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Rep. Chellie Pingree says a pair of United States Department of Agriculture grants will help Maine's young farmers learn their craft. One is a grant of nearly $600,000 to Wolfe's Neck Farm in Freeport to expand the farm's organic dairy farmer training program.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Director Chester J. Culver sold 3,975 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.25, for a total value of $159,993.75.
If all of the United States corn crop this year was loaded onto rail cars in one train, that train would have roughly 3.79 million cars. The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week forecast the American corn crop would have a national average yield of slightly more than 175 bushels an acre, generating a crop of 15.15 billion bushels.
In this regular blog, Charlie Glass of the Glass Management Group takes a closer look at farm equipment forecasts and OEM shipments to dealers vs. dealers' retail sales. For several years Glass has been developing his own annual outlook for tractor and combine unit sales, as well as field inventory and retail sales.
Children are not only expensive - they can turn the financial lives of many mothers, especially single moms, upside down, complicating financial planning or making it harder to keep up with the bills that go along with parenting. Washington, D.C.-based author Kimberly Palmer said she began wondering why men get magazines and books on investing and getting rich while women are targeted for lectures on pinching pennies at the grocery store and saving $10 on their next sweater purchase.
Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC, a Corpus Christi, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 60,350 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with foreign materials, specifically metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. 10-lb.
Allen Harim, a leading producer and processor of chicken on Delmarva, hosted Delaware Governor Jack Markell, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, U.S. Rep. John Carney and a prestigious group of state and local dignitaries in a ribbon cutting ceremony to re-open its newly renovated Harbeson, Del. chicken processing facility.
Andrews Mayor Frank McClary, at left, takes notes while Councilwoman Marva Session and Councilman Eddie Lee listen to USDA representative Rusty Craven, at right, during the Aug. 8 meeting. Photo by Eileen Keithly/South Strand News The town of Andrews has applied for $3.6 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding to make improvements to the town's sewer and water systems.
Delta Air Lines said Monday morning that limited flights have resumed several hours after a computer outage grounded its planes, leaving passengers stranded... -- Monday marks the two-year anniversary of the first U.S. airstrikes against ISIS militants.ISIS had captured the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, after overrunnin... Corn condition fell as 9% of the nation's crop moved into the dent stage, while soybean conditions held steady during the week ended Aug. 7, according to USDA's latest Crop Pr... The list of commits for Nebraska's 2017 football class continues to grow.
Twelve years ago, Megan Foley found herself where so many new moms have been before, wandering up and down supermarket aisles looking for baby formula. Ms. Foley - a floor supervisor at the Brentwood Shop 'n Save - knows her way around a grocery store.
Cotton prices rose 24.19 percent to 77 cents per pound in the international markets due to a fall in supplies by China and India, two major cotton producers and consumers, according to industry insiders. Cotton was traded at 77 cents yesterday in the international markets, up from 62 cents three months ago.
In response to a drought-stricken season for New Hampshire farmers, Gov. Maggie Hassan requested Thursday that the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issue a drought disaster declaration for three of the state's counties. The USDA Farm Service Agency's State Emergency Board voted Wednesday to seek the disaster declaration.
Schumer is looking to help farmers affected by this summer's drought and is calling on the USDA to start damage assessments now. Although farmers won't know the full extent of crop damage until the fall, he wants to get a head start so the government can quickly provide relief to farmers impacted by the drought.
Rep. Tim Huelskamp answers questions from the media after his primary election watch party held at the Atrium Hotel and Conference Center on Aug. 2. After a hard-fought race, I was disappointed on Tuesday to lose the primary to represent Kansas's "Big First'"congressional district. Representing the citizens of Kansas has been a great honor.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced approximately $11.2 million in financial assistance to American dairy producers enrolled in the 2016 Margin Protection Program for Dairy . The payment rate for May/June 2016 will be the largest since the program began in 2014.
A Tea Party leader in the House of Representatives just lost a primary bid for reelection - a sign that Republican voters may be fed up with Tea Party obstinance and are casting about for something new. Rep. Tim Huelskamp lost his Kansas primary by a huge margin to newcomer Roger Marshall.
A combine drives over stalks of soft red winter wheat during the harvest on a farm in Dixon, Illinois, July 16, 2013. Japan and South Korea have both taken steps to block certain imports of U.S. wheat after unapproved genetically-modified plants from Monsanto Co seeds were found growing in Washington state, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday.
The United States Department of Agriculture may allow the import of star apples from Vietnam, Vietnam's Commercial Counsellor in the United States, Dao Tran Nhan has said. Vietnam News Agency reports that the import is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of this year.
A hot-air balloon carrying 16 people caught fire and crashed in central Texas on Saturday, federal officials said, and Texas authorities said there were no survivors. Saturday's crash happened about 7:40 a.m. in a pasture near Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin.
Investigators surround the scene in a field near Lockhart, Texas where a hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people collided with power lines Saturday, July 30, 2016, causing what authorities described as a "significant loss of life." Investigators surround the scene in a field near Lockhart, Texas where a hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people collided with power lines Saturday, July 30, 2016, causing what authorities described as a "significant loss of life."