It allows farmers to spread out their labor and equipment use, rather than planting and harvesting a single species all at once. His family farm has been doing this for years, but now they are upping their acreage from 75 percent corn to about 90 percent. Farmers like Keith Alverson say if it's done right, "corn on corn" can be economically and environmentally superior to a corn-soybean rotation. It's part of an abrupt nationwide expansion of America's favorite crop, with South Dakota...

Opare-Addo, the Police had uncovered a whole lot of equipment used for growing, fermenting, drying and packaging of the marijuana, possibly for export. Opare-Addo, who described the 'wee' farm of Kuffour Frimpong as professional farming, narrated that the farm had all it takes to make farming sophisticated and a modem way of producing 'wee' on a large scale. Opare-Addo told journalists that the Police had set the camp of the 'wee' producer ablaze, after searching the entire cottage,...

Caterpillar inc., which holds an analyst day on Monday, recently posted better-than-expected first-quarter profit and hiked earnings guidance for the year. Sales at Caterpillar's core North American unit dropped by $996 million, as the company and fellow heavy equipment manufacturers have been hurt by the continued decline in residential construction. However, some analysts worry performance in the company's North American machinery segment will remain shaky. This material may not be...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print Email TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? The ethanol-driven surge in corn prices has been a windfall for many, but wary farmers and agriculture-based businesses worry about the higher costs of fuel, livestock feed and land - as well as the ever-present vagaries of nature. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print Email TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? The ethanol-driven surge in corn prices has been a windfall for many, but wary farmers and agriculture-based...

Orders for transportation equipment, metals, machinery, manufactured goods, electrical equipment and petroleum are up, with only the computer and electronic equipment showing a minor decline. Economists forecast factory orders during March rose 2.2 per cent, compared with a 1-per-cent increase in February and a 5. The focus today will be on the core capital equipment orders, which have been a weak component of the durable goods orders, said Avery Shenfeld, a senior economist at CIBC World...

The tractor trailer was carrying pet food and supplies. Haz- mat crews were on the scene, because diesel fuel leaked out of the truck. The female driver was transported to the hospital. May 4, 2007 Tractor trailer overturns in Salem, sends driver to the hospital Salem Police have cleared an accident involving a tractor trailer that overturnedon Wildwood Road, near northbound Interstate 81. Police say northbound traffic on Wildwood Roadwas blocked. The accident happened Friday around6:30a.