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		<title>Ethanol, Corn, and Your Ag Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not too many agribusiness owners would argue to potential windfall that government approval of an ethanol blend would bring. That seems to be close to happening – the EPA announced in December that it was satisfied with the feasibility of ethanol, and contingent on further testing, it could soon approve 15 percent ethanol blends based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beefing Up Meat Safety in School Lunch Programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Supplying food for the National School Lunch Program is about to see tighter safety regulations. New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in an attempt to tie tighter regulations and higher standards around meat products being consumed by children in school lunch programs. At issue is the frequency [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/beefing-up-meat-safety-in-school-lunch-programs/</link>
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		<title>Who owns the water in Montana?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It all comes down to water.
In Montana, water, or at least access to it, is the center of a debate between ranch owners and residential real estate developers. Six ranch owners are seeking the help of the Department of Natural Resources in limiting the water use rights they feel are being doled out carelessly, thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/who-owns-the-water-in-montana/</link>
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		<title>Are you late to the crop dance?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s unusual to say the least. Corn harvest figures for the week of December 9, 2009 showed that there was still much work to be done. Ninety-one percent of the Indiana’s corn harvest had been completed at that point, making it one of the longest periods between planting and harvest since 1972. In Wisconsin, 23 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/are-you-late-to-the-crop-dance/</link>
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		<title>Agribusiness and Health Care-Sharing Ministries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The influence of the Bible Belt on the farming community has been significant, but now farmers can turn to their churches for health care. For agribusiness owners, health care costs have been a large detriment to the bottom line. But by teaming with other worshippers in their ministries, farmers are able to establish more affordable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/agribusiness-and-health-care-sharing-ministries/</link>
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		<title>Bringing Rural Broadband to the Farm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does having broadband coverage in the nation’s farm belt mean? Plenty according to both the US Department of Agriculture and those residents who have applied for broadband coverage. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service and the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration are positioned to dole out a cool $7.2 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/bringing-rural-broadband-to-the-farm/</link>
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		<title>Farmer Rights v. Animal Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A vote in Ohio helped agribusiness owners in their struggle with animal rights activists. The vote to establish a livestock care oversight board has given livestock farmers much-needed ammunition in the attempt to quell animal rights activists’ attempts to dictate how livestock can be housed. The referendum, approved by 64% of Ohio voters, establishes the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/farmer-rights-v-animal-rights/</link>
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		<title>Fighting Agribusiness Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No one really thinks of fraud being a major agribusiness concern. But when a Georgia-based Temple-Inland, Inc., a corrugated packaging and building products manufacturer, recently found out it was a victim of a $4.8 million fraud scheme, the company became an example of how no industry is safe.
 An employee of the company and eight of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/fighting-agribusiness-fraud/</link>
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		<title>A Real Barn Burner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the jury is still out on whether Mrs. O’Leary’s cow was the culprit behind the fire that wiped out Chicago, fire damage is a constant, somewhat overlooked threat to the agribusiness. While most people consider fire exposure to be limited to buildings and electrical equipment, there’s a significant fire threat throughout your operations. Grain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/a-real-barn-burner/</link>
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		<title>Yes for the Agriculture Appropriations Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hang on, dairy farm owners. The federal government is sending aid. The much talked about, much debated, and much anticipated 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Bill is at this writing sitting on the President’s desk awaiting his signature. In it, over $350 million has been allocated for emergency aid to dairy farmers, with $290 million of it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/yes-for-the-agriculture-appropriations-bill/</link>
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