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Showing posts with label agriculture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label agriculture. Show all posts
Monday, March 15, 2010
Daylight Savings Time Myths Addressed
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Credit Cards, Chickens & Insurance Reform
The other day, I was participating in a liveblog of the Health Care Summit, when I realized that a good example of the pitfalls the President kept referring to in regards to allowing cross-border insurance purchases was the credit card industry and how it's now concentrated in South Dakota, so I tossed-in a quick comment with a link to one of my older posts about this phenomenon.
After the summit, I took a few minutes to link an article that I had been saving about how the new federal credit card regulations are expected to affect the industry in the least regulated state, but hadn't gotten around to blogging, so I added it to the old post without any comment.
Add to all this another article which has been in my queue, detailing some of the preparations Idaho is considering and Nevada's active courtship of the egg industry, all because tighter regulations will soon take effect in California and they both would like a piece of the pie.
Because every state is different and some may be more willing to bend to satisfy a short-term economic need, it's kind of easy to see why if cross-border insurance purchases are allowed and there's no minimum federal standard, the White House fears a "race to the bottom".
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After the summit, I took a few minutes to link an article that I had been saving about how the new federal credit card regulations are expected to affect the industry in the least regulated state, but hadn't gotten around to blogging, so I added it to the old post without any comment.
Add to all this another article which has been in my queue, detailing some of the preparations Idaho is considering and Nevada's active courtship of the egg industry, all because tighter regulations will soon take effect in California and they both would like a piece of the pie.
Because every state is different and some may be more willing to bend to satisfy a short-term economic need, it's kind of easy to see why if cross-border insurance purchases are allowed and there's no minimum federal standard, the White House fears a "race to the bottom".
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
If It Weren't One Thing, It'd Be Another
According to Wikipedia, kudzu was introduced to the United States from Japan in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.
It was promoted as a forage crop and ornamental and from 1935 to the early 50s, the USDA encouraged farmers in the Southeast to use the plant to control erosion.
The CCC were also enlisted to help the plant spread, but it has since been learned that it's nearly impossible to eradicate in the temperate southern climate. Now, it's considered an invasive plant. It is highly frowned upon and because it spreads at such a fierce rate, it is estimated to cover an area the size of Maryland.
In late October, inquiries and samples of an unknown bug started flowing into the office of Dr. Daniel Suitor at the University of Georgia and though he couldn't initially identify it, a visiting collegue found they were Asian Stink Bugs.
Asian Stink Bugs eat kudzu, but it is also suspected that they would consume its cousin, soybeans. Soybeans are this country's second largest crop and though no problems have been reported thus far, the exotic insects have multiplied at such a prolific rate and have spread over a few counties, so they are likely here to stay.
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It was promoted as a forage crop and ornamental and from 1935 to the early 50s, the USDA encouraged farmers in the Southeast to use the plant to control erosion.
The CCC were also enlisted to help the plant spread, but it has since been learned that it's nearly impossible to eradicate in the temperate southern climate. Now, it's considered an invasive plant. It is highly frowned upon and because it spreads at such a fierce rate, it is estimated to cover an area the size of Maryland.
In late October, inquiries and samples of an unknown bug started flowing into the office of Dr. Daniel Suitor at the University of Georgia and though he couldn't initially identify it, a visiting collegue found they were Asian Stink Bugs.
Asian Stink Bugs eat kudzu, but it is also suspected that they would consume its cousin, soybeans. Soybeans are this country's second largest crop and though no problems have been reported thus far, the exotic insects have multiplied at such a prolific rate and have spread over a few counties, so they are likely here to stay.
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