Agriculture • Red meat is blamed for one in 10 early deaths
Small quantities of processed meat such as bacon, sausages or salami can increase the likelihood of dying by a fifth, researchers from Harvard School of Medicine found. Eating steak increases the risk...
View ArticleAgriculture • Early canola yields low in Manitoba
Early canola yields low in ManitobaPosted Aug. 10th, 2012 by Robert Arnason BRANDON, Man. — Early reports suggest canola yields could be below average in Manitoba this year. In its weekly crop report,...
View ArticleAgriculture • Disappointing early yields support canola futures
Disappointing early yields support canola futuresPosted Aug. 16th, 2012 by D’Arce McMillan Canola futures prices rose Thursday on disappointing early yields while soybeans fell and wheat posted solid...
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John Maynard Keynes – “The Grand Experiment Has Begun.” (BBC Clip From the...
This brief clip is breathtaking. In it, the “master” explains that the long stretch of unemployment witnessed in the Depression may be ending and that even the employed may soon have fatter paychecks....
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Like Its Big Sibling, Early Head Start Not Built to Last
Neal McCluskey People used to laugh nervously about the federal government taking over their lives “from cradle to grave.” But at least since the passage of Obamacare—not to mention the two-dimensional...
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Early Education Scholar Takes Universal Pre-K Advocates to School
Andrew J. Coulson Grover “Russ” Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution has spent decades studying early childhood education. Last month he offered a review of the evidence on the federal “Head Start”...
View ArticleGold and Silver • The Early Gold Wars
The Early Gold Wars http://www.the-privateer.com/gold2.html The Congress shall have power …to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures."...
View ArticleAgriculture • Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases earlyDennis Stein, Michigan State University Extension | Updated: 05/20/2013 Farms in the Saginaw Valley continue to plow down old hay and pasture fields which...
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