Tag: Agriculture

Central Illinois corn and soybean farmer Garry Niemeyer inspects the soil temperature and the sprouting of corn seeds he planted earlier as a test Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in Auburn, Ill. Farmers eager to fire up the combines and get their corn crops in the ground are being foiled by an uncooperative spring after a long winter. The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects farmers to now launch into full-scale planting at the end of this month, later than usual. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Farmers off to slow start planting corn crop

Jim Suhr · April 15, 2014 9:17 pm

State says pig virus found on 93 farms in Michigan

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2014 8:50 pm

Va. Urban Ag Summit to meet 2 days in Lynchburg

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2014 6:46 am

Federal law enforcement officers guard a convoy of cattle at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Overton, Nev. Thursday, April 10, 2014. Two people were detained while protesting the roundup of cattle owned by Cliven Bundy on the road. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)

Harry Reid: Nevada rancher dispute with federal government ‘not over’

Sean Lengell · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

John Hoeven: BNSF pledges to speed fertilizer delivery

James MacPherson · April 14, 2014 7:24 pm

Neurological disease confirmed in Va. horse

Washington Examiner · April 14, 2014 5:30 pm

Chinese pork giant plans IPO to raise up to $5.3B

Kelvin Chan · April 14, 2014 4:56 pm

Vidalia onion farmer back in court over ship date

Russ Bynum · April 14, 2014 3:55 pm

Holy Week crawfish supply should satisfy demand

Washington Examiner · April 14, 2014 2:07 pm

USDA lending $8.5M to 2 Louisiana businesses

Washington Examiner · April 14, 2014 12:54 pm

A huge crop art Image protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline covers an 80 acre corn field outside of Neligh, Nebraska, on Saturday. (Photo by Lou Dematteis / Spectral Q)

Beltway Confidential

Anti-Keystone XL protest inspires massive crop art

Justin Green · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Group opposes Kauai dairy farm plan

Washington Examiner · April 11, 2014 9:51 pm