AGRICULTURE BLOG

Recent Entries:

A Minnesota farmer checks his fields

Food safety worries change buying habits

Durbin, Harkin Will Examine CFTC Resources, Authority

Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms

Bee Swarms in New Jersey Spur Hope of Rebound From U.S. Die-Off

Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy

Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt

Farmers brace for their own economic bubble

Bush renews call for Congress to lower payments to wealthy farmers

Food is becoming the world’s new gold

Analysis: Congressional climate has become tougher for farm bill

Congress sends 1-week farm law extension to Bush, who has threatened veto

Dangerous Animal Virus on US Mainland?

Farmers Expected to Plant Less Corn

Farmers can save on crop insurance with GMO corn

Drought Monitor: Storm System Drops Moderate Precipitation Across Midwest

Florida Is Spared Crop Damage

Citrus Growers Shiver As Cold Lingers

Opportunity to maximize grass production per acre

Senate to debate farm subsidy cut

So What’s So Bad About Corn?

Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Thursday November 15, 2007

Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Tuesday October 23rd, 2007

Boom fades as ethanol floods the marketplace

Threats to Bumblebees Fly Under Radar

Corn Farms Prosper, but Subsidies Still Flow

U.S. Delays Approval of Farm Pesticide

Bluetongue declared an outbreak

Agriculture in a post-oil economy

China rejects pork imports from U.S., Canada

‘Killer bees’ descend on New Orleans

Bees May Get By with Help from the Army

Virus becomes new suspect in bee die-off

USDA secretary issues disaster declaration for drought aid

Politicking aplenty at 2007 Farmfest in Redwood County

Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday July 30, 2007

Bumblebees get a buzz out of British gardens

Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Wednesday July 18, 2007

Farm Bill Leaves Some Subsidies

The Relative Impact of Corn and Energy Prices in the Grocery Aisle

Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Friday June 22, 2007

House Panel Votes to Extend Controversial Farm Subsidies, Signaling Battle to Come

A Slow Demise in the Delta

Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Friday June 8, 2007

Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Wednesday May 23, 2007

Crops Are Alive, But Bees Are Missing in Action

Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday May 14, 2007

Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Thursday April 26, 2007

Destructive Mite Threatens Hawaii Bees

Researchers link fungus to bee losses in U.S.