BASF Plant Science is expanding its breeding and testing operations with three new facilities, bringing the company's total to seven stations focused on developing new corn genetics, according to a company release. They currently have four full-time employees, including one new breeder, and will hire part-time seasonal employees as necessary. In addition, as many as 30 seasonal employees also will be hired with plans to add additional staff in the coming year. Seed companies throughout the...

Candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in May's primary election were split Monday night on whether the state should impose steeper taxes on cigarettes. The cigarette tax issue was on a short list of areas in which the candidates - appearing on a statewide stage - had widely different positions. Candidates, however, found more agreement on whether Kentucky should allow casino-style gambling to raise state government revenues. Now he's hoping to salvage a harvest from his...

Frosty temps leave farmers watching crops John Barbour staff writer Thursday, April 12, 2007 Last weekend's freezing temperatures kept area strawberry growers up late, but apple and peach farmers could do little more than watch their crops perish. Tuttle will know for sure later this week, but she thinks it might be the first lost blueberry crop in many years for the farm. Many strawberry farmers use row covers - clear plastic tunnels that can be pulled over crops to trap heat. In fact,...

ERMA denies food safety responsibility, as Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) develops food standards covering the content and labelling of food, and the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) administers the legislation covering food for sale. ERMA denies food safety responsibility, as Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) develops food standards covering the content and labelling of food, and the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) administers the legislation...

A pilot of a small plane who was killed in a Saturday morning crash worked for a Fremont-based company, the company s general manager said today. Randy Weber radioed that his visibility was zero and he was bucking a strong head wind shortly before he crashed in a hilly, densely wooded area near Viburnum, authorities said Sunday. Fremont Rotary Club holds an annual fly-in, which attracts pilots from across Nebraska and from nearby states for breakfast. A lot of people in Nebraska knew him,...

Over the centuries, strange lights were seen in the woods along Mary Dunn Road, so named for a former slave who lived along this route and who was burned to death in 1850 in her little cottage half-way between Hyannis and Barnstable on the Indian Trail according to historian Donald G. Over the centuries, strange lights were seen in the woods along Mary Dunn Road, so named for a former slave who lived along this route and who was burned to death in 1850 in her little cottage half-way...

But did you know that there's a standing joke in Mike's family about Sean's performance in "Rudy"? Last week, Mike enlightened the Huckleberries Online crowd: " 'Rudy' still ticks me off (after I'm done blubbering while watching it) since Notre Dame rejected me undergrad and law school, and Cuz gets carried off the field on the shoulders of the faithful (without even applying for admission) But did you know that there's a standing joke in Mike's family about Sean's performance in "Rudy"?...

Most of his contemporary pieces such as his life-size horses made partially from antiquated tractor seats, rakes, shovels and horseshoes are sold to people Pierson refers to as big clients and celebrities. Most of his contemporary pieces such as his life-size horses made partially from antiquated tractor seats, rakes, shovels and horseshoes are sold to people Pierson refers to as big clients and celebrities. Besides a variety of colorful road signs, the gate to the backyard (made of an old...