agriculture

The Local Food Myth: Why Locavores May Be Getting It Wrong

Hitching health and greener planet hopes to the local food movement? You may want to reconsider.

2013/02/20

Farming Corn, Getty Images, photo by Bruce Leighty

Monsanto Suit To Be Heard By Supreme Court Today

Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he used in a conference call with reporters.

2013/02/19

University of Missouri Extension Offers Farm Classes For Women

The courses are part of Annie’s Project, a program that started in Illinois in 2003 and has since spread to other states.

2013/01/15

Drought Forces Debate on Ethanol

Some have suggested that ethanol production be temporarily halted to ensure enough feed for livestock.

2012/08/17

Big Corn & Soybean Report Due Friday

USDA reports soybeans have a pretty good chance this year — if it ever rains.

2012/08/07

CANADIAN, TX - Cattle rest at a watering hole in a pasture July 28, 2011 near Canadian, Texas. A severe drought has caused shortages of grass, hay and water, in much of the state, forcing ranchers to thin their herds or risk losing their cattle to the drought. The past nine months have been the driest in Texas since record keeping began in 1895, with 75% of the state classified as exceptional drought, the worst level. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Nitrate-Laden Plants Pose Threat to Cattle

Ag officials warn cattle grazing on some drought-stressed plants are at risk of falling ill or even dying.

2012/07/13

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Illinois Farmers Past The Point of No Return

Central Illinois crop insurance agent Rustin Godfrey says he’s been on the phone almost constantly with clients.

2012/07/12

Field corn plants with wilted and dying leaves stand in a dry field in Idaville, Indiana, U.S., on Friday, July 6, 2012. Corn and soybean inventories before the 2013 harvests also will be smaller than the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated last month because drought is reducing this year’s harvest, according to the average of estimates in the survey. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Drought Will Push Up Food Prices

Food prices will be impacted. Dairy, meat and poultry, all dependent on corn for feeding animals

2012/07/10

Illinois Farmers Watching the Sky for Rain

Much of the corn crop could be past the point of no return, says Mark Schleusener with the USDA..

2012/07/03

Farmers and Ranchers Want End to Aerial Surveillance

EPA Regional Administrator Karl Brooks, from his Kansas City office, didn’t respond to interview requests.

2012/07/02

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