 | | |
Three resign from Otter Tail Ag Enterprises board
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- Otter Tail Ag Enterprises chairman Jerry Larson and three others have resigned from the Fergus Falls-based ethanol plant's board of governors.
R...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Jury finds DuPont, agency negligent in land case
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A federal jury has found the Bureau of Land Management and E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. negligent in the use of an herbicide blamed for damaging thousands of acres of crops across a broad swath of southern Idaho.
The jury found the B...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Marketing specialist likes what she sees in Farm to School
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa -- The Iowa Farm to School Program was created in 2007 by the Legislature, said Tammy Stott, a marketing specialist with the Iowa Department of ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour sees great yield potential
Crop scouts on the 2009 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour see potential in the corn and soybean fields surveyed.
Scouts spread out from Ohio to Nebraska from Aug. 17 ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Thoreson sees better times ahead for dairy producers
DUBUQUE, Iowa --Eighteen months ago dairy prices were over $20.
Since last summer, prices have plummeted to $11 in July but costs have remained high. Many dairy pr...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Fiancial, production data critical for farmers
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- At times like these, producers need to turn their financial and production data into information for making knowledgeable decisions and survival s...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Thoreson urges friends to go extra mile for those in trouble
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- During these financially stressful times, Dale Thoreson, Iowa State University Extension dairy, beef and forage specialist, urges families and nei...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
U of M researchers developing high-oil content corn
GILFILLAN, Minn. -- University of Minnesota researchers have created a type of corn with a much higher oil content than the traditional Midwest variety.
The ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Business news and notes
Hormel's profits increase as costs decline
AUSTIN, Minn. -- Hormel Foods Corp., maker of Spam, Dinty Moore stews and Chi-Chi's Mexican products, said that its third-quarter profit rose 49 percent to beat estimates as costs fell.
But sales and volume fell ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
|
| | |
| |
