International Business News - Farm http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A Wachovia analyst said late Monday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's most recent crop report shows that while crop conditions continue to improve, they nevertheless have been effected by rough weather, possibly driving prices higher. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/analyst-says-crops-improve-but-prices-could-rise.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:27:07 EDT Jerry McReynolds usually cuts his own wheat fields. But not this year. After a volatile spring of heavy rains, widespread hail and tornadoes, the Woodston farmer wanted to get his crop cut quickly. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/farmers-in-southern-kansas-eager-to-harvest-wheat.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:20:38 EDT The European Union plans to offer 1 billion euros ($1.6 billion) to develop farming in poorer countries hit by food shortages and soaring prices, the European Commission president said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/eu-proposes-1-6-billion-in-farm-aid.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:53:59 EDT The buzz around Marshall University this week will be about the importance of honeybees. About 300 beekeepers were expected to join 12 vendors and dozens more presenters at the Heartland Apiculture Society's annual conference starting Thursday in Huntington. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87168-bee-conference.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/beekeepers-coming-to-west-virginia-for-conference.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/beekeepers-coming-to-west-virginia-for-conference.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:10:40 EDT Argentina's lower house of Congress on Saturday approved a package of grain-export taxes that have sparked nationwide farm protests and food shortages. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/argentine-lawmakers-back-export-taxes.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:14:09 EDT The Argentine Congress is debating on live television a proposal to increase grain-export taxes that has sparked farm strikes and food shortages across the country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/argentine-congress-debates-export-tax.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:23:36 EDT Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend. With a salmonella scare causing many customers to shun what's normally a summertime favorite, tomato farmers nationwide have had to plow under their fields and leave their crop to rot in packinghouses. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85594-farm-scene-tomatoes-salmonella.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/farmers-say-salmonella-scare-has-hurt-tomato-sales.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/farmers-say-salmonella-scare-has-hurt-tomato-sales.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:13:14 EDT Protesters want the city to halt a massive warehouse project on the former site of an urban farm that was bulldozed two years ago amid protests from Darryl Hannah, Joan Baez and other celebrities who wanted to preserve the garden for dozens of inner-city families. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/protesters-oppose-warehouse-on-la-urban-farm-site.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:28 EDT Indiana will use $50 million in state funds to help farmers get low-interest loans--money they can use along with federal funds to restore their flood-damaged fields. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/indiana-hopes-low-interest-loans-will-help-farmers.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:43:10 EDT Brazil's president rolled out 78 billion reals ($49 billion) in credits Wednesday to boost agricultural production and help ease a global food crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/brazil-to-give-billions-in-farm-credits.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:32:36 EDT North Dakota regulators are planning for two large new wind energy projects capable of generating up to 1,150 megawatts of electricity. North Dakota's Public Service Commission has accepted a letter of intent from FPL Energy to build a 1,000-megawatt wind farm in Oliver and Morton counties, in west central North Dakota. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/nd-regulators-prepare-for-huge-wind-projects.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:37:30 EDT For the first time, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has rejected a proposal for a large-scale livestock operation because of concerns over water pollution. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/mich-deq-denies-permit-for-st-joseph-county-farm.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:12:43 EDT Having to make due with less water, California farmers are reassessing their planting of tomatoes, cotton, corn and other water-intensive crops. A popular replacement this year--safflower. The thistlelike plant is perfectly suited for the state's Mediterranean climate and does not require much water. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83875-california-water-safflower.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/a-low-water-year-is-a-boon-to-safflower-farmers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/a-low-water-year-is-a-boon-to-safflower-farmers.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:14:13 EDT Federal environmental regulators are seeking up to $70,400 in civil penalties from a northern Nevada onion grower accused of violating federal pesticide law through improper and unsafe use of the chemicals. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/epa-seeks-70-400-fine-from-nev-onion-grower.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:02:38 EDT Environmentalists are suing the U.S. Forest Service over what they say is an illegal dole: The agency's long-standing practice of subsidizing corn and soybean farming on a nature preserve in western Kentucky and Tennessee. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83130-farm-scene-forest-farming.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/group-sues-over-crop-subsidies-on-us-forest-land.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/group-sues-over-crop-subsidies-on-us-forest-land.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:27:57 EDT To help poor Afghani villagers make money on potatoes instead of opium poppies, Idaho farmer Pat Rowe used a little old technology: root cellars. The 68-year-old Rowe, whose family raises tubers and wheat on 2,000 acres near American Falls, went to the Central Asian country with a root cellar design common across his home state's famous potato country in the 1930s and 1940s. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/82505-farm-scene-afghan-potatoes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/spud-farmer-returns-to-roots-to-help-afghans.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/spud-farmer-returns-to-roots-to-help-afghans.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:37:37 EDT Washington's Supreme Court is weighing whether it has jurisdiction in Kittitas County's appeal of a wind farm 12 miles northwest of Ellensburg. The court held a hearing Thursday on whether it should weigh in on the case. Last September, Gov. Chris Gregoire approved the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project, as recommended by the state's Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/wash-high-court-hearing-on-wind-farm-appeal.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:26:55 EDT The U.S. agriculture secretary says he is concerned that legal hurdles prevented much immediate federal help for Midwestern farmers faced with serious setbacks because of flooding. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80629-flooding-economy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/ag-secretary-lawmakers-discuss-farmers-flood-aid.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/ag-secretary-lawmakers-discuss-farmers-flood-aid.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:11:08 EDT With the price of diesel skyrocketing, farmers and ranchers around the country are being targeted by ne'er-do-wells armed with syphon hoses and pumps. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/79565-oil-prices.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/thieves-target-farm-diesel-supplies-as-prices-soar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/thieves-target-farm-diesel-supplies-as-prices-soar.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:57:24 EDT Richard de Wilde was still reeling from the more than $600,000 in damage that last summer's flooding did to his organic vegetable farm when new storms swept through this month, dumping rocks, gravel and silt on some acres, washing away fences and contaminating fields with runoff. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/78752-organics-flooding.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/wisconsin-flooding-may-mean-pricier-organic-foods.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/wisconsin-flooding-may-mean-pricier-organic-foods.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:29:34 EDT