RP, US sign $20-M aggie loan agreement.
Byline: DAVID CAGAHASTIAN Finance Secretary Juanita D. Amatong and United States Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone signed Friday a US$20-million loan agreement for sales of agricultural commodities under the Fiscal Year 2004 United States Public Law (PL)-480 Title I Program during a ceremony at the US Embassy in...

RP signs $200-M PL 480 rice commodity loan.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The government signed a $200-million PL 480 commodity loan that will enable the Philippines to import 55,000 to 60,000 metric tons (MT) of rice from the US set for arrival by about January next year. Finance Secretary Margarito B. Teves and...

Tractor Tests.
Nebraska laboratory keeps high standards Independent tractor testing began in the United States in 1919 at the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory (NTTL) based at the University of Nebraska. NTTL came into being in response to a state law passed that year to encourage the manufacture...

Ramoji told to give up excess land.
HYDERABAD: Ending a nine-month quasi-judicial battle between media baron Ch Ramoji Rao and revenue officials, the Land Reforms Tribunal of Ranga Reddy district, headed by a revenue divisional officer (RDO), on Wednesday passed orders saying Ramoji Rao's family and their firms were holding excess land to the tune of...

Hearing on right-to-farm law.
Byline: Craig S. Semon STURBRIDGE - Hearings will be held next week on town meeting articles concerning demolition of historic buildings, reduction of storm water pollutants, a right-to-farm notification and establishment of an agricultural commission. Although they have already passed a Board of Selectmen's vote...

NDC to offer P3 B in Agri-Agra bonds.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILESMAGKILAT The National Development Company (NDC), the investment arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is set to offer within the month Agri-Agra Bonds (AA Bonds) that would raise some P3.0 billion for agriculture and agrarian reform support service projects. NDC...

DA wants no SME loan restrictions.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The Department of Agriculture (DA) is asking Congress to refrain from imposing many restrictions for commercial bankas lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in compliance which will just constrain banks from freely funding an integrated farm operation. In a letter...

Agriculture to see huge impacts from the 2007 energy bill: overshadows Farm Bill in its ag implications.
On Dec. 19, 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law an energy bill that will have larger long-term impacts on U.S. agriculture than the pending Agriculture Bill, said Christopher A. Hurt, a Purdue Extension agricultural economist. By increasing the Renewable Fuels Standard to 136 billion L (36 billion...

The precautionary principle in international law: lessons from Fuller's internal morality.
Introduction I. The Precautionary Principle: An Attempt at Definition and Description II. Lon Fuller's Internal Morality of Law and the Precautionary Principle A. Generality B. Promulgation C. Retroactivity D. Clarity E. Contradictions in the Law F. Laws Requiring the Impossible G. Constancy of the Law Through Time H. Congruence...

Your rights during a government inspection.
The purpose of the following presentation is to acquaint you with the various types of potential government inspections faced in the agricultural labor and employment setting. It is important for all employers to be familiar with the applicable processes as well as their rights in the event of such...