Tag: Agriculture

China says one-fifth of its farmland is polluted

Ian Mader · April 18, 2014 8:30 am

Harry Reid: Supporters of Nevada rancher are ‘domestic terrorists’

Sean Lengell · April 18, 2014 4:00 am

Farm bill author and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat from Michigan, says the grants will help growers sell their produce, protect crops from pests and improve production practices. She says the bill "makes an unprecedented investment in fruits and vegetables." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Grant money increases for Michigan specialty crops

Associated Press · April 18, 2014 4:00 am

Coffee surges on renewed concern about crop

Steve Rothwell · April 17, 2014 8:16 pm

BNSF outlines fertilizer shipment plan to feds

James MacPherson · April 17, 2014 8:04 pm

Va. boasts 240-plus farmers’ markets

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 7:01 am

A customer shops for produce in Montpelier, Vt. Vermont's 17 food cooperatives are supporting a bill that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Energy and Environment

Competing bills in Congress and Vermont revive GMO debate

Betsy Woodruff · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

Soybean prices rise on signs of strong demand

The Associated Press · April 16, 2014 7:50 pm

Officials celebrate Delmarva poultry industry

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 8:16 am

Rancher Cliven Bundy poses for a picture outside his ranch house on April 11, 2014 west of Mesquite, Nev. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Cattlemen’s group won’t get involved in Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s dispute with government

Sean Lengell · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

Rail companies to report fertilizer delivery plans

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 2:13 am

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