Pea & Bean Farming

Rains cheer SE farmers, but deluge late for some

iht.com     Sep 2, 2008   9 related          

Farmers in the drought-stricken Southeast halfheartedly celebrated downpours from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay last month, when several inches of rain took the edge off a potentially disastrous season. Otherwise...                    

Farmers coming up dry

chicagotribune.com     Sep 2, 2008   3 related          

After surviving spring flooding, much of the Midwest breadbasket now imperiled by drought-like conditions After surviving spring flooding, much of the Midwest breadbasket now imperiled by drought-like conditions. Spring...                    

What in the World Is Algae Farming?

alternative-energy-news.info     Sep 2, 2008          

To begin with, you might want to know what algae is. Isn’t it that slimy stuff you find at the top of your pool after a few hot summer days? Or the gooey green floating around your goldfish pond? Yes it is, and it turns...                    

ACRE And SURE: When Ag Policy Morphs Into Farm Business Economics.

uiuc.edu     Sep 2, 2008          

Conversations in coffee shops, elevator offices, marketing clubs, and local Farm Bureaus have been focused on the new ACRE and SURE programs which certainly bring complexity to the new farm program. Farmers are going to...                    

Biotechnology: Another Step In A Long Journey.

uiuc.edu     Sep 1, 2008          

Agriculture seems to be a work in progress that began 15,000 years ago and will be much different tomorrow than it is today. Thinking about all of that, Iowa State University economist GianCarlo Moschini looks in his rear...                    

Grain exports snagged by infrastructure delays

jamaica-gleaner.com     Aug 31, 2008   2 related          

Across the United States, from grain elevator to grain elevator, golden wheat and corn are piled in towering mounds, waiting for a rail car to haul them to market. Some grain can sit for a month or more on the ground,...                    

AT ISSUE: FARMING: Agricultural expenses could soar with income

freep.com     Aug 31, 2008          

Agricultural expenses could soar with income Profit margins might be squeezed as fertilizer and fuel bills keep growing BY ALAN BJERGA • BLOOMBERG NEWS • August 31, 2008 U.S. agricultural income may rise to the highest in...                    

Land Prices In Minnesota Soar With Crop Prices

wcco.com     Aug 30, 2008          

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) ― After buying 42 acres of Nicollet County farmland, Bryce Peterson is looking toward the sky even more this year. Â Â Record-high corn and soybean prices are the first place any discussion about land...                    

Vitamins

wordpress.com     Aug 30, 2008          

Vitamins are a field requisite for a flourishing life. If you process your forcefulness intake, specially by intake more carbohydrates, your embody haw requirement player vitamin B. Vitamin B12 and folic acid, unitedly...                    

Vege harvests hampered by weather

radionz.co.nz     Aug 30, 2008          

Wet winter in Canterbury has delayed pea planting and is hampering the carrot harvest. Vegetable processor Heinz-Watties says frequent rain has frustrated many growers' attempts to prepare land and drill seed for peas....