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While the best-selling products to come out of the mill during Ford's day were cattle feed and hog feed, he said its best known product was pasture balancer. Turner, who also has a hand in keeping Stampede running smoothly, had registered angus cattle in Michigan. Lusty said, from his experience, the smaller feed stores are getting out of the business, with the corporations taking over. And, unlike most feed stores its size, the 51-year-old business still has its own mill. By "automatic,"...

Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday he wants markets to set policies on low carbon fuels, and called for eliminating subsidies and tariffs related to ethanol. The United States, he said, subsidizes domestic corn-based ethanol and imposes a 54-cents-per-gallon tariff to limit cheap ethanol imports from Brazil. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. He did not offer...

I can sit back and chuckle at the "& cream" cola abominations and juice blends, but the amount of water options has forced me to realize that I should stick to moonshine if I want simplicity. I'm thinking of secretly medicating everyone in the beverage industry. Every bottled fluid has 74,138,563 varieties, which I assume are a result of seriously perturbed individuals being placed in charge of their content. Screw attention deficit disorder medication, I can guzzle one of the 80,000...

Bildunterschrift: Groansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: The Reinbolds "Without the fixed electricity price, the 10 cents for electricity from renewable energies, we couldn't have done it," said Inge Reinbold, adding that the family had already been burned once. When there's a good breeze, one of Freiamt's windmills generates enough power within two hours to cover the electricity needs of the average four-person household for an entire year. Biofuel better than bulls The Reinbolds...

Producers of farm animals like hogs, cattle and poultry fear that a ban on slaughtering horses for meat will lead to a similar action against pork, beef and chicken. David Martosko, director of research for the Center for Consumer Freedom, told a hearing of the House Agriculture Committee's subcommittee on livestock, dairy and poultry that the Humane Society and other "radical vegan" groups want a ban on all animal meat-eating. Amanda Christensen of Perry, a horse owner, trainer and...