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10/10/2008
Julie Harker
Brownfield: Cattle/Beef News

Grassley and Durbin on presidential candidates' ag policy teams
The presidential candidates’ messages about agriculture policy in these final weeks before the election are getting a closer look.
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10/10/2008
Bob Meyer
Brownfield: Cattle/Beef News

CWD-positive deer found in central Wisconsin
The National Vet Lab at Ames, Iowa confirmed the disease in a doe from a Portage County hunting preserve. This is the first "positive" found at a Wisconsin deer farm since January, 2005.
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10/10/2008
Bob Meyer
Brownfield: Cattle/Beef News

Retail food prices jump 6.2% in the third quarter
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau says the price of the 20 items in their Monthly Market Basket survey was $59.02, $3.44 more than the same items in the second quarter. American Farm Bureau says food prices are 10.5% above a year ago.
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10/09/2008
Tom Steever
Brownfield: Cattle/Beef News

Illinois Ag Director encourages premises registration
Now that he’s been officially made director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, Tom Jennings says he’ll continue the effort to get Illinois livestock premises registered.
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10/09/2008
Bob Meyer
Brownfield: Cattle/Beef News

Three U.S. processors recall Nicaraguan beef
The frozen beef trimmings were imported and distributed to Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York. The trimmings were most likely reprocessed and therefore do not carry the Nicaraguan establishment number.
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