Farmers Feeding the Flock helps the hungry; promotes ag
GREENSBURG, Ind. – A 35-acre soybean field near Greensburg had a multipurpose role this year – to help feed the hungry, to teach the community about row crop faming and to promote agriculture in Decatur County.
LONDON (AP) – A sheep farmer has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his plot to use baby food laced with metal shards to blackmail one of Britain’s biggest supermarket chains.
YORK, Maine (AP) – Maine agriculture authorities are urging nursery owners and land managers to search properties for the presence of an invasive plant that has been found in York County.
Number of derecho-damaged acres farmers unable to harvest increases
DES MOINES, Iowa – The number of crop acres Iowa farmers are unable to harvest after the Aug. 10 derecho has climbed to 850,000, with severe drought conditions compounding the damage by expanding to most of the state, despite September rainfall.
