The independent, third-party auditing program addresses potential safety risks in every production phase in the feed industry chain. Collaboration between government agencies and concerned industry is essential to addressing the safety situations we are facing with vastly increasing imports. The program provides the feed industry with a unique, uniform and secure, cost-effective tool for compliance with governmental regulations. It would further ensure the best possible use of government...

My question is, is the oil better for you than the butter? I'm not sure if canola oil is healthy or not, and if it is "worse" for you than butter? I am trying out a recipe for sweet potato cookies and everything in the recipe seems healthy except for the butter, and I would like to tweak it a little so that it matches my dietary requirements. My question is, is the oil better for you than the butter? I'm not sure if canola oil is healthy or not, and if it is "worse" for you than butter? I...

Enlarge image Tom Ryle of Olympia had just one day to go hunting, and he shot this young four-by-four (four points on each antler) bull elk in Southwest Washington near the coast. The outlook for the upcoming big-game hunting seasons is generally good throughout the state, although some deer populations are showing slight declines. Enlarge image Lisa Hoaas, 37, of Puyallup shot this four-by-three mule deer (four points on one antler, three on the other) on the opening day of bowhunting...

Previously it was believed that wandering albatrosses and other species forage using a Lvy flight strategy - a cluster of short moves connected by infrequent longer ones. The first attempt to demonstrate their existence in a natural biological system suggested that wandering albatrosses perform Lvy flights when searching for prey on the ocean surface - a finding followed by similar inferences about the search strategies of deer and bumblebees. Published this week in the journal Nature, the...

Time passes slowly for anxious growers waiting to send the last of their fruit into wineries juggling tank space for the yet-to-be harvested grapes. My response to Carlos was not to call off the picking and have the people come in, hoping the weather forecast was correct and the clouds would move out and a nice breeze would blow for the rest of the night. When we first began farming, we would invariably try to get just one more cutting of hay for the year. We borrowed a side loader from...

The river bottom of cottonwoods and alfalfa fields ran through a hilly landscape with ridges and plateaus on both sides. I made a guess as to the approach they would take me from a ridge to an alfalfa field that afternoon. Being slightly dejected, my last day came with plans on hunting only the morning and taking the afternoon to pack and kick back. The rancher convinced me I had to hunt the afternoon, and he would help me with my gear since it was getting close to departure time. The...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Print Email Local women aid Darfur refugees, take cookers to camps in Chad BY SUSAN ABRAM, Staff Writer Article Last Updated:10/20/2007 11:17:54 PM PDT Click photo to enlarge The picture is of, from left to right, Rachel Andres, Janice Kamenir-Reznick and Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Print Email Local women aid Darfur refugees, take cookers to camps in Chad BY SUSAN ABRAM, Staff Writer Article Last...

Before the introduction and widespread use of commercial fertilizer, clover was planted and grown to produce a plow-down source of nitrogen to feed the nations corn crop. It is a sign of the times, but the sale of the longtime business where only a hand-shake was needed to seal a deal evokes a more personal story than economic change. More and more, the only way to survive in farming and agribusiness is to be on the bigger side of things. Robertson wasn t just another businessman looking...

The next court date in the case is on April 27 in the Northern District of California when sides will present oral arguments about changing the injunction to permanent status. Some of the things they argue are missing in the study was development of resistant weeds, pollen drifting to non-genetically modified organisms and damage to the seed crop. If you meet those deadlines, farmers may harvest, use and sell their RR alfalfa crop. McEowen says it is likely the case will drag through the...