So you know, you're up 50 percent over three years in fuel costs alone, that really truly eats into your bottom line, and I haven't been able to raise my prices 50 percent, says Winkel. The problem, he says, isn't what it costs to brew the beer itself, but how much it costs to get that six pack, or tall one, from the brewery to the distributor to your favorite supermarket or pub. Winkel says higher packaging costs likely will prompt Anheuser-Busch and other brewers to raise beer prices...

He pulls the trigger to squirt the corn, slowly slides the tube up the neck and out, holds the beak shut for a few seconds, lets that goose go, and grabs the next. They have expandable livers and no gag reflex, so the corn stays there, gradually settling as it is digested and making room for the next visit from Denis and his corn gun. Denis rhythmically grabs a goose by the neck, pulls him under his leg and stretches him up, slides the tube down to the belly, and fills it with corn. I join...

Cost of crops was adjusted by insurance companies, he said, and farmers will be able to collect federal crop insurance. This year's harvest was a bad one for many farmers who could not cut all their wheat because of heavy spring rain. Farmers in the Hennessey area are in good shape financially, and Campbell said he is unaware of any who are in financial trouble. But next year, he said, they will have to have some income, either grain or livestock, to sustain them. He predicted it will take...

It gets a little better on the eastern side of the county, he said. The lack of rain in most of Seneca County soon may start to affect eventual crop yields especially in corn. Corn plants with leaf rolling during early- to mid-vegetative development may look severely stressed, but it s usually cosmetic and has no long-term impact on yields, said Peter Thomison, an agronomist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Corn is trying to protect itself by rolling its leaves...

Maryland farmers have until the end of the month to sign up for $8 million in state money earmarked to pay for winter cover crops. The program, administered through local Soil Conservation Districts and managed by the Maryland Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share Program (MACS), is designed to encourage farmers to plant grains such as barley, wheat and rye on fields after their summer crops are harvested. Carroll County Times: Westminster, Maryland , The program, administered through...

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Therefore there is a high demand for the corn that produces ethanol, which is the same type of corn farmers use to feed the animals. Because of the high demand for corn to be used in ethanol, consumers are seeing higher prices for items at the checkout counter. The high demand for the corn has caused farmers to have to pay more to feed their animals, he said. To make up for the corn ration, they have to charge a little more for the products, such as meat and dairy produced by the animals,...

Department of Agriculture's revised crop estimates reported even more corn acres than initial estimates and the fewest cotton acres since 1975. Though some of northeastern Louisiana parishes have received consistent rainfall since the planting season, other key row crop-producing parishes like Tensas and East Carroll have been dry. Now we just have to avoid any major winds before the harvest. We've got a lot of steps between here and putting it in the warehouses. Most of the yield...

As was expected, farmers primarily sacrificed soybean acreage to increase their corn plantings and the Department of Agriculture's report confirmed this. Corn prices plunged as the increased acreage outlook combined with above-average corn conditions combined to allay fears about supply shortages for the 2007 growing year. The report, the first to detail actual plantings rather than planting intentions, surprised traders as it revealed that farmers had actually planted close to 93 million...