Agribusiness Update For Monday 1/14/13
This is the Agribusiness Update...I’m Greg Martin...
A bill has been introduced in the New Mexico Senate that would require the labeling of any food or commercial animal feed that contains more than one-percent genetically modified material by weight. Unlike Proposition 37 - which failed during the 2012 election in California - the measure will not be placed on a ballot for voters in the state. Instead - it will move through the committee process and then - if passed by the New Mexico Senate - will go to the state House.
The Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation (OAEF) is pleased to announce that applications are available for two scholarship programs for the upcoming 2013-2014 academic year. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2013. Scholarship procedures & applications and additional information are available on the Oregon Farm Bureau website.
America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education is returning for a second year. Through April 15th - farmers can nominate their favorite, local public school district to compete for a grant of either 10-thousand dollars or 25-thousand dollars.
That’s today’s Agribusiness Update from the Ag Information Network.