India has scrapped tenders to import rice, saying it has enough stocks to manage despite a harvest shortfall following the worst monsoon in ...
Researchers ask whether caged egg-laying chickens are miserable stuffed into tiny cages Are cramped chickens crazy chickens? Researchers are trying to answer that ...
Extensions available for crop insurance harvest deadlines The state Agriculture Department says wet conditions have delayed what looks like a near-record harvest for many South Dakota farmers and raised concerns about a Dec. 10 harvest deadline for crop insurance. In a release, ...
Va. dangles $6.7M to lure watermen out of the Chesapeake Bay crab business, gets few bites To ease pressures on the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population, Virginia is paying watermen to stay out of the water, using $6.7 million in federal disaster ...
Texas, leading cotton producer in US, on track to have 10 percent more than in 2008 West Texas cotton producer Steve Smith continued to harvest Wednesday, happy that the weather on this end of the growing season is far better than its ...
Central Illinois corn farmers harvest their crops near Waverly, Ill., Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Corn harvest projections are down but this year's crop is still expected to reach near record levels. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) Copyright 2009 AP News
US crop production estimates may ease fears about rainy harvest season cutting into production Newly released estimates for U.S. wheat, corn and soybean crops may put to rest fears that a wet harvest season in many parts of the country could cut ...
Bunge says Soren Schroder to become CEO for North America; Carl Hausmann to take on new role Bunge Ltd. on Tuesday said Soren Schroder will become CEO of its North America business, taking over from Carl Hausmann, who will take on the ...
USDA's latest forecast says Nebraska's expected corn harvest to beat 2007 record by 8 percent The latest federal forecast shows no change in expectations for a record Nebraska corn crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that, based on Nov. 1 conditions, ...
The Philippines will tender for a record 600,000 tonnes of rice to guard against potential supply shortfalls from crop damage caused by recent storms, officials said on Tuesday. The December 1 tender, the country's biggest ever, would likewise be a "forward-buying" operation ...
Artist makes sculpture of New Zealand lawmaker from cow manure to protest pollution policy A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site. The bust of New ...
Make me an offer: Virginia crabbers offer up licenses in bids totaling $30.4 million One-third of Virginia's watermen have offered to sell their licenses back to the state under a buyback program intended to ease pressure on the Chesapeake Bay crab. The ...
