Unlike Chicken And Pork, Beef Still Begins With Small Family Ranches
In the chicken and pork industries, nearly every aspect of the animals' raising has long been controlled by just a handful of agriculture conglomerates. But the cattle industry is still populated by...
View ArticleFarmers And Their Cooperative Settle Lawsuit On Fixing The Price Of Milk
Farmers who had hoped to get some answers on why prices for their raw milk went into free fall a decade ago were disappointed Tuesday by the settlement of a case accusing Dairy Farmers of America Inc....
View ArticleIn Missouri, Days Of Drought Send Caretakers To One 'Big Tree'
The devastating drought in the Midwest last summer is a story often told by the numbers, with statistics on large crop failures, days without rain and thousands of parched acres.This story is also...
View ArticleOprah Winfrey's Latest Venture Is Farming In Hawaii
The local food movement has a powerful new poster girl.More glowing than American Gothic, Oprah Winfrey and her pal, Bob Greene, appear on the cover of the June issue of The Oprah Magazine, standing in...
View ArticleWill Chinese Firm Bring Home The Bacon With Smithfield Deal?
There were questions Wednesday if U.S. regulators will approve the takeover of Smithfield Foods Inc., the company that sells all-American hams, hot dogs and bacon, by China's Shuanghui...
View ArticleAs Drought Turns To Flood, Farmers Get 'Weather Whiplash'
As Chris Webber checked the 40 acres of muddy field he wanted to plant on a recent morning, he worried about getting more rain, even as he worried about the lack of it."The drought is over at the...
View ArticleNearly Two Years Later, A Controversial Rape Case Is Reviewed
Nearly two years after allegations of a sexual assault rocked a small Missouri town, the case may be reopened.A county prosecutor in Maryville, Mo., has requested that an independent attorney look at...
View ArticleIn Kansas, Professors Must Now Watch What They Tweet
The Kansas Board of Regents gave final approval Wednesday to a strict new policy on what employees may say on social media. Critics say the policy violates both the First Amendment and academic...
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