Union. Concerns over glyphosate's risk to human health have prompted investigations by U.S.
Cargill, an intensely private firm, sheds light on the food chain
The Economist | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in NewsCargill's foray into the salmon business should help in two ways. First, it is part of Cargill’s attempt to expand into higher-value markets. One of its traditional mainstays, the trading of bulk agricultural commodities, has struggled since the end, in around 2013, of a China-led commodities supercycle. The firm has also suffered from a recent slump in demand for grains for biofuels. Consumption of farmed fish across the world has boomed, meanwhile, partly at the expense of beef, pork and other meats.
Drowned Hopes:Disaster strikes the family farm
Texas Farm Bureau | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in Agriculture, Rural NewsThis year was going to be different. The cotton looked good. Unbelievably good. Fat bolls loaded on compact stalks. A sea of white, as far as the eye could see. Matagorda County farmer Robby Reed was hopeful. Until a bad boy named Harvey paid a visit.Some say it’s the hurricane for the decades. For Robby, it’s the storm of a lifetime.He’s 39 years old—a young farmer by most standards. He’s suffered through hard times, but 2017 may be his toughest year yet.More than 20 inches of rain has fallen, and the family farm is completely underwater.Half of Robby’s cotton is still in the fields.
Where Race, Poverty, and the Opportunity Gap Meet in Rural America
Roll Call | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in Rural NewsThere are 27 prisons within a 100-mile radius of Bertie County, North Carolina. Its last major employer is the Perdue chicken processing plant. It is a place of dirt roads, muddy tracks, trailer homes, sweltering heat, rows of cotton, and very little opportunity for ambitious youngsters. It’s here that we meet three African-American boys in their teens trying to find their place in a world with odds stacked high against them — overburdened schools with few resources, mass incarceration, and a lack of decent jobs.
Mass production of biodegradable plastic
Science Daily | Posted onSeptember 7, 2017 in Agriculture News