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Farm Families Absorb Higher Cost of Living
Living expenses between 2006 and 2007 for the
average Illinois farm family increased by nearly $7,000, according to a recent
study conducted by the University of Illinois.The study was based on data from 1,232 farm
families enrolled in the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association. It
can be viewed online.“The average amount spent per family (in 2007)
for capital items was $1,426 more (than in 2006) while non-capital expenses
jumped $5,300 per family,” said Dale Lattz, U of
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McCain, Obama Pledge Support of Ag to Farm Bureau Presidents
Presumptive presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain spoke to the
American Farm Bureau Federation’s Council of Presidents by teleconference
this week, both pledging their continued support for
American agriculture.
Senator McCain (R-Ariz.), the first to speak, pledged to support trade
agreements that will open markets to U.S. agriculture. “I believe the American
agricultural worker is the most efficient and productive in the world, and one
of my jobs is to open every
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Largest-ever Gulf Hypoxia Forecast
Scientists are forecasting this summer’s hypoxia
zone in the Gulf of Mexico could be the largest on record.
Scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine
Consortium and Louisiana State University are predicting the area could measure
8,800-square miles by late July. The previous record was 8,481-square miles in
2002. Regular measurements have been taken since 1985.
Hypoxia is a depletion of oxygen in the water
that can affect aquatic life.
The projected zone -- while still a
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