Forecasts for a larger orange harvest may lead to lower juice prices, according to analysts. The programs give students plenty of time for practice quizzes before the nest SAT date in October. The three programs, in critical reading, math and writing, correspond to the three graded sections of the exam. in the first quarter, leapfrogging Amazon.com and Target in units sold. It wasn t disclosed when the store would open or what merchandise it would carry. Florida s harvest this year is...

In short, check out anyone with something to gain if orange juice takes a spill as the favored drink of a prominent athlete. Maybe it's just a little citric acid, but something in the gut doesn't feel right about this. Hofmann, it turned out, had been convicted of fraud for dealings with a German telecommunications firm, but an 18-month jail sentence was reduced to a fine. Hold the orange juice at the honeymoon brunch. Among other advice, he told her to drink up to three quarts of orange...

Scott sees the potential for agritourism growth in places like Newberry Springs, near Barstow, where there are pistachio farms and fruit orchards, and Lucerne Valley, where the county recently approved a winery. But recently county governments have stepped in to encourage agritourism as a way to help preserve agricultural land in the face of growing pressure from development. Inland area agritourism has thrived for years in places like Oak Glen with its apple orchards and apple-pie stands...

growers, dairy industry hope for bigger slice of federal pie Erin Kelly Washington bureau (June 28, 2007) WASHINGTON Dairy farmer John Lincoln and apple grower Mark Nicholson are watching anxiously from the Rochester area as Congress struggles to complete a huge farm bill that will determine which farmers benefit most from billions in federal aid. growers, dairy industry hope for bigger slice of federal pie Erin Kelly Washington bureau (June 28, 2007) WASHINGTON Dairy farmer John Lincoln...

The medical examiner's office positively identified the decaying produce Friday, a day after a Benjamin Franklin Middle School custodian found the substance inside a black plastic trash bag stuffed in a locker. Friday's citrus identification again shows that when it comes to human remains, appearances can be deceiving. Just last week, Dallas police said they were investigating the death of a man whose remains they found in a wooded area of east Oak Cliff. The custodian, believing it was a...

Rice's family today owns 1,000 acres (404 hectares) of orchards and packs and markets apples for 50 area growers primarily in Pennsylvania's historic growing area in Adams County, on the Maryland border. But the growers who have made this mountainous region the core of apple-growing in Pennsylvania worry that they face a new challenge that may be too big to overcome and could change their way of life. With the Farm Bill up for renewal this year for the first time since 2002, apple growers...

apple growers are bracing for competition from China Farmers have been growing apples here since before the Civil War, and as times have changed, they have changed with them, planting smaller trees to speed up harvests and growing popular new varieties to satisfy changing tastes. apple growers are bracing for competition from China Farmers have been growing apples here since before the Civil War, and as times have changed, they have changed with them, planting smaller trees to speed up...

Migrants see abuse in guest worker jobs. But as more large growers switch to electronic timekeeping, they are finding new means to squeeze money from the workers, said Mary Bauer, who recently co-wrote a study on the U. Walter Kates, who heads labor relations for the growers' Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, said growers rely on the contractors because the current visa system is so convoluted - employers must get approval from four different federal and state agencies. However,...

There was a time when Ontario strawberry growers had a gentleman's agreement with their California brethren, in which the latter would back off during the local season. Next to them is a stand of California strawberries that have travelled more than 4,000 kilometres over three days first to a central warehouse and then here. In their place are 69 trays of strawberries, some picked just seconds before. It now pumps out almost 1 billion kilograms of berries a year more than 130 times what...