Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking this opportunity to remind feed and feed ingredient manufacturers of their legal responsibility to ensure that every ingredient used in their products is safe for its intended use, whether the product is meant to be used to feed animals intended for human consumption or non-food animals such as pets. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking this opportunity to remind feed and feed ingredient manufacturers of their legal responsibility to...

They also, for the first time, published estimates of pet deaths closer to what other authoritative sources have been speculating for weeks now: "As of April 26, 2007, FDA had received over 17,000 consumer complaints relating to this outbreak, and those complaints included reports of approximately 1950 deaths of cats and 2200 deaths of dogs. They also, for the first time, published estimates of pet deaths closer to what other authoritative sources have been speculating for weeks now: "As...

One thing is clear to those who studied a crop circle in Geneseo last summer. The retired neurochemist said then that the three circles, about 50 foot in diameter and touching each other, did not appear to be man made. Jim and Christine Dahl, the Geneseo landowners, planted corn this spring in the spot where the soybean crop circles were. Talbott said there have been obvious hoaxes through the years, but many circles go unexplained. Much of the documented observation is anecdotal, such as...

It also is expected to squeeze up soybean prices, as more producers shift acreage away from soybeans to take advantage of higher corn prices. Soaring demand for corn by the state's growing ethanol industry has contributed to a doubling of corn futures prices in the last two years, to more than $4 per bushel. Some Iowa business leaders are worried that the state's runaway ethanol boom could dampen efforts to create a diversified bioeconomy. On a recent trip to Cedar Rapids, Phillips said...

A Dow Jones Newswires survey of 15 analysts showed the average estimate for old crop ending stocks is 607 million bushels. The average estimate for new crop ending stocks is 337 million bushels, according to the survey. One lot is equivalent to 10 tons. BEIJING (Dow Jones)--Soybean futures traded on the Dalian Commodity Exchange settled higher Wednesday, with traders expecting a coming supply and demand report from the U. Soymeal and soyoil contracts also ended mostly higher. Department of...

Hemp milk? It's healthy and legal as hemp cereal. In addition to whole, two-percent and one-percent fat, skim and super skim, we now also can choose to have organic milk, hormone-free milk, lactose-free milk, soy milks in a rainbow of flavors, rice milk, even almond milk. Cartons for Living Harvest Hempmilk (www.livingharvest.com), which you can find locally at East End Food Co-op and Whole Foods and other stores, brag about it as a "balanced source of omega-3 and -6" -- essential fatty...

Soybeans also were ahead of schedule at 44 percent planted, compared to the five-year average of 32 percent, statistics show. NORMAL Mike Mouser drove his tractor up and down a 180-acre stretch of land in north Normal, dropping tiny soybean seeds from a planter about two inches into the ground. The corn and soybean farmer from Carlock joins other area farmers who have finished or nearly finished this season s planting. With almost another full week of work under their belts, farmers in...

My least favorite part of being a vegetarian is people's assumption that I'm a health nut, consuming small portions of legumes, leafy greens, and soy protein. It's not that I don't eat these things; I just smother them in butter, cheese, and seasoning and follow them with a healthy portion of chocolatey goodness. When I followed the main course roasted vegetables baked into a buttery, cheddary pastry shell with peach cake smothered in cr me anglaise, she commented peevishly, "If I cooked...

A combination of bearish fundamental influences ganged up to knock copper futures sharply lower Thursday, with recent long liquidation continuing. Some of the pressure on gold and silver spilled over from the second straight day of sharp declines in copper prices, said Michael Gross, broker and analyst with Liberty Trading. However, he said, gold and silver haven't plunged as dramatically as copper "probably because copper was quite a bit more overbought than gold or silver. On top of all...