While late October rainfall helped to green pastures and recharge ponds, it was too late to help the state's fall crops as yields on all major Tennessee crops were down from a year ago. Soybean production is down 55 percent from last year and at 19. Cotton yields are down 344 pounds per acre and are expected to average 601 pounds per acre. While corn production in the state is the highest in 87 years, yields fell 17 percent below what they were last year. The material on this site may not...

The winter wheat crop was in fair to good condition, with 40 percent to 100 percent of the crop planted and 10 percent to 50 percent of existing plantings emerged. The grain sorghum harvest continued as the peanut harvest wound down. This year's crop may be one for the books as yields are averaging around a bale to the acre. Winter wheat that was planted on enough moisture to come up either dried out or got blown out by the harsh winds. Panhandle: Soil moisture ranged from very short to...

And still other senators mock the opponents of the bill that would send $32 billion over five years mostly to large farmers of a few crops during one of the biggest grain price booms on record. Democrats and Republicans on the Agriculture Committee, backed by crowds of lobbyists, are pulling out all the stops to pass a $288 billion, five-year farm bill, expanding an archaic system of subsidies that government economists say is rapidly shifting billions of dollars to the largest farm operations.

By GARY TILGHMAN For the Daily Times GLASGOW Finally, the temperatures outside are feeling more like fall! With these more comfortable temperatures, now is a perfect time to make sure your feeding program is on target to capitalize on the favorable milk prices. By GARY TILGHMAN For the Daily Times GLASGOW Finally, the temperatures outside are feeling more like fall! With these more comfortable temperatures, now is a perfect time to make sure your feeding program is on target to capitalize...

The federal government has several assignments for the Missouri River: hydropower generated by upstream dams, navigation to benefit barge traffic and protect against flooding, and recreation characterized by fishing and boating, much of it on the upstream lakes that formed behind the dams. A growing number of Missourians, like Gamble, have come to revere the river after experiences like paddling a canoe, fishing from a boat or just sitting on a bank and soaking up nature. The federal...

The year was 1986, and Tibbott had spent the past six years hoping that his small business selling vegetarian meat alternatives in rural Washington state would catch on. Success proved elusive the treehouse was the only place he could afford to live until he developed a soy-based version of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey. Originally, Tibbott peddled a product, tempeh, made from fermented soybeans. Thanksgiving was particularly tough, he said, recalling a nasty bout with a stuffed...

The government deployed military helicopters, naval ships and thousands of troops to join international agencies and local officials in the rescue mission following Tropical Cyclone Sidr. The commodities markets moved broadly lower as the greenback gained strength, making prices appear more expensive to foreign buyers. Gold prices have become extremely volatile as the market wrestles with a correction following the metal's climb to levels not seen since 1980. Inventories of distillates...

Email. Print. Text size + By Charles Abbott November 6, 2007 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will not pass the $288 billion farm bill this year unless senators forego amendment on hot-button issues like immigration reform or the war in Iraq, Majority Leader Harry Reid warned on Tuesday. Email. Print. Text size + By Charles Abbott November 6, 2007 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will not pass the $288 billion farm bill this year unless senators forego amendment on hot-button issues like...

Lululemon Athletica is backing away from claims touting the health benefits of its seaweed-fibre clothing after concerns raised by the federal Competition Bureau. Lululemon, a fast-growing retailer that has been a stock market darling since going public in the summer, agreed to remove the tags with the claims or cover them with a sticker until it can produce scientific evidence that they are true. Andrea Rosen, the bureau's acting deputy commissioner, said the agency has also asked...