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CORPUS CHRISTI —Here we go into the holiday season.Gift lists. Party planning. Juggling a festivity-heavy calendar while carrying on with work and school. Deep breath.For those of us lucky enough to complain about the hectic holiday season, the best antidote is helping our less fortunate neighbors. With a poverty rate of nearly 20 percent, according to 2007 figures from the U.S. Census Bureau ...
The industrial metals have performed well, since they benefit from both inflation fears and increased demand during the economic recovery.
PIERRE — Extremely wet conditions across South Dakota have delayed the harvest for many farmers and raised concerns about the fast-approaching Dec. 10, 2009, harvest deadline for crop insurance. However, producers unable to harvest their crops due to weather conditions may be eligible for additional time from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA).
Sun, Seawater and Microalgae Provide the Key to Energy Independence for Puerto Rico
Times Staff Reports Tigers for Tomorrow officials are asking for financial assistance to help relocate four tigers and a black bear from the Lookout Mountain Wild Animal Park in Mentone, which recently closed and surrendered its United States Department of Agriculture license.
Families will pay four percent less for Thanksgiving dinner this year, while receiving the same wholesome food provided by America’s farmers, according to American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) informal Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey.
With Thanksgiving just a week away, many of you have and will start planning your menu for the holiday. This year the items that make up the traditional Thanksgiving dinner will cost less than last year’s dinner according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Purdue University will award degrees at its West Lafayette campus Dec. 20.
When 90-year-old Sam Snipes was a boy in the 1920s, Falls Township was a bucolic place with about 2,500 people. Nearly all the land was occupied by farms.
Gloria England had the distinct honor of being the first female parade marshal for the Florence Junior Parada back in 1955. Now 54 years later, she will once again lead the parade for Florence’s 77th annual youth rodeo this Thanksgiving weekend.
Thousands of Spanish farmers on Saturday marched through the streets of Madrid, halting traffic to protest the low prices they receive for their produce which they say is leading them to financial "ruin."
FORT PLAIN - A number of local representatives have announced more than $1.3 million in loans and a $372,000 grant for a water project in the village. The funding is out of a total $117.3 million in water and environmental project loans announced earlier this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fort Plain is set to receive $1.
Mississippi farmers hard hit by heavy rains and floods could get federal disaster aid faster under a bill proposed by Mississippi senators.
The USDA's Farm Service Agency reminds producers of the requirements to request prevented planting a ...
Having an appreciation for Al Gore's commitment to science and advocacy of responsible policies on energy, the environment, and the economy, I was disappointed by his treatment of ethanol and other biofuels in his new book.
On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping that eating it will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. This year, the long tradition may get a little more difficult to observe.
First, a word of gratitude to the state Legislature, its leaders and to the governor. This was hard. To understand the Michigan state budget, you must realize that "it" is actually dozens of budgets that present great opportunities for headache -- and change.
Michigan's Thumb area is better known for sugar beets than chardonnay. But Steve Velloff and Connie Currie moved from downtown Chicago to Sanilac County to put a cork in that notion.
The California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA) say Shasta County is missing out on more than $15 million in food stamp benefits due to underutilization of the federal program.The group estimates as many as 88,000 Shasta County residents are struggling to put food on the table, but enrollment numbers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are far below that.Anna Champe, a community ...
Miller Farms didn't have the 40,000-person turnout to glean produce like it did last year, but then again, last year people didn't walk away with 150 pounds of food.
New pressure put on water supplies.
agweb.com - By Pam Smith - Nov. 18 (News Report) - The earthworm ...
Economist - Nov. 15 (Special Report) - In the Senate, however, ...
McClatchy - Nov. 02 (News Report) - Farm state senators and others ...
Huffington Post - By Aaron Gross - Oct. 26 (Review) - Over the ...
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