According to the United States Department of Agriculture Web site, to earn the USDA Certified Organic seal, produce must be grown without conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, and bioengineering or ionizing radiation. With so many items and brands to choose from in the supermarket, it's great that products come with helpful labels such as "natural" and "reduced sodium" -- or is it? According to the United States Department of Agriculture Web...

In areas where riparian areas are continuously grazed or cleared of the trees and native grass buffers, little if any wildlife use the areas and almost always they are in a state of decline with eroded banks, decreased forage production and offer no protection for erosion of farm fields and pastures or protection of water quality. For most landowners there is a deep appreciation and enjoyment when they realize that they can use the land, preserve it for future generations and still share...

Growing forage takes priority on the 340 ha (850 acres) and maize is being grown for the first time this year to maintain energy levels. Mustard is drilled after cereals as a green manure before land is returned into the grass rotation. However, one Cornish estate has managed not only to maintain herd performance, but increase overall milk output by 15% Replacement heifers and youngstock, which total 100-120 bulling heifers and 100 youngstock, are managed together from the two units. The...

Practically all of the increase in placements of cattle on feed during May was cattle weighing over 700 pounds. The larger number on feed than expected was due to larger placements, up 13 percent from last year, and smaller marketings, down 3 percent from 2006. Fed slaughter cattle prices were pushed lower again this week. Consumer demand for all meats with the exception of broilers for the first five months of 2007 was up a little from last year. Live-fed-cattle demand for these five...

Not only are fuel increases affecting their product prices, but so is the demand for corn, a commodity connected to many entrees and side items. Hagerty said the price of corn has flown the coop, and since chicken feed on corn, his wing prices may increase. Protein's popularity and the ethanol push has equated to more cash for corn, so that means Hagerty is open to making changes. So to remain competitive in the market, restauranteers like Hagerty find themselves starting from scratch when...

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Some biofuels, if properly produced, do have the potential to provide climate-friendly energy, but where and how can we grow them? Our most fertile lands are already dedicated to food production. As demand for both food and energy increases, competition for fertile lands could raise food prices enough to drive the poorer third of the globe into malnourishment. Representatives of the dairy, poultry and livestock industries, which rely on corn as a principal animal feed, are seeking an end...

Print Story Email Story Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? To Escape Deadly Exotic Disease Alec Gerry, assistant veterinary entomologist at UCR, examines how flies could transmit exotic Newcastle disease between poultry (June 20, 2007) Print Quality Image: Right click image and select "Save Target As. Print Story Email Story Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? To Escape Deadly Exotic Disease Alec Gerry, assistant veterinary entomologist at UCR, examines how flies could transmit exotic...

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