British investigators describe 20 cases of humans being infected with Mycobacterium bovis, a type of tuberculosis normally confined to cattle. The lack of contact with animals or dairy consumption in all but one of the individuals helped make the case for person-to-person transmission of the infection. The researchers performed DNA fingerprinting of all tuberculosis cases that arose in central England between 2001 and 2005. In six instances, the outbreak appears to have resulted from...

The FDA issued its final report last week, stressing good agricultural practices as the number-one way to prevent any future E. coli tainted spinach originated in California does not- help pinpoint the source of the contamination. Heat-treated manure was used on one of the fields where the spinach was grown and commercial synthetic fertilizer was used on three others. Three people died from eating the contaminated bagged spinach. US: cattle ranch near spinach farm had same E. The FDA says...

It's a very large campus and those types of numbers in a situation like this is unheard of. It's kind of depressing to know that students just like yourself are being shot at, at their own schools. Chief Adams says he's waiting to find out exactly what happened before he takes any more action. Adams has canceled days off for his officers and added overtime. He plans to beef up police presence on campus. It's the first time in five years the two teams have met. The death toll and turn of...

NEPA News - Pennsylvania farmers tell state lawmakers about financial woes Cloudy37 5 Day Forecast. Home:News:NEPA News:AP State News AP State News Pennsylvania farmers tell state lawmakers about financial woes The Associated Press 04/15/2007 Email to a friendPrinter-friendly Despite higher milk prices, western Pennsylvania farmers face financial woes, partly due to rising health-care costs. Home:News:NEPA News:AP State News AP State News Pennsylvania farmers tell state lawmakers about...

TRENDS: Compared to last week, slaughter cows 1-3 higher, feeder steers steady to 2 higher, feeder heifers steady to 1 higher. GRAIN: April 16 cash soybean prices paid to farmers by Louisiana country grain elevators by area: northeast delta 6. If you have already created an account, simply login to your account using your email and password below. Please create an account or login to read this story. Farm market reports from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture: LIVESTOCK: Weekly...

Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said he didn't know why the sale fell through in 1996, but that the 2002 transaction "never got to the point where there was a bid awarded. Cobbs handles land transactions and said it's highly unusual that the legal notice advertising the sale says that access to the property would be provided by permit from the State Cattle Ranch, not an easement or right of way. There's a lot of people who've had a lot of enjoyment down there fishing on...