With prices high, farming is bright spot
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PRAIRIE CITY, Iowa  - Gordon Wassenaar has his eye on a $300,000 combine harvester to replace the 1990 model he repairs each winter in the workshop on his farm. And he just bought more land to add to his 1,600-acre spread.
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Real estate prices depend a lot on local conditions.
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With agriculture running like a scalded bovine, DuPont offers a couple of lush opportunities.
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By BRIAN DONNELLY  WITH the promise of cheap land, it might just be a steppe in the right direction for adventurous Scottish farmers.
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Wheat is steadily being replaced by corn as the crop of choice for American farmers.
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Prices paid to US producers rose 1.7 percent last month, the biggest jump in 14 years, as higher energy and food costs suggested that inflation is picking up.
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The worldâs largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery beat Wall Streetâs expectations as high crop prices stoked global demand for farm equipment.
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Some small farms, faced with stagnant income and mounting expenses, are opening up their operations to nonagricultural activities just to survive.
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Rising demand, a falling dollar and rosy economic predictions, have stoked the price of commodities in the last few years. But times are changing.
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Because of rising demand for ethanol, American farmers are growing more corn than at any time since the Depression. And sea life in the Gulf of Mexico is paying the price.
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The grass isn't always greener, but the money always is.
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Gordon Wassenaar has his eye  on a $300,000 combine harvester to replace the 1990 model he  repairs each winter in the workshop on his farm. And he just  bought more land to add to his 1,600-acre spread.
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By MARTYN McLAUGHLIN  SCOTLAND's farming industry registered a GBP100m increase in earnings over the last year, according to the latest estimates of the sector's financial health.
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The pork producer fattens up on higher hog prices.
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Corn prices spur growth, but the long-term growth is pegged to new seed traits.
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Hi-tech monitoring of livestock at pig farms could help improve the animal growth process and reduce costs.
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Farmers are hoping that restrictions on the movement of livestock will soon be lifted.