The stock market took an absolute beating on Friday's horrific employment data - the worst in four years - and the biggest overreaction to a report in a long time! The employment is notorious for being unpredictable and often sees backward revisions greater than the actual original numbers come next month. The stock market took an absolute beating on Friday's horrific employment data - the worst in four years - and the biggest overreaction to a report in a long time! The employment is...

By The Associated Press ABERDEEN - Contracts for some Conservation Reserve Program land expire at the end of the month, but high grain prices might mean farmers will sign up fewer acres in the voluntary program, according to Doug Farrand of the Natural Resources Conservation District in Aberdeen. By The Associated Press ABERDEEN - Contracts for some Conservation Reserve Program land expire at the end of the month, but high grain prices might mean farmers will sign up fewer acres in the...

DHS rules issued in April warned that any facility that stores significant amounts of chemicals would need to register with the government and do risk-assessment evaluations. In the mid-1980s, Minnesota's Gold'n Plump Chickens gained national attention for television advertisements featuring combat-ready, helmeted birds driving tanks or parachuting from airplanes. Farmers who use propane to dry grain could also be affected. Yet if the proposed rules stand, he'd have to figure out his...

Today, Dairyland is the only family-owned seed company in the industry with plant breeding programs for hybrid corn, soybeans and hybrid alfalfa. It followed that success by becoming the first company to exceed yields of 70, then 80 and 90 bushels an acre with the new soybean, he said. Kilian opened in 1907 as a trading post - providing farm families an opportunity to barter eggs, chickensand other products for canned goods and clothing - in an era of horse-drawn wagons. The introduction...

Dawson is among a growing number of Virginia farmers who are searching for ways to make more money by concentrating on specialty crops for niche customers or local markets. Then, he smokes the malt in a kiln for three days before grinding the malt into a soupy flour that's cooled and pumped into a fermenting tank with yeast and distilled. Dawson said his goal is the same, whether his bag of corn goes home with a person who wants to feed squirrels in the backyard or quarter horses in a...

NEW CENTERVILLE - Diesel smoke mixed with the mellow smell of coal smoke Sunday - the diesel smoke coming from the pickup truck pulls, the coal smoke from the signature traction engines at the 55th edition of the Farmers and Threshermen's Jubilee in New Centerville. NEW CENTERVILLE - Diesel smoke mixed with the mellow smell of coal smoke Sunday - the diesel smoke coming from the pickup truck pulls, the coal smoke from the signature traction engines at the 55th edition of the Farmers and...

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Wheat prices have seen a recent spike, mostly due to bad weather in the world's wheat-growing regions. As for the rest of the world finally having to pay for their food, well couldn't happen to nicer people. High wheat prices are expected to continue. Either pay cash for the wheat or starve I say, since most of you hate america and its people. But for a few months, wheat consumers will be paying significantly more. Maybe your empty stomachs will change your views of our country and its...

Citing statistics from the Energy Information Administration, the known reserves for crude oil will last for 32 years; natural gas, 72 years; coal, 252 years; uranium, 72 years; and fusion (if tremendous scientific and engineering obstacles are overcome), 100-1000 years. Citing statistics from the Energy Information Administration, the known reserves for crude oil will last for 32 years; natural gas, 72 years; coal, 252 years; uranium, 72 years; and fusion (if tremendous scientific and...