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Saturday, May 12, 2012  The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now providing in-store nutrition information for food safety and inspection on ground meat and poultry and for the forty most popular cuts of meat and poultry.

Sunday, April 22, 2012  As gasoline prices rise, so do complaints from consumers worried they might be getting cheated at the pump.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  Randall County agriculture producers spent Tuesday morning at a Texas AgriLife seminar called "Dealing with Decades of Drought".

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  'Extreme Cuisine:' Florida is only place in US with a state chef who promotes local food

Thursday, January 19, 2012  Last summer's drought had a damaging effect on most of the Panhandle, and many farmers saw little to nothing from their harvests.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  More than 250 U.S. Department of Agriculture domestic offices, facilities, and labs will be closing nationwide, two of them in the Panhandle.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011  An Oklahoma City company is recalling 875 pounds of turkey filets that are mislabeled as center cut steaks.

Friday, September 30, 2011  The United States Department of Agriculture has awarded 36 grants totaling $18 million to organizations that will provide training and assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers to help them run sustainable farms.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011  It's a staggering statistic. 33,490 children in the Texas Panhandle are food insecure.

Thursday, July 28, 2011  The wind and solar research that's been a mainstay at the USDA center in Bushland since 1976 is being phased out.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011  Last week Pronews 7 told you about some people in Randall County concerned with their lack of water while they see farmers constantly irrigating...so we spoke with an aquifer expert today about the problem.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011  Smile, Texas schoolchildren. You're on calorie camera.

Monday, March 14, 2011  The New Mexico legislature wants to make it illegal to tell customers they're being served New Mexico chiles when the peppers were actually grown somewhere else.

Sunday, February 13, 2011  The U.S. cattle herd dropped to its lowest level since 1958, down to 92 million head of cattle, down 1.6 percent from a year ago. That would be the smallest herd in 53 years.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011  Updated with official statement from president and chief concept officer. An Alabama law firm claims in a lawsuit that Taco Bell is using false advertising when it refers to using "seasoned ground beef" or "seasoned beef" in its products.