Heartland Is Bursting with Corn, Soy
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ROCHELLE, Ill.  - Golden mountains are rising out  of the fertile farmlands of the U.S. Midwest, a changing  landscape formed by huge piles of corn from the most bountiful  harvest in U.S. history.
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LE ROY, Ill. -- This expanse of central Illinois is flat as a pancake, with corn and soybean fields stretching to the horizon, interrupted only by a smattering of small towns.
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Corn futures rose to 10-year highs on the Chicago Board of Trade as a bull market attracted speculative buyers.
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Corn, milk, bread, and other farm products hit record high prices in 2006 â and will likely keep rising in 2008.
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It depends on where you are, but for many drought-stricken farmers, the Midwest rains are alleviating a bad summer for soybean and corn crops
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Hay and beans have fueled this rural economy for years. But it's fiber of another kind that city leaders believe is key to Powell's future.
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The corn lining the outfield is tall again this year.
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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.  - Farmer Kathleen Vinehout  knows why guns and abortion, favored Republican Party themes,  trump the economy or health care at election time in a swathe  of states stretching from Texas to the Canadian border.
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By NATE DEGRAFF  Lawns are browning. Farm fields are drying out. This month is one of the driest Mays on record.  But Guilford County is not in serious drought. Yet.
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With mom and pop in the biofuel biz, the depressed Farm Belt is in a swoon.
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By John Holland, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  May 26--The eighth annual Heartland Festival & River Fair, a celebration of healthy farming and living, will be the weekend of June 2 and 3 at Riverdance Farms near Livingston. The Saturday events from 10a.m. to 9p.m.
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Fueled by the growth of a local retailer and a general wave of prosperity, Nebraska town finds itself with more jobs than people.
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LINCOLN, Neb. -- University of Nebraska-Lincoln nutrition scientist Tim Carr is working on a food additive that would combat cholesterol by combining of two unexpected sources - soybeans and beef tallow...
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The race for the White House is well underway in the Heartland
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Enforced diet Corn shortages pushed the price of corn to such a high in Mexico last month that thousands marched in protest. Now, the price soaring of corn feed means the US might just find itself on an enforced diet too, as the farm industry reports a second significant fall in the output of beef and chicken.â¦
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Iowa residents notice the White House hopefuls who regularly tour their state, one of the nation's premier agriculture regions, don't mention farming much, but they love ethanol. Other ag issues may take a backseat, but a pro-ethanol stance translates to farm support -- it means high prices for corn and soybeans.
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By Jason Gertzen, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 20--Scientists visited Kansas City last week to show off a truck powered with the help of baked corn cobs.