Friday, November 20, 2009

Rain may put pumpkin pie in peril, Nestle says

PORTLAND, Ore. — The holidays may not be so sweet this year.
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Valley soil conditions mirror 2008

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The National Weather Service says late-fall rains in the Red River Valley have kept groundwater conditions overly wet heading into the winter, which could affect spring flooding.
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Ritchie Bros to buy California ag and industrial equipment auctioneer

VANCOUVER — Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (TSX:RBA) to acquire California-based Martella Auction Company Inc. Acquisition to expand Ritchie presence in used agricultural and industrial equipment markets. Terms not disclosed. Deal to close Dec. 21, 2009
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Researchers ask whether caged egg-laying chickens are miserable stuffed into tiny cages

DES MOINES, Iowa — Are cramped chickens crazy chickens? Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and producers.
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U.S. stops Canadian canola meal shipments at border because of salmonella

EDMONTON — Western farmers say the U.S. is stopping an increasing number of canola meal shipments from Canadian plants at the border over concerns about salmonella bacteria.
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Judge to rule on slaughterhouse manager’s bail

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Prosecutors argued at a bail hearing for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager that an outpouring of financial support makes him a greater flight risk.
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Record corn harvest coming in to elevators

MOUNT HOPE, Mo. — Corn and soybean crops that are forecast to be the largest in Kansas history are coming in, and elevators are bursting with fall grains.
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Poet reduces cellulosic ethanol production costs

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Poet LLC, the nation’s top ethanol producer, says it is has reduced its cellulosic ethanol production cost during the past year from $4.13 per gallon to $2.35 per gallon.
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Critics: UN summit ends with ‘crumbs’ in bid to reduce world hunger

ROME — The head of a U.N. food agency expressed regret Wednesday that an anti-hunger summit failed to result in precise promises of funding, and critics said the meeting had only thrown crumbs to the world’s 1 billion people without enough to eat.
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Disaster declaration for farm losses in 5 states

JACKSON, Miss. — Federal agriculture authorities have declared disaster areas in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee due to crop losses from a combination of severe spring and fall flooding and summer drought.
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Bison get more tolerance in Montana, but fix elusive

BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal and state officials are drafting new strategies to deal with bison coming out of Yellowstone National Park, but still don’t have an alternative to periodic slaughters of the iconic Western animal.
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