Tag: Agriculture

Vt. dairy farmer agrees to $33K in civil penalties

Emily Moore · September 25, 2014 9:11 pm

Private sector steps up at climate summit

Zack Colman · September 24, 2014 9:00 am

Ban sought on children working on tobacco farms

Frederic J. Frommer · September 23, 2014 11:50 pm

Higher supply, costs cut Ohio farmers’ profits

Washington Examiner · September 22, 2014 2:19 pm

Donn Hewes leads his work horses back toward the stables from the pasture at The Northland Sheep Dairy Farm in Marathon, N.Y., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth)

Horse power gains favor among small-scale farmers

Mary Esch · September 18, 2014 2:35 pm

In this Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 photo, a central Illinois corn farmer begins to harvest this years crops of corn in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Wet, cool conditions across much of Illinois have put farmers behind schedule in bringing their corn in from the fields, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

USDA: Rain, cold hampering Illinois corn harvest

Jim Suhr · September 16, 2014 9:34 pm

Immigrants are special people, people with the ambition and guts to leave their home to pursue an American dream. We ought to let more of them in, writes columnist John Stossel. (iStock Photo)

Immigration is American

John Stossel · September 16, 2014 6:43 pm

(AP Photo/Steve Pope; AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa candidates farm for votes

Rebecca Berg · September 13, 2014 8:21 pm

In this Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 photo, Angie Trombley carries a crate of Islanders, purple-colored heirloom peppers, grown in a caterpillar-style greenhouse at the Squire Tarbox Farm on Westport Island, Maine. The farm received a loan for the greenhouse through a national movement called Slow Money, which links investors with entrepreneurs to build local food systems and economies. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Slow Money invests in small food enterprises

Lisa Rathke · September 13, 2014 4:19 pm

In this Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 photo, soybeans grow in a field in Springfield, Neb. The nation's corn and soybean farmers will bring in by far the largest harvest ever this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

USDA boosts corn, soybean harvest to new records

David Pitt · September 11, 2014 11:51 pm

Washington Secrets

USDA: Stink bug peak Oct. 1; brown homes attract the most

Paul Bedard · September 9, 2014 1:30 pm

States pushing through labeling for ‘frankenfoods’

Sean Higgins · September 9, 2014 9:01 am