That was where the hospital is now and we were the last house on that side of the street, and there were three or four further north on the other side of the street. That was where the hospital is now and we were the last house on that side of the street, and there were three or four further north on the other side of the street. And the police, all three of them, knew everyone in town and treated them according to how those people treated the policemen. The coal-fired steam engines that...

also adjusted carryover levels for corn, soybeans and wheat, with markets rising despite the corn carryover figure increasing from May. But in the eastern part of the country, the expansion of warm and dry conditions into the eastern Belt fostered crop concerns for corn and soybeans, too. But lawmakers continue to have little luck in finding the needed budget offsets in order to be able to tap the $20 billion "reserve" fund to add money for writing the next farm bill. If rain opportunities...

Remember that looks can be deceiving especially when it comes time to make an ear that will have enough kernels to make a crop and pay all of the expenses. The beans are beginning to show up a bit better, especially in the 15-inch rows inter-planted within last year s corn rows. Keep in mind that the contract high for December corn stand at $4. It is June and much of the corn is above the knees of even the really tall men and boys. You and I know that will require a few extra prayers on...

Department of Agriculture said Thursday farmers are reluctant to increase the size of their herds when prices for feed are rising faster than the price of milk. He said dairy farmers are paying higher prices to feed their cows as a result of ethanol production that depends on corn and other rough grains. The American Meat Institute, which represents the nation's beef, pork and chicken producers, said that corn previously used to feed animals is increasingly being diverted to ethanol production.

Approach biofuels as an agricultural issue with energy security implications, not as an energy security issue with agricultural implications. In the last few years, the environmental position has shifted from an attack on ethanol from any source to an attack on corn and corn-derived ethanol. As the nation's largest agricultural industry, with politically powerful corporate players like ADM, the corn industry had the clout to play with the big boys(e. If we offered the $1 per gallon...

Unlike soybeans, alfalfa and certain other crops, corn requires heavy applications of fertilizer because it is unable to take nitrogen from the atmosphere. What is washing off those fields is nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers applied in ever-increasing amounts to grow more corn to fuel the ethanol boom. Like newborn babes, those tiny, willowy corn plants demand plenty of feeding -- an average of 156 pounds of nitrogen and 80 pounds of phosphorus per acre on Illinois' corn crop since...