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Gas prices squeeze summer tradition
Chicago Tribune reporterDebbie Vaughan pushed a wheelbarrow filled with hay and manure past an empty row of stalls at the DuPage County Fair this week. Last year, 16 dairy cows competed at the fair. This year, there are only nine. In the dairy barn, hay bales remained stacked...Tags: Farms, Illinois, Wheaton
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Farmer avoids jail for deaths of 8 cattle
247-4741A man battling cancer was spared jail time for letting cattle starve to death on his farm. Farmer William Lee Shelton, who faced eight counts of animal cruelty, was found guilty of three counts Tuesday in Suffolk General District Court. On Dec. 26,...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Death and Dying, William R Savage, New York, Animals
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Forget fuel; let's focus on local food
Even if the price of oil falls, the governor should launch a full-fledged sustainability effort to promote an expansion of farming here and the production of more Maryland food for Marylanders. In fact, all the governors of the Chesapeake watershed should...Tags: Towson, Colleges and Universities, Globalization, Government, Maryland
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Invasion of fig whitefly threatens South Florida ficus plants
South Florida Sun-SentinelVoracious invaders are sweeping across South Florida, pushing their way northward and devouring the landscape. It might sound like the script for a summer thriller. But the villains actually are tiny fig whiteflies. And they are laying waste to ubiquitous...Tags: Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Agricultural Research and Technology, Pembroke Pines, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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A timeless romance—carved into a sidewalk
IRIS I LOVE YOU That's what's been etched into the cement at the corner of the sidewalk on Grand Avenue right at the south entrance to the Tribune's Freedom Center printing facility. Every time I pass by these words, I make sure to take a nice long look....Tags: Racism, Barack Obama, New York Times, Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton
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Audit says USDA lost track of imported cattle
Washington BureauDespite persistent fears of mad cow disease in Canadian beef, the Department of Agriculture has failed to properly track hundreds of Canadian cattle coming into the United States, the department's inspector general has concluded. An audit, completed in...Tags: South Dakota, Animal Diseases, Texas, Alabama, Diseases
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Helping farmers find their niche
Special To The SunThe sight of a wooden table full of plump peaches, shiny red cherries and mounds of ripe blueberries at Harbin's farm stand in Ellicott City on Monday makes Kathy Zimmerman's efforts to turn people on to local produce seem easy. In fact, farmers are...Tags: Delaware, Local Authority, Consumers, Maryland, Further Education
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Authorities say livestock shot in incident
The Appanoose County sheriff's office and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are investigating an incident where two cows and a calf were shot. Officials say they got a report of criminal mischief and livestock being killed last week in Exline...Tags: Iowa
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DuPont 2Q profit rises, beats expectations
AP Business WriterChemicals maker DuPont Co. said Tuesday agriculture sales and emerging markets helped fuel a rise in second-quarter profit, which was also boosted in part by a lawsuit settlement and a lower tax rate. Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont earned $1.08 billion,...Tags: Iowa, Sales, Electronics, Earnings, Earnings Forecasts
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Mich. feed mill to turn turkey waste into energy
A Montcalm County feed mill will install equipment for converting turkey manure into energy that it will use to produce livestock feed. Work on the new, $3 million biomass operation at Sietsema Farms Feeds LLC in Pierson Township near Howard City is...Tags: Farms
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