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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Farmers across Wales will be able to learn more about the practical side of organic farming at an Iger open day next week. Organic food sales are growing at a phenomenal rate.
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The rapidly growing biofuel industry will push farm commodity prices higher in coming years, a study says.
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The pork producer fattens up on higher hog prices.
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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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For years, cheap food and feed were taken for granted in the United States. Now the price of some foods is rising sharply, and a blame alert is under way.
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By Anonymous  Farmers could be seen Thursday out in fields, preparing them for crop seeding, in a few spots in the Red River Valley in what is turning into a late spring, crop-wise. But most fields in the region remain too cool for fieldwork, with frost still in much of the soil.
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Move over agriculture, according to the International Labor Organization, service is where the growth is.
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Converting corn and soybeans into fuels is contributing to higher food prices. The dispute is how much.
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Lucille Farms benefits from the rising price of cheese.
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But to Christmas tree farmers like the owners of Butler Tree Farm in Dowagiac and Pinecrest Farms in Galien, it&#39;s much, much more.
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By STEEMAN, Marta  Boom times are beginning for the dairy industry after a record payout was forecast yesterday that will boost Canterbury dairy farmer incomes by about $176 million next season.
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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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Darkening skies and a light morning drizzle blanketed the fields while combines harvested corn and tractor-trailers hauled away this year's crop. Even though he knew what was coming, Brian Watkins hopped out of his pickup truck and stepped into his office to check the weather forecast on his computer.
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A rising player in the organic foods industry.
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With agriculture running like a scalded bovine, DuPont offers a couple of lush opportunities.
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