Award-winning non-profit founder Will Allen is addressing the urban farming revolution

Urban farming advocate Will Allen of Milwaukee is addressing “Growing Power and the Urban Farming Revolution” in a presentation at Xavier on Sunday, Sept. 26. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, takes place at 7:00 pm at the Schiff Conference Center in Xavier’s Cintas Center.

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The Obama Market Is More Carter Than Reagan

Expect a lower sustainable growth rate and a stagnant stock market.

Alliance Grain Traders strikes deal to buy Northern Yorke Processors in Australia

REGINA - Alliance Grain Traders Inc. (TSX:AGT), a Canadian producer of lentils, peas, beans and other so-called pulse crops, is acquiring Northern

Breaking news: Cattle back on park

Beaver Creek Park and Montana Deparment of Transportation officials are reminding people that once again they need to be watching for cattle while they are driving through the park.

Women managing cattle course set for Red Oak

Iowa State University Extension is offering Women Managing Cattle in Red Oak. The course will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., Sept. 13, 20 and 27 at the Southwestern Community College at 2300 N. Fourth St.

Wards celebrate 40 years together

On Aug. 30,1970, Mary Ann Keim and Clint Ward celebrated their love for each other by exchanging wedding vows. During their 40 years together, they have worked happily (on most days) side-by-side as owners of a crop-dusting airport in Jerome, Ark. and ostrich ranches in Durant and Lexington, Okla.. Now, they reside in Chickasha.

Scientists Help Cattle Producers Protect Herds Against Summer Stresses

They look content, placidly grazing across a pasture or steadily crunching corn in dusty feed lots across the Central Plains, but if it's the middle of summer, cattle are well aware that the sun is blazing and the heat can be brutal.

Ranches Find Market Serving Ritual Slaughter Needs

Some Maryland ranches have found a market serving ritual slaughter needs.

Canada's Alliance Grain to buy Australian processor

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Alliance Grain Traders , a major Canadian processor and exporter of pulse crops, said on Tuesday that it would acquire Northern Yorke Processors, a processor of pulses and grains in Kadina, South Australia.

Is organic farming good for wildlife? It depends on the alternative

( University of York ) Even though organic methods may increase farm biodiversity, a combination of conventional farming and protected areas could sometimes be a better way to maintain food production and protect wildlife.The findings come from a study of butterfly populations in UK landscapes by scientists at the Universities of Leeds and York.

Live: Agriculture Committee

The Agriculture Committee is being briefed on equality impact assessments for schemes including the Farm Modernisation Programme.

Alliance Grain Traders Announces Letter Of Intent for Northern Yorke Processors in South Australia and Continued ...

Alliance Grain Traders Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire all of the assets of Northern Yorke Processors , located at Kadina, South Australia.

Dairy Event 2010: Cattle housing for less than £1000 a cow

A light, well ventilated cattle house that, from start to finish can be built for less than a £1000 a cow is not perhaps a bad price by modern standards.

Lightning strikes home during storm

SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (WSVN) -- A lightning bolt struck the roof of a South Florida home Monday night. The Goldstein family was enjoying a barbecue on Labor Day, when their house was struck by a bolt of lightning.

What's the value of agritourism?

The North Platte Telegraph It's an increasing problem. Fewer young people are returning home to take over family farms and ranches, and those who do are finding it difficult to make a profit.

Tax credits foster preservation for ranches

A tour of three ranches in Teller County protected from development emphasized the economic advantages of preserving land.

Spotlight on New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay

Almost a year ago Brian Gaynor pointed out that three rural companies, PGG Wrightson, Pyne Gould Corporation, and New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay with their interlocking boards, had squandered shareholder wealth to the tune of $880 million.

Cattle Baron's Shoot Out

As metro Detroit saddles up for the Cattle Baron's Ball in November, the American Cancer Society is launching a new pre-event leading up to the Ball. The Cattle Baron's Shoot Out, presented by PVS Chemicals, will take place on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at The Huntsman Hunt Club in Dryden, Mich.

Modern farming a web of technology

Sometimes the cell phone is the best tool in the shed. CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/CHRIS WOODKA Garrett Mauch is reflected in a mirror as he operates a corn cutter at the family farm near Lamar. Modern farming incorporates technology that makes the job easier, but more expensive.

Russian-German Farming Company EkoNiva Plans Frankfurt IPO, Vedomosti Says

EcoNiva, a Russian-German farming company, plans to sell shares via the Frankfurt stock exchange in February, Vedomosti reported, citing the company.

Saturday cattle auction is first of kind

BAY MINETTE, Ala. – Cattle farmers from across the country will descend upon Bay Minette this weekend in what is being called the “first multi-breed grass fed cattle auction.”

Life isn't Paradise in town affected by drug trade: Part 2 of a series

Border problems involving illegal immigrants stratches far beyond Douglas and the surrounding communities and ranches.

Editorial: Wild boars must be contained or declared an invasive species

By most accounts, free-ranging feral swine are as much of an ecological threat as Asian carp. Leading agricultural and natural resources organizations in Michigan are worried enough to want them eradicated and banned from the state, but that would shut down at least 40 game ranches whose owners collect as much as $2,000 apiece from hunters eager to stalk and shoot them on the ranches.

Bringing agriculture and health back together

The relationship between agriculture and health may seem intuitive and simple — grow more crops and people will have more food and live healthier lives. But because agriculture and health policies are rarely coordinated, the reality is far more complex.

Farming Accident Sends Man to Hospital

Canisteo, N.Y. - A Steuben County man was airlifted to the hospital after his tractor rolled over.

Farming Death

Bath, N.Y. - A Steuben County man is dead after his tractor flipped on top of him.

Good grain crop for SA after rain

South Australia will harvest a big grain crop this year after above-average rainfall in key cropping areas.

SD Rancher Drives Cattle to Lemmon, ND

A rancher in South Dakota is selling off his herd. But rather than hauling over 250 head of cattle in a fleet of trailers, Max Smebakken is organizing a cattle drive, marching them from his homestead nearly 20 miles to the auction in Lemmon.

Grain export ban effective until new harvest: Medvedev

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that Russia will not lift the temporary grain export ban until the situation with next harvest becomes clear.

Farming unions united in opposition to antibiotic rules

A PROPOSAL to prohibit the sale of antibiotics to farmers and livestock producers has been rejected by NFU Scotland who state they believe that such a move would have an adver

Grain stored by FCI not counted

Pawar and his officials did not explain that the figure of 11,700 tonnes they were quoting only counted the grain rotting in state warehouses. They left out the grain stored by the Food Corporation of India, the nation's main repository of wheat and rice purchased from farmers. Samar Halarnkar and Bhadra Sinha report.

Grain elevator in Jasper cited for air quality violations

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and CHS Inc. have reached an agreement that resolves alleged violations of air quality rules at Eastern Farmers Cooperative grain elevator in Jasper, Minn.

Farmer crushed by cattle beast

A farmer is dead after a cattle beast turned on him while he was loading it on to a truck on a property near Wairoa in northern Hawke's Bay yesterday.

Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation celebrates 75 years

Seventy-five years of conservation was celebrated at the Fair Sunday. The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service hosted a forum and discussed past and present projects that have improved the state's agriculture and environment.

Sustainable farming options open for bivalves

TWO sets of global standards – one for pangasius farming and the other for bivalve farming – have been finalised by the Aquaculture Dialogues initiative in Washington DC.

Russia's Grain Export Ban Followed `Considerable' Crop Losses, Deputy Says

Russia’s grain export ban followed “considerable” crop losses, Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexander Petrikov said.

Grain Valley rolls past Blair Oaks

GRAIN VALLEY -- The Grain Valley Eagles jumped out to a 42-0 lead at halftime and rolled to a 48-8 win over the Blair Oaks Falcons on Friday. The Eagles scored three touchdowns in each of the first two quarters.

Industrial agriculture puts big problems on our plates

Agriculture Ministry to proceed with irrigation project in north-western Selangor

SABAK BERNAM: The Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry will proceed with the project to upgrade the irrigation channel and retention pond in the north-western part of Selangor, its minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar said. He said the ministry could not wait for a permit from the state government to do so because the project had to [...]

Agriculture’s decay: causes and effects

Everybody knows Romania has a huge potential for agriculture, hence its traditional name as “the bread basket of Europe”, which it had been given at the dawn of the 20th century. In those days, Romanian agricultural exports were, indeed, massive.

Agriculture cornerstone of development

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that Agriculture is the cornerstone of economic development in Sri Lanka. Minister Rajapaksa was participating at the Jathika Govi Satiya and exhibition held at the Chamal Rajapaksa Agro Technological and Tourism Park yesterday.

Agriculture dep’t investigates mining impact on Leyte farms

MACARTHUR, LEYTE -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) will investigate the impact of magnetite sand mining exploration on rice farms in Javier town in Leyte.

Cattle truck rolls on Lynd Highway

SEVERAL cattle were killed when the road train they were travelling in rolled on the Lynd Highway, north of Charters Towers, around 8.45pm.

Grain Export Ban Extension Not a Crisis

MILAN, Italy — Russia's plan to extend its grain export ban destabilizes markets but does not bring closer a repeat of the 2007-08 food crisis, a senior United Nations economist said Friday as new protests flared in Mozambique after bread riots.

Limits on hog hunts proposed for Michigan

The legislation aims to establish fencing, testing and other requirements for ranches that offer hog hunts at the same time resource managers are considering an order to list the animal as an invasive species , a measure that would outlaw them statewide.

Agriculture Minister Visiting Earthquake Hit Farms

Agriculture Minister David Carter is this morning visiting farms west of Christchurch damaged in yesterday’s earthquake.

Agriculture Minister David Carter to visit Canterbury farms

Agriculture Minister David Carter will visit Canterbury farms this afternoon to survey the damage caused by the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook the region early yesterday

Farming entrepreneur plans vodka venture

A millionaire farming entrepreneur is planning his next business venture - "vodka" petrol made from waste potatoes.

Ranches Academy in top of state list for performance

EAGLE MOUNTAIN -- The Ranches Academy, a small school of 350 students, has one of the highest 2010 Adequate Yearly Progress results for a charter school in Utah.