Vilsack, Doyle to Tour Crave Brothers Farm on Friday
Wisconsin Ag Connection
Wisconsin Farm Technology Days may be long over, but the farm that hosted this year's event is still the focus of attention. Crave Brothers Farm near ...
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Fall carnival at White's Country Farm
Mail Tribune
Several local farms are planning harvest fairs that feature a range of autumn festivities from corn mazes to pumpkin patches. This year marks a decade since ...
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Family Guy maze cut into corn field at farm
Telegraph.co.uk
By Matthew Moore Stewie and Brian form the centrepiece of this year's seven acre "Corn Maize" at Connors Farm in Danvers, Massachusetts. ...
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Daughter's fight to reclaim farm
BBC News
For more than 30 years, Christine Gill devoted her life to helping her parents run the £2m sprawling farm in North Yorkshire that she knew as home. ...
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Find fall fun at Kelsey Creek Farm in Bellevue
Seattle Times
Pumpkin decorating is one of the many activities families can participate in at the Kelsey Creek Farm Fair in Bellevue this weekend. ...
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Farms offer pumpkin fun for the family
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Several Northeast Ohio farms have pumpkin patches where the gourds are yours for the picking (and a small price). Read on for some of The Best Area Pumpkin ...
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Low quality makes farmers to discount spring wheat
The Associated Press
"What we're seeing on our farm is about a (percentage) point less than average; it's running around 13.5 when normally it's around 14.5," said Richard, ...
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Major animal welfare issues on Crafar farms, says MAF
New Zealand Herald
"Significant animal welfare issues" have been found among the 20000 cows on the 22 farms owned by the Crafar family, the Ministry of Agriculture and ...
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Got Money?
Washington Post
Between 1970 and 2006, the number of farms fell from 648000 to 75000; the average herd size rose from 19 to 120, according to the Agriculture Department. ...
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NKorea's Kim lauds farms, food shortages reported
AFP
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has praised a cooperative farm for securing its richest-ever harvest, state media said Friday, amid foreign reports ...
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Low quality leads farmers to discount spring wheat
The Associated Press
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says the discounts for lower quality are steep. Wheat with 13 percent protein is selling for as much as ...
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Granholm to merge DNR, DEQ
Detroit Free Press
The executive order gave the governor the power to appoint the director of the new agency, as well as the director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture ...
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Matthew Naylor: The Borlaug legacy
FarmersWeekly
He worked his way around developing countries helping them to improve their agriculture, from Mexico to India (where he helped wheat yields to double in ...
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Monsanto Says Justice Raises Antitrust Questions
Wall Street Journal
In August, the Department of Agriculture and the Justice Department held the first of what is to be a series of workshops across the country to explore ...
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Senate sends agriculture spending bill to Obama
The Associated Press
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., demanded and received a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday, and said afterward that she was encouraged ...
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MI governor merges DNR, DEQ in executive order
Chicago Tribune
John Cherry didn't roll the Agriculture Department in with the new entity. Cherry, at Granholm's request, is leading a broad review of state government ...
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Feds: Food stamps swapped for Viagra, booze, porn
The Associated Press
The store would then be reimbursed by the US Agriculture Department. But in some transactions, confidential informants got more than cash. ...
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Senate sends agriculture spending bill to Obama
The Associated Press
Boxer demanded and received a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday, and said afterward that she was encouraged that the money would ...
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Vilsack launches new agriculture agency, says USDA must sharpen its research focus
Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON (AP) — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Agriculture Department must sharpen the focus of its science and research efforts to emphasize ...
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Agriculture futures trade higher on the CBOT
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Agriculture futures advanced Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery jumped 10.75 cents to $4.74 a bushel, ...
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