Harley-Davidson, riding high recently on takeover speculation, took a spill Monday after dealers indicated that sales volumes have been weaker than expected. Although some discounts are normal, and used to clear inventory for the next year's line, the price cuts raise concerns that dealers have too much supply. Kennison also said that more bikes are selling below the retail price suggested by Harley. Kennison said that a production cut could throttle 2008 earnings-per-share from his...

Ending stocks for the start of our harvest is projected at a very snug 877 million bushels and the May 11 USDA monthly crop report looks to possible decrease old-crop carryover stocks number, as demand remains solid with key competitors China and Argentina both out of the export market and less wheat being fed to livestock. Ending stocks for the start of our harvest is projected at a very snug 877 million bushels and the May 11 USDA monthly crop report looks to possible decrease old-crop...

Most people think of odor when hogs and hog buildings are involved, but with proper management techniques the odor nuisance can be reduced or even eliminated. He pointed out that bacteria establishment in a biofilter can take about one month; therefore producers should plan ahead if they will be adding a biofilter to their system. Producers must look at the distance and exposure angle of the odor in relationship to these other receptors. He said it is not necessarily the facility itself,...

The bacterium is sweeping northern Europe and has already infected one in five of all pork products on sale in Holland, from where Britain imports almost two thirds of all its pork, the report claims. Pork, beef and chicken in supermarkets could be infected with a strain of MRSA, according to a report today by organic campaigners which warns that the issue could become "a new monster" advertisement However, the report by the Soil Association, the organic pressure group, claims that the bug...

Brown touts that the ribs he cooks fall off the bone; he also cooks whole hogs, chicken, briskets, sausage, pulled pork, pork loins and whatever a person desires. After years of competing in barbecue competitions and being judged by a group of his peers, Rhoda Brown can call himself the people's champ. It is the participants' own creativity that wins them the competition. Brown, who's been cooking on the certified barbecue circuit for several years, began barbecuing when he couldn't find...

The weight of certain items, sectors, or activities is reduced or increased in order to influence GDP components, such as industrial production. This practice is frowned upon (and landed quite a few corporate managers in the gaol), but is still widespread in the shoddier and shadier corners of the globe. It is considered equally self-evident that the private sector is better, more competent, and more efficient at allocating scarce economic resources and thus at preventing waste. In other...

In Columbia s southwest neighborhood, Ratliff, his son, Scott, who is also his partner, and two employees braved the sweltering heat and the deafening noise from their tree-cutting equipment to tear down a big leafy oak tree standing beside Larry Noxon s house at 505 Edgewood Ave. In Columbia s southwest neighborhood, Ratliff, his son, Scott, who is also his partner, and two employees braved the sweltering heat and the deafening noise from their tree-cutting equipment to tear down a big...

For a whole hog, the process can take days, and, depending on the chef, the door to the smoker may not be opened again until the pig is ready. Competitors are happy to debate, for hours, the finer points of pig preparation, without giving away any secrets, of course. Barbecuers wait with their hogs while talking shop and sipping domestic beer. Participants camped out smoking cuts of meat. Meat is smoked "slow and low," very slowly at a low temperature. This method tenderizes the meat until...

The 50/50 venture intends to construct and operate multiple stand-alone commercial facilities capable of producing ultra-clean, high quality, next generation renewable synthetic fuels using Syntroleums patented Biofining process, a flexible feed/flexible synthetic fuels technology. The 50/50 venture intends to construct and operate multiple stand-alone commercial facilities capable of producing ultra-clean, high quality, next generation renewable synthetic fuels using Syntroleums patented...