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Agriculture is a major industry for the Golden State. With 88,000 farms and ranches, California agriculture is nearly a $32 billion dollar industry that generates $100 billion in related economic activity. This enormous achievement is possible through a combination of tradition and innovation that has secured California's status as the most productive agricultural state for more than 50 years. Farmers and ranchers blend old-fashioned notions of patience and perseverance with cutting-edge technologies and advanced agricultural practices. The result is a highly adaptable and diverse industry encompassing more than 350 plant and animal commodities.
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Agriculture in Australia is a major industry. 402,000 people are employed in agriculture and agriculture related services, and agriculture accounts for approximately 3% of Australia’s GDP. Until the late 1950s agriculture accounted for up to 80% of Australia's export earnings, that percentage has fallen with diversification of the economy.
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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced that Colleen Boggs of Homestead has been selected to receive the “Woman of the Year in Agriculture” award for 2007. Boggs is owner and president of Pine Island Nursery, a family-owned and operated nursery in southern Miami-Dade County. more
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Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today reminded producers that they have until June 1, to complete sign-up for the 2004-crop Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment (DCP). The 2002 farm lill requires that producers sign annual contracts through 2007 to participate in the DCP program. Sign up for the 2004 DCP began on October 1, 2003.
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Agriculture is cited as a significant adverse impact to biodiversity in many nations' Biodiversity Action Plans, due to reduction of forests and other habitats when new lands are converted to farming. Better farm productivity per unit area of farmland can, as mentioned before, reverse the trend for arable land to encroach on forest and wilderness [10]. Some critics include agriculture as a significant contributor to current global climate change.
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The WTO’s Agriculture Agreement was negotiated in the 1986–94 Uruguay Round and is a significant first step towards fairer competition and a less distorted sector. It includes specific commitments by WTO member governments to improve market access and reduce trade-distorting subsidies in agriculture. These commitments are being implemented over a six year period (10 years for developing countries) that began in 1995.
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