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		<title>USDA: $5.2 million for Ariz. in disaster funds</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/19/usda-5-2-million-for-ariz-in-disaster-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona is set to get $5.2 million in disaster aid from the Department of Agriculture.
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		<title>Officials: FDA notice on antibiotics use wouldn’t affect Arizona agriculture much</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarryn Mento, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proposed federal restrictions on the use of certain antibiotics in livestock and poultry wouldn’t have much an effect on Arizona’s farms and ranches, according to experts here.
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		<title>Court considers ruling on funding for Ariz. agency</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/12/15/court-considers-ruling-on-funding-for-ariz-agency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Arizona appeals court on Wednesday considers whether to block a judge's ruling that a state agency will effectively scuttle most of its funding.
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		<title>Court upholds Ariz. sweep of money from farm funds</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/11/12/court-upholds-ariz-sweep-of-money-from-farm-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Arizona appellate court says it was legal for the Legislature to take $161,400 from three agricultural research and promotion funds in 2008 to help balance the state budget.
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		<title>Cotton farmers benefit from global demand, higher prices</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/08/31/cotton-farmers-benefit-from-global-demand-higher-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmc-admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronald Rayner has weathered many ups and downs in the four-plus decades he's grown cotton in the West Valley. For Rayner, and for many other cotton farmers in the state, it's looking like an up year.]]></description>
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		<title>Legendary cattleman Aja trains future industry leader</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/08/04/legendary-cattleman-aja-trains-future-industry-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Coddington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lion's share of the inside information gained from Bas Aja's 22 sessions lobbying at the Arizona Legislature is contained inside a large file cabinet at the Arizona Cattlemen's Association office. About five years ago, the longtime cattle industry lobbyist knew the time was coming to share the keys to this treasure trove with a younger, future industry leader.]]></description>
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		<title>Special license plate bills would honor agriculture education, troops, more</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/02/02/special-license-plate-bills-would-honor-agriculture-education-troops-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Gonzalez, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PEORIA - Caleb Gillispie said he knew long before coming to Peoria High School that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, a high school agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America adviser.]]></description>
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		<title>With hay, alfalfa prices down, cotton production ticks up in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2009/12/07/with-hay-alfalfa-prices-down-cotton-production-ticks-up-in-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Shell, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As farmers see hay and alfalfa prices tanking, cotton production in Arizona is expected to rise by 4 percent this year, industry experts say.]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers, ranchers fear budget cuts to Agriculture Dept.</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2009/10/16/farmers-ranchers-fear-budget-cuts-to-agriculture-dept-reductions-could-mean-turning-over-inspection-control-to-feds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Arizona continues to grapple with declining government revenue, the state's farming and ranching communities are warning that the Arizona Department of Agriculture has stretched its dollars to the limit.

And the situation could grow worse, as Gov. Jan Brewer in September ordered state agencies to draft plans that predict the immediate effects on departments if their budgets are cut another 15 percent. ]]></description>
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		<title>Senate panel discusses climate change</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2009/09/28/senate-panel-discusses-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critics of federal cap-and-trade legislation told a panel of Arizona lawmakers Sept. 28 that its effects insofar as reducing global carbon emission at the end of this century will be negligible - similar to turning off one 100-watt incandescent bulb in a football stadium. Some participants and onlookers, though, said the panel was a sham.]]></description>
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