In Stillman Valley, village President Jim Mays said he hasn t heard a peep in months from American Ethanol, the company that proposed a 100-million-gallon plant in his town in September, but has been assured by developers that the project is still on track. But the push by farmers to capture near-record corn prices could have the exact opposite effect on the commodity market as supplies increase. Hickey has been tilling 1,500 acres on the same farm nearly all his life, just like his father...

Department of Agriculture says Illinois farmers harvested their second best corn and soybean crop ever in 2006. Champaign, IL Planting of 2006 Illinois corn crop hitting full stride A University of Illinois professor says corn planting in Illinois is behind the pace set during the past three years of warmer, drier weather, but farmers should be able to get their seed in the ground on time. Champaign, IL Planting of 2006 Illinois corn crop hitting full stride A University of Illinois...

If you eat five or six small meals each day, the body perceives a feast, even though each meal may only contain 300 calories or so. The more you train with weights, the more your body needs protein. Is it not worth a little effort to look and feel great for the rest of your life? If you believe in yourself, read on. If the body feels too much time has elapsed between meals, it figures food must be in short supply. Proteins come from meat, dairy, and soy products. How many grams of...

Published March 28, 2007 09:02 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE More growers are focusing on continuous corn because of the biofuels movement, but beans on beans could become more likely in areas where the corn yield potential is lowered, said a Purdue University expert. Published March 28, 2007 09:02 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE More growers are focusing on continuous corn because of the biofuels movement, but beans on beans could become more likely in areas where the corn yield potential is lowered, said a...

This particular private forecaster does remind us there are many other weather making influences which may temper or strengthen La Nina but also is in unison with the NOAA that just because its a La Nina it does not necessarily suggest hot and dry conditions. This particular private forecaster does remind us there are many other weather making influences which may temper or strengthen La Nina but also is in unison with the NOAA that just because its a La Nina it does not necessarily...

What it doesn't meet with is fish sauce (soy sauce is used instead), chicken or shrimp (pleasing not only vegetarians but those with fish/seafood allergies) Any stray bits resembling chicken and shrimp are made from veggies, spices and soy protein. A generous tangle of wide rice noodles, kissed with homemade tamarind sauce, mingles with all its usual pals bean sprouts, green onions, tofu, toasted and crushed chili peppers, crushed peanuts, lime wedges. Jean's Vegetarian Kitchen dishes up...

Midwest soils have ample water stored to get this year's corn and soybean crops off to a great start, provided fields dry out in time for planting, climatologists said. But that is only half of the needed moisture to get the corn and soybean crop to full maturity and maximum yield, said Iowa's state climatologist Harry Hillaker. In the heart of the corn and soybean belt, precipitation was rather abundant through the winter. Iowa's February snowfall averaged 12 inches or 5.7 inches above...

Interestingly, people from cultures in which dairy farming started earlier (such as northern Europe) are less likely to suffer from lactose intolerance, than those from Asia and Africa. However, this can result in a shortage of calcium, vitamin D, riboflavin and protein so a milk substitute such as Alpro's soya range ( 1. If lactose is not broken down by lactase, components of the lactose remain in the intestinal tract, where it feeds bacteria which can cause cramps, bloating, flatulence...

CDT AMES, Iowa -- While Asian soybean rust has never been identified in an Iowa field during the season, rust pustules and spores were found on a single leaf retrieved from a bin of 2006 soybeans last week. The scientists there said it looked like soybean rust upon visual exam -- yesterday the word came that molecular testing confirmed the pathogen, said Greg Tylka, Iowa State University Extension plant pathologist and spokesperson for the Iowa Soybean Rust Team. The scientists there said...