Tag: Agriculture

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USDA: Record $395b in farm sales, farms run by Latinos jump 21%

Paul Bedard · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

Soybeans fall as traders bet on warmer weather

The Associated Press · May 1, 2014 8:30 pm

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy says ‘Negro’ comments shouldn’t be offensive

Sean Lengell · April 25, 2014 4:00 am

Indiana farmers facing tough planting decisions

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 9:37 am

Farmers learn of changes in new Farm Bill

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 8:16 am

Political figures disavow Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s racial comments

Sean Lengell · April 24, 2014 4:00 am

Feds seek fines over grain-dust hazards in Montana

Washington Examiner · April 23, 2014 10:31 pm

FILE - In this April 15, 2014 file photo, central Illinois corn and soybean farmer Garry Niemeyer inspects the soil temperature and the sprouting of corn seeds he planted earlier as a test in Auburn, Ill. Many central Illinois farmer still hadn't begun the annual ritual on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, because fields simply are too wet or too cold to be receptive to fragile seeds. It's a scenario playing out across much of the nation's corn belt, where efforts by farmers to get their crops in the ground still are sputtering _ similar to last year, when one of the wettest springs on record got farmers in many states off to the slowest start in decades. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Spring corn planting still sputters in key states

Jim Suhr · April 22, 2014 10:44 pm

Trouble in Ukraine lifts prices for corn, wheat

The Associated Press · April 22, 2014 8:35 pm

Nebraska farmers starting to plant spring crops

Washington Examiner · April 21, 2014 10:05 pm

In this April 18, 2014 photo, farm manager Michelle Lutz helps put together poles for a high-tunnel greenhouse , as part of the RecoveryPark project, used to grow various herbs and vegetables to sell commercially to the community in Detroit. RecoveryPark is the work of Self-Help Addiction Rehabilitation Inc., which specializes in substance abuse treatment. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Jarrad Henderson) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES

Nonprofit’s Detroit agriculture work moves ahead

Washington Examiner · April 21, 2014 2:52 pm

USDA orders farms to report pig virus infections

M.L. JOHNSON · April 18, 2014 4:50 pm