Agriculture Articles

International Herald Tribune - Congress would oblige the Agriculture Department to buy surplus domestic sugar caused by the expected influx of Mexican sugar next year. Then the government would sell it, most likely at a steep discount, to ethanol producers to add to their ...

Bloomberg - U.S. exporters reported sales of 105,664 tons of corn to Japan, the Department of Agriculture said yesterday. Philippine feed millers are asking the government to hold a tender for 200,000 tons of corn, the National Food Authority said ...

News.com.au - Taking this water out of production will wipe $28 billion off agriculture and associated industries, or 2.9 per cent off the economy," Mr Trewin said. He urged farmers to abstain from voting if the laws were upheld. "It's really important to get the ...

Daily Yomiuri On-Line - According to the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, the retail price of rice in August dropped for 19 of 23 brands compared with the same month last year. The price drop is mostly due to a glut in supply expected this year. The crop ...

Baltimore Sun - Department of Agriculture recommended cutting the herd by 100. Marksmen using silencer-equipped rifles killed deer on two nights, Feb. 28 and March 1, until the quota was reached, the News-Post reported. More articles Copyright © 2007, The Baltimore ...

Washington Post - We were able to earn a significant amount more per animal, and that's how we are able to compete with corporate agriculture." Eat-local proponents, or locavores, say foods grown by nearby, small farms are fresher and better for the environment and ...

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Goat Hotel with goat walk, pumpkin slide, Haunted House, fun house for Kids, the ABC's of Agriculture maze, spooky scenes and a No Left Turn Maze. Weekend activities include wagon rides, straw crawl, apple chucker, super slide, paint-your-own-pumpkin ...

Globe and Mail - The chaotic and often violent seizures of thousands of white-owned farms disrupted the agriculture-based economy of what used to be a regional breadbasket. The government has cracked down hard on Mr. Mugabe's critics, arresting and beating opposition ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - To grow and process the beans that brew each morning's mug of coffee requires enough water to fill 800 coffee cups, and coffee cultivation consumes 2 percent of the water used for agriculture worldwide. The beef in your one-third-pound cheeseburger ...

Bloomberg - The FDA regulates about 80 percent of U.S. food, valued at more than $466 billion a year, and the Agriculture Department 20 percent. The FDA's total budget is more than $2 billion. Agency officials defend their record and say a plan, soon ...