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Healthy Breakfast: A "Plus" for Kids' Math Performance, Study Shows

Eating breakfast—or choosing to skip it—may significantly influence a child's ability to solve math problems, a USDA-funded nutrition study suggests. Research with 81 healthy children has indicated that those who ate breakfast were better able to tackle dozens of math problems in rapid-fire succession than peers who didn't have a morning meal. (11/27)

 

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 http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/131127.htm

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Tyson imposes animal welfare requirements on beef producers

As consumers grow more concerned with animal welfare issues, Tyson says beef producers will have to follow on-farm requirements for animal treatment next year if they want to work with the major meat

Dust from Dairies Not Likely to Pose Hazard to Nearby Communities

 

By Ann Perry
December 12, 2013

Studies by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicate the dust stirred up by wind and restless cattle at dairies does contain bacteria, fungi and small bacterial remnants such as endotoxins. But these potentially problematic particles are not found at high levels far beyond the barnyard.

Read the story at (12/12) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/131212.htm

FDA plans to phase out some antibiotic use on farms

Mary Soukup  |  Updated: 12/12/2013 

In an effort to help address potential antimicrobial resistance concerns in humans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidelines to extend veterinary oversight and phase out the sub-therapeutic use of antibiotics that are important to human medicine in food producing animals for growth promotion purposes. The new guidelines will be implemented over a three-year transition phase.

USDA Reminds Farmers of Whole Farm and Multiple Peril Crop Insurance Program Dates Approaching in Early 2014

SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 09, 2013 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency reminds producers of the fast approaching winter and spring sales closing dates for multiple peril crop insurance programs, whole farm insurance programs, the Adjusted Gross Revenue Pilot, and Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite. AGR and AGR-Lite cover most farm-raised crops, animals, and animal products.