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Future heads of family farms dig into financials

Future heads of family farms dig into financials
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 11th
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIERAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Jake Anderson didn't have to delve too deep into the University of Missouri's agricultural economics program before realizing he was destined to return to the 1,500-acre family farm. After all, that's been the Anderson family

Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls

Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th
By JOHN HEILPRINAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) - A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter requirements for disclosing information about exports of four other chemicals. But participants fell

For many Republicans, immigration is risky subject

For many Republicans, immigration is risky subject
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th
By THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) - Rodney Vandenberg was the first to greet Republican Sen. Deb Fischer when she dropped by the Falls City's Chamber of Commerce office last week. He wasted no time bracing her about immigration, an issue that a Senate committee takes up

For many Republicans, immigration is risky subject

For many Republicans, immigration is risky subject
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th
By THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) - Rodney Vandenberg was the first to greet Republican Sen. Deb Fischer when she dropped by the Falls City's Chamber of Commerce office last week. He wasted no time bracing her about immigration, an issue that a Senate committee takes up

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
By DAVID McFADDENAssociated Press TELESCOPE, Grenada (AP) - The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
By DAVID McFADDENAssociated Press TELESCOPE, Grenada (AP) - The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold

Wet spring brings troubling start to corn planting

Wet spring brings troubling start to corn planting
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
By JIM SUHRAP Business Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) - John Reifsteck looks out at his muddy 1,800-acre central Illinois farm and wonders when he'll get to plant. Like so many other Midwest growers who were praying for rain during the recent drought, he's now pining for enough sunshine and heat to

Cranberry farmers struggle as surplus drops prices

Cranberry farmers struggle as surplus drops prices
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th
By M.L. JOHNSONAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - U.S. cranberry farmers who spent millions of dollars to replant and expand bogs face a financial crisis after a huge harvest in Canada flooded the market and sent prices plummeting. Farmers in Wisconsin, the leading cranberry producer, have been

Cranberry farmers struggle as surplus drops prices

Cranberry farmers struggle as surplus drops prices
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th
By M.L. JOHNSONAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - U.S. cranberry farmers who spent millions of dollars to replant and expand bogs face a financial crisis after a huge harvest in Canada flooded the market and sent prices plummeting. Farmers in Wisconsin, the leading cranberry producer, have been

Feds: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance

Feds: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd
By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, genetics, habitat