Menino focuses on urban agriculture in Boston

Mayor Thomas M. Menino kicked off discussions about what types of urban agriculture residents want in Boston at a recent launch event, joining more than 270 residents to discuss how to make urban farming a success in Boston.

Migrant Workers Family Support Fund-With All Proceeds Donated to the Families of the Workers Killed or Injured in the ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - A fund has been set up by UFCW Canada and the Agriculture Workers Alliance to assist the families of the workers who were killed, as well as the workers who were injured in a horrific ...

Overland Park hosts regional meeting on efficient farming techniques

About 100 farmers and agricultural researchers from the region are meeting in Overland Park to hear about more efficient farm techniques from Ag Spectrum, a company based in De Witt, Iowa.

Grain futures mostly fall, livestock prices rise

Grains futures mostly fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.Wheat for March delivery fell 6.25 cents to $6.6225 a bushel; March corn fell 2 cents to $6.4225 a bushel; March oats rose 0.75 cent to ...

Verti-Gro Partners With EnviroIngenuity

LAGUNA BEACH, CA-- - EnviroIngenuity today announced a partnership with Verti-Gro® to represent and promote hydroponic vertical farming systems throughout Southern California.Verti-Gro, Inc. designs and ...

Cattle Council defends plan

CATTLE Council of Australia chairman Andrew Ogilvie has taken a swipe at critics of his organisation's planned restructure who have taken to the internet in droves to bag the draft overhaul plan.

Cattle rescued while being smuggled

For the second time in a week, 31 heads of cattle that were being transported in trucks to Kerala were rescued. On Tuesday, activists, having received information from the public, chased the truck...

Sell Sprint!: Against the Grain

Agriculture and Air Quality Symposia Scheduled

Members of Colorado’s Agriculture and Air Quality Technical work group will be hosting two symposia focusing on ways agriculture is helping to reduce nitrogen deposition impacts at Rocky Mountain National Park through more efficient use of nitrogen in farming and ranching operations.

Grain markets face volatile future

WHEAT growers face a volatile future, with global production likely to regularly exceed consumption.

Agriculture air quality worshops slated

Members of Colorado's Agriculture and Air Quality Technical workgroup will be hosting two symposiums focusing on ways agriculture is helping to reduce nitrogen deposition impacts at Rocky Mountain National Park through more efficient use of nitrogen in farming and ranching operations.

Jacques Laforge Appointed New CEO of Dairy Commission

OTTAWA, ONTARIO-- - Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz today announced the appointment of Jacques Laforge as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Dairy Commission ."I'm very pleased to announce ...

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Farming apprentice program run by SOIL

Stewards Of Irreplaceable Land helps connect farmers with apprentice farmers

Morning Cattle Market Report

April cattle saw a strong recovery from early lows to close higher during yesterday's session. A slide in the US dollar and the recovery in the US stock market were factors which help to support a recovery from early lows.

Better weather info for PHL agriculture urged

The weather office should start fine-tuning its weather report for agriculture to aid farmers who are grappling with extreme weather events, a crop scientist at the University of the Philippines Los Banos said.

Cattle Distribution

TARLAC CITY, Tarlac, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) recently distributed at least 441 cattle to the farmer beneficiaries in the province. This program is part of the livelihood project of the Provincial Government and DA.

Farming Talk: Food shortage vision mustn’t become reality

When in the last 50 years did we, as a nation, consider that food was not readily available? Probably never. When in the next 20 years are we likely to consider the potential that a full stomach will not be the norm?

Valley, foothill cattle ranchers need more rain

Drought may or may not have returned for most Californians, who can get by on reservoir storage before the real impacts hit. For cattle ranchers without irrigation, drought has hit fast and it is starting to hurt. A prolonged dry spell could sharply reduce beef production in Stanislaus and nearby counties.

OSHA hits Zaloudek Grain with fines following accident

Zaloudek Grain Co., where two teens lost legs when they were caught in a grain auger last August, has been hit with additional fines for violations of federal safety laws.

Grain futures, livestock prices mixed

Grains futures traded mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.Wheat for March delivery rose 7.75 cents to $6.6850 a bushel; March corn fell 0.25 cent to $6.4425 a bushel; March oats rose 12.75 cents ...

Grain ship due Tuesday at EGT terminal

The first grain ship headed to the EGT export terminal is scheduled to arrive at the Port of Longview between 11 a.m. and noon Tuesday after dockworkers on Monday announced they've resolved "fundamental" differences with the company.

Grain News

Kremlin, OK—The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Zaloudek Grain Co. with four serious safety violations following an incident involving two 17-year-olds.

Bourne attracts three solar farming interests on both sides of canal

Town Planner Coreen Moore said Friday she has fielded three serious inquiries about building solar farms in Bourne, one north of the canal and two south of the waterway.

Look who's farming!

The agriculture expo and sale organised by students proved that farming is as viable a career option as any other.

Growing Outside the Box: The Modern Concept of Vertical Farming for a Greener Society

DALLAS, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Problem: By 2050, 80% of the population will reside in urban centers and human population will increase by about 3 billion. Estimated amount of NEW land needed for ...

Student wants to spread message of agriculture's role

Agriculture is a lifelong passion for Alison Bos. Growing up on a dairy farm instilled her with a deep respect for farmers and the importance of agriculture.

China Green Agriculture, Inc. to Report the Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results on February 9, 2012

XI'AN, China, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Green Agriculture, Inc.(NYSE: CGA; "China Green Agriculture" or the "Company"), a producer and distributor of humic acid ...

Storing Grain Can Aid Farmers In Commodity Pricing

Across the corn belt, more farmers are putting up their own grain bins. In the past year alone, farmers nationwide have added some 300 million bushels of on-farm storage. By storing their own grain, farmers can choose when and at what price they want to sell, and that can translate into thousands of dollars in profit. And this has grain buyers — like grain elevators and ethanol plants --working ...

Mechanized Farming For Filipinos Urged

MANILA, Philippines — For working very hard, farmers in the Philippines are not supposed to be poor. But they are despite the huge amount of effort they exert in tilling the lands. Thus observed by Kim Bo-Suk, director of Wecan Global Co., Ltd., a leader in Korean agricultural machinery industry, as he pushed for mechanized farming in the country. According to Kim, mechanized farming can improve ...

Alltopics.com Offers New Section on Agriculture

Today Alltopics.com has added Agriculture to the topics of the website. Agriculture articles, all gathered from every source on the Web, are now easily accessible. Agriculture.alltopics.com is the number one news and information website that grabs Agriculture articles from all over the Internet, rates them by popularity and displays the topics proudly on the internet’s most amazing database ...

Integrated farming will revive agriculture: Bhat

‘Farmers should take advantage of government schemes'

Agriculture roadmap to script new story of Bihar's growth, says CM Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar asserted that the new agriculture roadmap to be implemented from April would script a new story for Bihar's all-round growth between 2012 and 2022.

For Ranches couple, State of Union is open-house affair

Watch party among dozens in Florida SOUTHWEST RANCHES Rose and John Williams hosted an open-to-the-public State of the Union address watch party at their $1.1 million home Tuesday night, setting up folding chairs in the backyard and leaving the back door open so viewers could get inside to use the restroom.

Colombia Drug Lords’ Cattle Theft Rob Rally Benefit: Commodities

Latin America’s oldest guerrilla group’s penchant for cattle rustling is robbing Colombian ranchers of the benefits of the highest U.S.-traded futures prices since the 1960s.

Colombia Drug Lords Rustling Cattle Rob Rancher Price Rally: Commodities

Latin America’s oldest guerrilla group’s penchant for cattle rustling is robbing Colombian ranchers of the benefits of the highest U.S.-traded futures prices since the 1960s.

Exclusive: Iran's ships stopped from shipping Ukrainian grain

KIEV (Reuters) - Traders are no longer booking cargoes on Iranian ships to transport grain exports from Ukraine because of difficulties with payments following European Union sanctions on Iran, traders said on Wednesday. "The issue has nothing to do with the government of Ukraine," one Ukrainian trader said. "Traders cannot book Iranian vessels because banks refuse to transfer money to Iranian ...

The Future of Food: 11 Unique Urban Farming Projects

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Cattle exporters, lot feeders copping brunt of uncertainty

LIVE cattle exporters and lot feeders are faced with a bleak outlook in 2012, when compared with other sectors of the industry.

Drought forces Texas cattle north

The drought ravaging Texas has done what the Dust Bowl could not: forced ranchers to ship cattle more than 600 miles north to Nebraska.

Cattle Drop Boosting Cost for McDonald's, Tyson

The cattle herd in the U.S. may be the smallest since 1958, signaling tighter beef supplies and higher costs for companies

Dude ranch amenities rope in city slickers

Cowboys. Horses. Guns. Booze. And tennis? When it comes to dude ranches, hosts are adopting John Wayne's "A man's got to do what a man's got to do," and are offering options unheard of just a few years ago in order to attract guests. Dude ranches still have horses and ...

Santa Clarita-area ranches: Not just for westerns anymore

The ranches, with their wide open spaces and diverse terrains, in recent years have been used in productions involving Muppets, pirates and, soon, Afghanistan. Oh, westerns are still filmed there. On a cold, wet afternoon two cowboys trudge across a muddy street in a western town carrying saddles on their backs as a loudspeaker blasts Jim Croce's hit song "I Got a Name."

Santa Clarita movie ranches corral Tarantino and other filmmakers

The Santa Clarita Valley, which dubs itself Hollywood North, had a record year for film production last year with a 15% increase in shooting production days.

On Location: Santa Clarita movie ranches corral Tarantino and other filmmakers

On a cold, wet afternoon two cowboys trudge across a muddy street in a western town carrying saddles on their backs as a loud speaker blasts Jim Croce’s hit song “I got a Name.” The scene was being played out...

To keep 'em coming, dude ranches add mainstream amenities to Old West-style fun

Cowboys. Horses. Guns. Booze. And tennis?

Fay Ranches Sees Rising Action With Wyoming Properties

BUFFALO, Wyo. , Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- People are taking a serious look at quality Wyoming Ranches these days. Mike Fraley , broker associate with Fay Ranches closed just over $17M in sales on seven ...

Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches at odds over philosophies

No one really remembers precisely what triggered the long-running feud between Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches — two Broward communities that sprouted at the edge of the Everglades with radically different philosophies on urban growth. But, lately, relations between the leaders of each municipality are about the worst they've been in years.

Pembroke Pines, Southwest Ranches: Next-door neighbors, but worlds apart

Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches have feuded over street lights, road closures, land uses and now a planned federal detention center. It’s really about a difference in civic identity.

Southwest Ranches to close roads; Pines outraged

Negotiations between the city and the town of Southwest Ranches over road closures that began in 2005 broke down at Tuesday night's commission meeting.