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Asian Soybean Rust: Background and Issues

Description: This report discusses the background and issues regarding Asian soybean rust (ASR) that was discovered in the United States in an experimental field in Louisiana. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is coordinating a plan to deal with ASR that encompasses various USDA agencies, state land-grant universities, and industry participants. The arrival of ASR has implications for several public policies including pest control research (particularly the development of resistant varieties), pesti… more
Date: January 12, 2005
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
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Unemployment and Employment Programs Available to Workers from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina

Description: This report describes a variety of unemployment and employment programs that are available to unemployed workers in the states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi in response to Hurricane Katrina including Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits, Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits, workforce training aythorized under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the potential future availability of the Extended Benefit (EB) program in Mississippi and Alabama which was, at the time of publishing, onl… more
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: Whittaker, Julie M. & Lordeman, Ann
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