Thompson is one of the students working on the project who says he wants to go into work related to agriculture, but he s not sure exactly what. Pollard is certain that he wants to be a farmer, just like his dad. CHARLESTON Jordan Pollard already knows what kind of work he wants to do, but he thinks some of his fellow high school students might need some help making their decisions. Five students are working on the 18-acre plot, not just planting crops but also arranging financing, seeds...

Theres still time left to plant corn, but after May 15, farmers can lose nearly a bushel an acre on their yield for each late day, according to Sutera. If theres a good side to the storms, its better that they happened now while its still early enough for some farmers to start over, Sutera said. By then, if farmers are still far behind, theyll have to decide whether to stick with corn and sacrifice yield or plant their acres in soybeans, which can be planted until mid-June, Sutera said. If...

However, he planted corn across the top of all of them and I had a devil of a time cutting the grass between the plots because the sweet corn blocked my exit. I brought him home enough sweet corn seed from the sheep folks up at Platteville to fill those plots. Sweet corn adventure makes new friends, crop. With as many plots he has worked up, he probably will have me with a stand along the road selling corn. After he got done with his tilling I asked, What are you going to plant in all this...

He based the declaration on increased energy prices caused by the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August 2005 in a major energy producing area of the United States, milk prices falling to historic lows in early 2006, and unusually wet weather in New England during the spring planting season and first hay harvesting period of 2006 that led to a serious reduction in crop production. He based the declaration on increased energy prices caused by the devastation of Hurricanes...

Farmers in the Hartsburg and Ashland region will plant about 65 acres with soybeans this year on land they donate for the project s use. FRB is a coalition of 16 Christian denominations that works to solve world hunger by supplying those in need with sustainable agricultural solutions, according to its Web site, www.foodresourcebank.org. Andrew s presented the church with a check for $5,500 on Sunday, which provided seed money for a crop that could triple their donation, if the crop does...

Not only will the Kool-Aid peddlers pass out the Dixie Cups again, they have added a new wrinkle to their solution: the elimination of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) as a measure to increase corn acres to keep prices low in order to expand exports and thereby provide, once again, prosperity for all. Their solution to the farm crisis of the late 1970s was to lower prices paid to farmers in order to reclaim the export volume of 1973-74 and prosperity would follow. With the...