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| 01/05/2009 Japan Lifts Ban on Poultry Imports
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| Japan lifted its ban on poultry imports from the U.S. states of Delaware, Maryland, and Rhode Island, the Agriculture Ministry said Tuesday. No new cases of avian influenza had been found in those states since final efforts were made to...
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| 01/05/2009 Hurricane Damages Continue To Mount
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| Since Huirricane Charley, it's been one hit after another for Florida's citrus industry. But the damage doesn't stop with just oranges and grapefruit. Just about every agriculture crop has been hit hard and nearly, if not totally, destroyed. The Florida...
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| 01/05/2009 Ohio Corn Yield Looking Good
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| Like the rest of the country, Ohio farmers are beginning to see above average yields for corn. The US Department of Agriculture forecasts record US corn production of 11 billion bushels, and a record corn yield of 149 bushels per...
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| 01/05/2009 Florida Agriculture Eligible for Disaster Relief
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| Florida's agriculture industry, which has been battered by an unprecedented rash of hurricanes, is eligible for 500 (m) million dollars in disaster relief funds. Aid will be available next month to farmers in counties that were declared disaster areas for...
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| 01/05/2009 Injury, Death Haunt Farming
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| For farmers, fatigue is a serious factor in accidents. During harvest, farmers work from dawn to dark, or longer. Fatigue and complacency can cause farmers to let their guard down. They need to be alert to dangers, especially when equipment...
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| 01/05/2009 Huge World Crop, Synthetics Dampen Cotton Outlook
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| In the overall U.S. fiber market today, cottons share continues to be the success story, says Gary Adams, with cotton actually increasing share in relation to man-made fiber. But, the National Cotton Council vice president of economic policy analysis notes,...
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| 01/05/2009 Agriculture Co-Ops Form Insurance Company
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| Twenty-three agriculture co-ops have formed their own offshore-based captive insurance company a form of self-insurance to better control their liability, auto and property insurance costs. The company, Pillar Insurance Ltd., is believed by industry observers to be the...
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| 01/05/2009 Kraft Grant Aids Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
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| Farm Safety 4 Just Kids (FS4JK) recently received a $6,000 grant from Kraft Foods Creston, Iowa to support its efforts to promote a safe farm environment for children. The grant, through the Kraft Contributions program at Krafts Creston plant,...
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| 01/05/2009 Study: How Climate Affects Crop Growth
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| Kansas State University is one of several universities that will share an estimated $5 million federal grant to study how plants respond to environmental changes and how the genetic pathways underlying their responses evolve in different climates. The research will...
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| 01/05/2009 Japan and Mexico Ink Free Trade Deal
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| Mexico and Japan signed a free trade agreement Friday that will be a springboard for Japanese technology and equipment aimed at the U.S. market and give Mexican agriculture an important foothold in east Asia. The agreement, which must be approved...
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| 01/05/2009 Mooning on the Farm - The Legend of Luna
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| Of course, it's just an old farmer's tale -- planting by the cycle of the moon and all. Nobody believes in that anymore -- right? But then, you might schedule a fishing trip by the moon cycle, or determine the...
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| 01/05/2009 West Nile Virus Found In Maryland
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| State agriculture officials said they've found the first evidence this year of West Nile virus on the Lower Shore. An infected mosquito was trapped last week at a ditch near Princess Anne Elementary School. Officials said the discovery has triggered...
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| 01/05/2009 Agriculture Takes $54 Million Hit From Frances
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| The remnants of Hurricane Frances caused more than $54 million in damage to North Carolina's agriculture industry last week, state officials said Tuesday. The worst damage, based on reports from 23 counties, was in nursery products, which accounted for $39...
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| 01/05/2009 Hurricane Ivan, Other Storms Dim Agriculture Outlook
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| It's been a year for record crops - and now, record tropical storms. And even without the encroaching damage promised by Hurricane Ivan the Terrible, a huge category five hurricane lurking in the Gulf of Mexico, damages to the agriculture...
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| 01/05/2009 Farmers Arm Themselves With Tabasco
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| A FARMING co-op in the Netherlands has asked the ministry of agriculture to authorize the use of spicy tabasco sauce to protect their young crops from the insatiable appetites of hares, rabbits, crows and pigeons, a spokesman said. The farmers'...
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